Washington Square is full of beautiful shades of red, orange, and yellow colors now. I’ll have to bring one of my lenses capable of capturing more of the landscape next time I’m in the park.
Some of the plants looked like they were transitioning to autumnal colors themselves:
Yellow-throated Sparrows ate among fallen leaves:
Fellow Hawk-watching friends of mine have seen the resident Hawks pretty much every day but I missed seeing them today. But I did see a flash of a Cooper’s Hawk chasing pigeons.
The panicked, scattered flight of one of the flocks tipped me off to a raptor’s presence:
The pigeons gathered on top of the arch. The pigeons perch like this whenever there is a Hawk around so I stopped to wait to see if their pursuer would make an appearance:
Another swoop above the park before re-landing on the arch:
They look like a jumble as they land but they always work out their seating arrangement:
I did see the Cooper’s Hawk chase the pigeons before dashing into the trees but it moved too quickly for me to photograph! I had errands to run so I left the park after an hour and a half.