I searched for Sadie and the banded fledgling today where I last spotted them yesterday; by the old St. Vincent’s Hospital location at 7th Avenue. They were not there so I expanded my search a little bit.
Here is a view of the Jefferson Market Library spire on the left and a distant view of the One Fifth Avenue apartment building from 7th Avenue:
A Red-tailed Hawk was on top of One Fifth:
It was brutally humid and warm during my outing. You might be able to see the haze in the above photo.
I moved closer to Washington Square Park and saw that it was Juno sitting on One Fifth. A Mockingbird was annoyed with him and dive-bombed him several times:
A dive-bomb during a cheek scratch:
I searched some more for Sadie and the fledgling but it got really dark so I skedaddled before it rained.
Juno still on One Fifth, against a darkening sky:
It poured rain not long after I was back indoors so that was lucky for me.
Fabulous photography… ever so important during our searching and researching of this family of the Red Tail Hawk nest on the library at Bobst Library on the NYU campus. This is research. So important to human life and wildlife.
Thank you, anonymous. Documenting these Hawks has been very fulfilling for me and if what I observe is found useful that’s even better.