I spent an hour looking in and around Washington Square Park for the Red-tailed Hawks but had no luck so I went up to Union Square Park to look for them. I had spotted them on the Con Edison tower a few times in the past and there they were!
A panicky flock of pigeons indicated by their semi-scattered flying that there may be a Hawk around. I scanned the buildings and trees and no Hawks.
But Sadie was indeed there. I saw she was atop the Con Edison tower:
This tower is indicated by the orange star in the map below:
Washington Square Park is the rectangular green space at the bottom of the map.
Juno appeared, circling just south of Sadie 5 minutes after I first spotted her:
He landed on the base of the tower.
Sadie looking down at him:
Sadie flew right by him 2 minutes later:
She continued on and landed on the tall apartment building nearby:
She laid down and stretched her wings out in the sun:
You can’t see her in this picture but she was tucked back on the upper corner:
She was on one of the Zeckendorf Towers (an apartment building outside the eastern border of Union Square Park).
Sadie remained on her tower while Juno stayed on the Con Ed building and preened.
NYPD officers checking on one of the many homeless people in the park:
The Hawks weren’t budging from their perches after about 40 minutes so I started to leave.
Juno in the distance, still at the base of the tower:
It’s a bit early to tell if they’ve officially ‘moved’ up to Union Square from Washington Square but I’ll be keeping an eye out for any developments.
Do you think, Sadie and Juno will forego the previous nest?
So many changes this year…but, I guess the hawks will do what is best for them.
Thanks Roger_Paw for your detective work and finding the “couple” in the Union Sq Park area.
That remains to be seen (them making a new nest) but it’s a possibility.
This is great news! I was worried about them! Thanks Roger_Paw for the post!
Same! It was great to see both of them together today after so long.
Doesn’t Union Square have their “own” pair of hawks? As I recall, their fledglings didn’t survive long last spring. Maybe the adults have moved on?
Hi, I think you’re thinking of the Tompkins Square Park Hawks. They still live in their park. Union Square is a little north of both Washington Square and Tompkins Square Parks.