Red-tailed Hawk landing on nest, Bobst Library, NYU, New York City

Trap, dead (poisoned?) rat, other updates – September 20th, 2013

A fellow Hawk-watcher informed me that one of the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks was bringing nesting material to the Bobst Library nest yesterday morning so that was nice to hear. Another Hawk-watcher let me know that one of the Hawks was seen perched atop a building along Washington Square West before it flew southwest. […]


Long day with Rosie and Bobby – September 7th, 2013

Bobby and Rosie are back to being in Washington Square Park more frequently now and a few of us Hawkers got to spend a nice long day with them. I was there for about five and a half hours but it didn’t seem so long since it was fun to see what they would do […]


Bobby and Rosie’s evening hunting – December 8th, 2012

My strategy today when visiting Washington Square Park was to try to find Bobby and Rosie a couple of hours before roosting time in order to hopefully see some of their last minute cavorting before bedtime. Thankfully, it paid off. I saw Bobby on a building at the southwest corner of the park through the […]


Rosie and Bobby’s shared pigeon dinner – November 24th, 2012

It had been a couple of weeks since I’d really had a chance to explore the grounds of Washington Square Park. Today I noticed two new non-poison rat snap traps which were encouraging to see. It was further proof the Parks Department is taking the lives of the Red-tailed Hawks (and other animals that may […]