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

Bobby’s solo evening rounds – September 16, 2011

I first spotted Bobby circling toward Washington Square Park from the Union Square Park direction. He dropped out of sight for several seconds until I noticed him perched on the roof railing of Silver Center, one of the NYU buildings along the Eastern side of Washington Square Park.


Bobby! August 31, 2011

At long last, I and a few other hawk-watchers saw Bobby tonight! Pipsters had reported seeing a hawk or two over the last several days but they weren’t able to photograph them in time and the sightings were quite brief, unfortunately. But tonight was fantastic since we got to see Bobby flying, perching, and hunting […]


Post-Hurricane Irene neighborhood walkabout – August 28, 2011

Well, it was the storm that never was. Manhattan came through just fine overall. There were strong winds and steady, light rain all night long but nothing as intense as the weather heads were predicting.But it’s just as well since it means people and property were safe. We didn’t lose power in Manhattan so luckily, […]


Bobby in both parks – August 12, 2011

A few of us hawk-watchers started our vigil in Washington Square Park on Friday the 12th since Bobby and Violet had been spotted there the day before. We had great luck in seeing Bobby almost immediately upon entering the park’s center. He was sitting on one of his regular perches atop an NYU building at […]


Pip and Bobby – Union Square Park – August 4, 2011

It was a fine evening of hawk-watching tonight. At first, a friend and I searched Washington Square Park for our bird friends. After having no luck, I suggested we try to find them in Union Square Park. I managed to spot Bobby atop of the ConEd building at 14th Street and Irving Place. Notice he […]