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

Weekend at Cape May

A friend and I spent the weekend in Cape May, New Jersey in the hopes of seeing huge amounts of Red-tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles, and Ospreys pass by/rest as they made their way south.

Although calendar-wise we went at a great time, there were none of these birds to be seen en masse. We overheard one park guide tell a group that the winds that weekend, unfortunately, didn’t make it conducive for migration. Our trip was a bust in that regard but the sights of other birds, the beautiful city and landscapes of Cape May, and the Atlantic Ocean well made up for it.

Saturday sights:

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Fledgling spotting, Bobby and Rosie fortifying the new nest spot – July 8th, 2013

I wasn’t seeing any sign of the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks the first fifteen minutes I was in the park today so instead of continuing a search for them in the heat, I stood still and waited for glimpses of their movements in the trees.

The tactic paid off because I soon saw one of the fledglings moving about in the tree far across from me. It was trying to get away from a harassing Mockingbird.

The fledgling is on the horizontal branch below the upper central window:

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Day 4: Tasmania birding tour – Cradle Mountain, Strahan, Burnie

On day four we woke up at our Cradle Mountain lodge. It was early morning and the fog was lifting from the pond on site:

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