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

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Rosie and Bobby share a pigeon meal – October 10th, 2013

One of the regular Washington Square Park dudes that I see hanging out there often saw me looking for the Hawks and approached me smiling and said, “She got the pigeon, huh”. His statement confused me so I replied with something like, “I’m sorry?”. Then the man pointed over to a tree and said, “She caught a pigeon”. It was then that I saw Rosie eating a pigeon on one of the Hawks’ dining table branches so I thanked the man and stepped a little closer so I could watch her:

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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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