It looked like all the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks had recently eaten and were digesting, mostly resting, during my visit today.
Continue to the full post… “Restful parents, hop-flappy baby – June 8th, 2015”
The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
It looked like all the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks had recently eaten and were digesting, mostly resting, during my visit today.
Continue to the full post… “Restful parents, hop-flappy baby – June 8th, 2015”
Today was the third day in a week I’ve been out birding to search for the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks.
I did see one of them for a few seconds on Wednesday, September 17th as it flew overhead when I was approaching the Mercer Street/Cable Building fire escape but I didn’t have my camera ready so I missed getting any shots of it which was a drag. It flew past the fire escape and down toward the park. I looked all around for it but never got to see it again. And I couldn’t tell which Hawk it was unfortunately.
It has been a week since I last saw Rosie and two weeks and a day since I’ve seen Bobby. I’ve come to find that this is a pattern with them each mid-September. I’d go over a week without seeing either of the Red-tails and then they’d show up and stick around on a more regular basis.
I got to see two fall bird migrants today which was nice. I saw a female American Redstart for a few seconds then a female Common Yellowthroat.
Female Common Yellowthroat Warbler flitting about some brush:
The first WSP Hawk baby fledged yesterday afternoon (June 2nd), only a few hours after I had left the park.
I spent all day in the park today to see how the fledgling was doing and to see how the other bird still in the nest was faring.
The nest Hawk was peacefully preening when I arrived:
Continue to the full post… “First WSP Fledging – June 3rd, 2014”