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

Tag: Peregrine Falcon

Bobby defends his turf, no sightings of the female Hawk – January 14th, 2015

A fellow Hawk-watcher spent most of the day in and around Washington Square Park in the hopes of spotting the female Red-tailed Hawk that was released in the park yesterday and to see if she was getting along with Bobby. I was in the park for two hours.

Between the two of us I think we missed maybe three hours of daylight and neither of us saw the female Red-tail. I’m not saying she wasn’t around but we weren’t fortunate to see her if she was.

We did see Bobby, a Cooper’s Hawk flying around the southern area of the park, and a Peregrine Falcon getting into three fights with Bobby over the course of my two hour visit.

Bobby was on the One Fifth Avenue building when I arrived:

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Bobby and a pesky Peregrine Falcon – November 14th, 2014

I followed Bobby around for an hour and 20 minutes today. He made it pretty easy for me to do so because he restricted his movements to above the park square, on building perches around the park, and a park tree.

He had to deal with a dive-bombing Peregrine Falcon throughout my visit. The Falcon made a couple of close passes at him when he was on the Judson Memorial Church cross, several dive-bombs when Bobby was perched on NYU’s Kimmel Center building, and a couple of dive-bombs when he was flying above the park square.

His day came to a quiet close though and he was able to rest in a tree then disappear deeper into the park trees at roosting time.

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Neighborhood Peregrine Falcon, Bobby at dusk – November 12th, 2014

It’s been several weeks since I’ve seen a neighborhood Peregrine Falcon.

The one I’d been watching from my kitchen window doesn’t seem to like hanging out there anymore unfortunately.

The Peregrine I saw today could have been the same bird but there was no surefire way to know. It was seated on a building at the corner of 2nd Avenue and 1st Street:

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