The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
In my archives are many previously-unpublished photos and videos of Pip, Bobby, and Violet. Here are photos from June 23rd, 2011; the day Pip fledged from the Bobst Library window ledge nest.
The newly-emptied nest:
Continue to the full post… “*Bonus pics from the day Pip fledged – June 23, 2011*”
Since I missed seeing any hawks today in Washington Square Park (I had missed a sighting of two hawks circling above the park by only half an hour!), true to my word, below are photos of Pip I hadn’t yet posted before. These photos are from a visit on June 19th, four days before she fledged. They aren’t particularly remarkable but are fun to share with you!! What I may end up doing is post such “bonus footage” beginning June 19th and on. I think the 19th was the day I first used my better camera (the one I use now) so any photos I post from that day on would be much better quality than any taken days beforehand.
Continue to the full post… “June 19 Pip photos – blast from the past”
The last time I saw Pip was on August 4th, per my post from that day: https://rogerpaw.com/2011/08/pip-and-bobby-union-square-park-august/ I looked around the blogosphere and saw no mention of any confirmed sightings of her any day after that.My guess is she has flown the coop. Her departure was to be expected but it’s a bit tough at the moment to absorb that possible reality. I feel sad I never got to see her in action hunting, catching, killing and eating her own prey. I have heard rumors that others have seen her do so but there’s no confirmation of that (at least I haven’t seen proof of that) so my mind is not at rest in that regard.I trust my fellow Pip lovers will know what I mean when I write our little girl grew so fast and so strong and we are so immensely proud of her.My hope is that I’m wrong and we will see her at least one more time before the end of the month or during the early part of next month (when most of us heard she was ‘due’ to leave the area). But if she truly is gone, I have no shame in admitting there is a bittersweet lump in my throat.I’ll continue to photograph Violet and Bobby or any other hawk I come across and post their photos in my blog as I have been. And I’ll be compiling and posting video and photo ‘out takes’ of Pip and her parents I hadn’t blogged before so the story is not over yet!Instead of ending this post by writing, “Good bye, Pip” I’ll instead state, “Hope to see you again.. and soon!”