The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
A friend and I saw Bobby as soon as we arrived at Washington Square Park late today. He first landed on a couple of buildings before making his way into the trees at the western side of the park (where he and Rosie have been catching rats lately).
Bobby made a few low flyovers over the brush but didn’t catch a rodent until it was dark.
Leg kicked out in a relaxed stretch:
Continue to the full post… “Bobby catches a rodent, Rosie full of pigeon – December 15th, 2013”
A fellow Hawk-watcher who was in Washington Square Park well before me spotted Bobby atop One Fifth Avenue and Rosie on a low townhouse along the northern border of the park.
I did see Hawk(s?) during my visit as I’ll show later in this post.
Something was being filmed in the park during my visit so there was a prop telephone booth outside the main entrance:
Continue to the full post… “Hawk sightings, Parks and NYU contact info – October 14th, 2013”
The official I have been corresponding with is Sarah Neilson. She is the current administrator of Washington Square Park and is Executive Director of the newly-created, private Washington Square Park Conservancy (not to be confused with the group Washington Square Park Association or its arm Friends of Washington Square Park). Screen shots of tables and a photo I referenced in my email are included at the bottom of the page.
*** Continue to the full post… “My response to the latest Parks Department email – September 27th, 2013”