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

Tag: Sasaki Garden

Both Washington Square Park fledglings all relaxed – July 18th, 2014

The Washington Square Park fledglings looked very well today. I was with them for about 2 ½ hours. I may have caught them right after eating because they were quite relaxed and preened and rested the whole time.

I found the first fledgling after I had looked throughout Sasaki Garden (a block south of the park) for them in case they were hunting there as one was last Saturday.

I was on my way out of the garden when I spotted one of the fledglings on a building top one street west:

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Rat poison removed from Sasaki Garden to protect young Hawks – July 17th, 2014

I received a call back from an NYU spokesperson in regards to my concerns about rat poison where one of the fledglings caught and ate a rat on July 12th. The location is called Sasaki Garden. It’s the green space between NYU’s Washington Square Village apartment buildings.

The NYU staffer let me know that the rat poison has been abated since baby Hawks are hunting there. I thanked them and added that the adult Red-tailed Hawks happen to live and hunt in the area year-round. They said they would look into that and get back to me on any update they may make in regards to their baiting policy.

This is great news and I am glad that NYU was so responsive and took these measures to protect the Hawks!