The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
I was not able to bird in Washington Square Park to look for the resident Red-tailed Hawks today but the sight of a Peregrine Falcon from my kitchen window (in lower Manhattan) this morning nicely made up for it.
The bird stayed on its perch for an hour and fifteen minutes. At one point I pulled a folding chair into my kitchen so I could watch more comfortably. You can’t get much better than that!
Continue to the full post… “Peregrine Falcon seen from my kitchen window – July 24th, 2014”
We’re in the middle of a rainy streak in New York City so there isn’t much Hawk-watching to do for another day or so. But a fellow Hawk-watcher who lives near Washington Square Park has seen Bobby out and about and Rosie either warming the babes or sitting at the edge of the nest the last couple of days so all is well with them.
A friend and I, knowing we were due for a few days of rain, took our chance to visit Central Park our last sunny day to see how Spring migration was going.
Without even intending to, we soon wound up at Pale Male’s nest.
We had good timing because he appeared soaring in the sky before we could reach the best place to view his nest from. He was toting food for his new hatchlings. He and Octavia have two babes this Spring.
Continue to the full post… “Springtime Central Park birding pics from April 28th, 2014”
I swung by Washington Square Park this morning to check on the Hawks and saw Rosie doing well.
A fellow Hawk-watcher reported seeing what was thought to have been Bobby earlier in the morning.
We had a pretty awful snowstorm to contend with yesterday (snow then sleet, strong winds, barely-plowed streets, deep and dirty slush puddles, you name it!). Yet today we have gorgeous blue skies and rather mild temperatures.
A Bobst Library room with a view (snow shown blowing from off the roof at the moment):
Continue to the full post… “Fourteen minutes with Rosie this morning – February 14th, 2014”