The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
Here are a few seconds of footage I took of the young Red-tailed Hawk and Bobby in Washington Square Park on January 16th, 2015.
Bobby would take breaks from trying to drive the juvenile Hawk out of the park.
It is not very loud but you can hear the little Hawk chirping to Bobby in between their skirmishes.
If your internet connection allows, try to watch the video in the HD setting.
I haven’t visited Washington Square Park since December 29th but Bobby has been seen doing well since then (as recently as today).
A juvenile Red-tail was bopping around Union Square Park (several blocks northeast of Washington Square Park) earlier today. It was chasing after squirrels from tree to tree per a faithful Hawk-watcher who shared the sighting details with me.
We hadn’t planned on it but a friend and I wound up in Tompkins Square Park early this afternoon and watched one of the adult Red-tailed Hawks circle around then perch in the eastern side of the park.
I only had my simple point-and-shoot camera on me at the time so I couldn’t take nice photos of the Hawk but I got to collect some footage of it.
I had posted a lower-quality version of this video earlier but this version should include the HD-viewing option: