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

Bobby sits guard for hours – June 12th, 2017

It was quite hot in Washington Square Park today (94 degrees) so I only spent 2 1/2 hours’ worth of Hawking. Bobby sat guard on the Education Building flag pole (the one closest to the nest) almost the whole time. The fledgling was likely hiding out/napping in the shade because a fellow Hawk-watcher and I […]


Fledgling enters the park trees – June 11th, 2017

A few Hawk-watchers and I ventured out to Washington Square Park at the start of a new heat wave to check on the fledgling. A fellow Hawk-watcher found her almost two hours after I had arrived. She was sitting on a window facing the eastern side of the park: