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

Letter to various authorities regarding the use of rodenticide

Due to the Central Park fledglings’ recent illness, I was moved to once again to reach out to Parks Department (and now other NYC authorities) on the matter of using rodenticide (specifically the anticoagulant variety) in city parks and to suggest alternatives. No one knows for sure what is causing the fledglings’ illnesses but it […]

Hawk fledglings on their own – July 9th, 2012

At long last the heat wave has broken and we had much better weather today. The two Washington Square Park fledglings were unchaperoned (from what I could tell) but were doing quite well on their own during my visit. I spotted the first fledgling soaring in several circles northeast of the park: