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

Hot day for a panting fledgling – July 2nd, 2017

We’re having quite a warm and humid spell in NYC these days. I found the Washington Square Park Hawk fledgling in its regular patch of trees. One of the adult Hawks was on an eastern flag pole at the moment. She was panting from the heat and holding her wings slightly open for a cool […]


NYU Hawk cam screen shots – February 24th, 2017

The new NYU Hawk cam has been excellent. The images are sharp and the different camera angles enhance the viewing experience. I’ve taken a few screen shots over the last couple of weeks that I thought might be nice for the blog. Snow shot from a snow storm of two weeks ago:


Fledgling developing his diving hunting legs – Photos from June 30th, 2016

I went to bed early last night so apologies for getting this post out a day late. 🙂 I spent a couple of hours following the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawk fledgling around yesterday morning. I heard the fledgling crying over and over so I followed its sounds and spotted it on the park arch:


Double post! Hawk photos from May 21st & May 23rd – 2016

I was entertaining out of town guests this weekend so here is a combo post of photos from Saturday’s and today’s Washington Square Park Hawk outings. It was a cloudy and rainy day on Saturday but all the Hawks were doing well. Sadie was at the nest the whole time of my visit, sticking close […]