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

No hawks Friday the 5th & Saturday the 6th

On Friday a large contingent of Pip-watchers looked for the hawks in Union Square Park and Washington Square Park Friday evening but saw no one. It was during after work hours so maybe we just missed them or they were hanging out elsewhere.Saturday was pretty rainy and although a friend and I looked in Washington […]


First fledgling gets a meal, all Hawks off the nest – June 2nd, 2013

The remaining two Hawk kids fledged today. The second bird fledged at 5:25AM, the third at about 6:06PM. All the fledglings are safe and sound from what I’ve heard from a fellow Hawk-watcher. The first fledgling (F1 I’ll refer to it as for convenience’s sake) appeared to have roosted at One Fifth Avenue, the building […]

Southeastern Central Park Hawk nearness – February 15th, 2013

In this post are photos I took Friday afternoon while visiting the Southeastern corner of Central Park. I hadn’t seen either of the Plaza Hawks on the Plaza Hotel at first so I went to The Pond to check on the birds that live near there. The Great Blue Heron that has been spotted in […]