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 […]

No hawks in either park – August 18, 2011

Despite waiting it out in Washington Square Park for just over two hours last night, there were no hawks to report. A few Pip Patrol Officers stalked Union Square Park but they came up hawkless as well. No, there wasn’t much to look at in Washington Square Park except for maybe some flowers:


Bobby & Violet visited the nest today! August 11, 2011

It was a big day in our little hawk world today. Bobby and Violet returned to their nest at Bobst library at NYU for a short while early this afternoon. It was the first confirmed sighting of Violet since July 18th (the last previously-known footage of her was in my post here). No one in […]