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

Pip and Bobby – July 14, 2011

A splendid day of Pip and Bobby watching on the 14th. Just before I got to the park it was reported that Pip was flying back and forth amongst the trees with gusto chasing pigeons and squirrels. I saw her sitting in a couple of trees and fly around while crying but no hunting attempts […]

WSP Hawk and sleepy Peregrine – August 3rd, 2014

I looked for the Washington Square Park (WSP) Red-tailed Hawks yesterday afternoon but never found any. A fellow Hawk-watcher saw one of the fledglings and one of the adults outside Union Square Park earlier this morning. Union Square Park is 8 blocks northeast of Washington Square Park. I hopped on the subway and headed to […]

Both WSP fledglings seen doing well – July 1st, 2014

I had no luck finding any of the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks yesterday but a fellow Hawk-watcher saw both fledglings doing well early this evening. One of them flew and dove at the pigeon flock that lives just north of the park. Both fledglings then wound up on an NYU building at the eastern […]


Multiple Hawks and friends – October 27th, 2012

A Red-tailed Hawk was soaring above the Washington Square Park square a few minutes after I arrived this morning. I was so focused on trying to get my camera settings right on such a cloudy day, I took for granted that it was probably Rosie or Bobby. When I got home and looked through my […]