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

Three Hawk sites, nine Hawks – May 14th, 2013

It was a bountiful Red-tailed Hawk day today. I visited three sites: Plaza Male’s, Pale Male and Octavia’s, and Bobby and Rosie’s territories. I only got to see two of Pale Male’s and Octavia’s babes and one of Bobby and Rosie’s offspring today. I spotted a Red-tailed Hawk on the side of The Plaza. I […]


Rosie and Bobby after the rain – May 9th, 2013

We’ve had a couple of heavy rain days this week (including today). The sky cleared early afternoon today so I was able to spend some overdue time watching Rosie and Bobby at Washington Square Park. There was much to see in the 4 1/2 hours I was at the park. I saw Rosie already seated […]


Red-tailed Hawk nest at The Plaza Hotel – January 9th, 2013

I haven’t mentioned this before (because I didn’t yet have the amount of evidence I needed) but it’s now clear to me that the Southeastern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks I’ve been following are building a nest at The Plaza Hotel. I’d been watching the Hawks bring twigs to a particular ledge more frequently than to […]