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

Rosie bringing rope to the nest

A friend of mine gave me permission to post this photo (anonymously) of Rosie bringing rope to the nest. Rosie is a resourceful hawk. The rope is strong, soft, and probably improves the integrity of the nest. I was glad to see the rope in the nest for the first time a couple of days […]

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 […]

Bobby and Rosie mating at sunset – February 27th, 2013

I thought I’d have a more pleasant journey to Washington Square Park via bus rather than subway after work today (I didn’t have the energy to ride a packed train). But my bus, although a “Limited”/express bus, was making all local stops so I lost valuable time. I bring this up only because I had […]

Trap, dead (poisoned?) rat, other updates – September 20th, 2013

A fellow Hawk-watcher informed me that one of the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks was bringing nesting material to the Bobst Library nest yesterday morning so that was nice to hear. Another Hawk-watcher let me know that one of the Hawks was seen perched atop a building along Washington Square West before it flew southwest. […]