Sunday Walk Starts And Ends With Fathers

By D. Bruce Yolton927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Other Birds, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

My Sunday walk from the Sheep Meadow to the Metropolitan Museum of Art started and ended with two fathers, the 888 Seventh Avenue male, nicknamed Junior and the 5th Avenue male, Pale Male.

Junior was with his daughter in the southwestern corner of the Sheep Meadow.  He had just delivered a late lunch.
The 888 fledgling enjoying the meal.
After eating and wiping her beak on some bark, she relaxed in the shade.
After watching the fledgling, I went up to The Lake to watch Sandpipers.  Here are two Least Sandpipers having fun.  They’re quite a social bunch.  We’re used to seeing a stray Sandpiper or two in the park, so it’s a treat to watch the Least Sandpiper flock behavior.
Least Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Cedar Waxwing
On my way out of the park, I saw another father, Pale Male on the Beresford’s North Tower.