The Pool Red-tail
Over last few weeks in the early evening, a young Red-tailed hawk has been hunting rodents at the waterfall near Glen Span Arch. The hawk was there on Saturday, but an older woman feeding raccoons spoiled its rodent hunting.
Category: Other Red-tailed Hawks
City College Nest
It looks like I’ll have to go back in the morning. I went Saturday and Sunday afternoons and the action was quiet. James O’Brien got some great shots this morning, so I guess I’ll have to get up early on Saturday.
Eighth Manhattan Nest
Thanks to a report from Bill Amstutz, the eighth Manhattan Red-tailed Hawk nest has been found on Shepard Hall, up at City College.
James O’Brien confirmed the location of the nest today and has pictures on his blog.
Of the eight known nests in Manhattan, here’s what I know…
- 888 Seventh Avenue, Lots of mating and twigging.
- 5th Avenue, Looks good and keep your fingers crossed that the recent repairs corrected the problems with the nest.
- St. John the Divine, New mate and Cathedral construction may cause problems.
- Highbridge Park, Hawks sighted in area but old nest looks abandoned. There may be a new nest nearby.
- Inwood Hill Park, New nest in older spot. Looks great.
- South Riverside Park, New nest with young parents. Mixed chances but they seem to be doing well for beginners.
- Houston Street, Nest just beginning to be worked on. Time will tell.
- Shepard Hall, City College, New nest. Who knows.
In addition to these nests, there are rumors of three possible nest sites, two between the Southern Riverside Park nest and Inwood Hill Park nest along the Hudson, and one around 14th Street and the East River. I hope we find them.
To a wonderful spring!
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in Union Square
The Scott’s Oriole continues in Union Square. The juvenile Red-tailed Hawk which is spending the winter in Union Square was having a great time going after pigeons and squirrels. It didn’t catch anything while I was there, but it seemed to be having fun time keeping everyone on their toes.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Eats A Squirrel
On New Year’s Day, I got to watch a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk eat a squirrel just east of Bethesda Fountain. These photos are not for the squeamish. Skip to another post, if you’d rather not see these images.
The squirrel was quite large and the Red-tail had a hard time flying with it and keeping it balanced.
Hawk and Owl
Today, I saw a hawk and an owl.
I started out doing a sweep around the pair of Eastern Screech-Owls, where we’ve lost track of one of the owl’s daytime roosts. I started out at a tree I thought was a likely candidate, and heard two crying squirrels. I looked around and saw a first-year juvenile Red-tailed Hawk finishing up a meal. The prey had already been well eaten at this point, so I couldn’t figure out what was for dinner.
