Randalls Island has had a nest in the lights of Field 10 just north of Icahn Stadium for a number of years. When there were Peregrine Falcons on the hospital, I think we skipped a year, but otherwise the pair has breed consistently over the last few years.
This year was no exception. The female was on the nest and in the warm sun left the eggs for a few minutes to take a stretch.
On Thursday afternoon a young Red-tailed Hawk was eating a squirrel on a rock south of the Azalea Pond in Central Park’s Ramble. It is an interesting bird with one red tail feather. We usually see the brown tail feathers of a juvenile change one by one over the summer to adult red feathers, so this one red feather is unusual.
Title says it all, “Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Eats A Norway Rat”. Just south of Trump Ice Skating Rink. Like many young hawks, this one dropped his rat while eating it.
As the title says, “Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Eats A Tuffted Titmouse”. Viewer beware. (The video is without audio as there was a middle school class watching the Red-tailed Hawk eat.)
Thursday, I searched the park hoping to find a Saw-whet Owl but came up empty. However, I did get nice looks at a Red-tailed Hawk in the West Pinetum of Central Park.
A young Red-tailed Hawk was eating a small bird on the roof of the building at 105th and Fifth Avenue as I was leaving the Conservatory Gardens of Central Park on Wednesday.
