I’ve been away at a conference for a week in Las Vegas.  I returned to the city last night and went down to Tompkins Square Park this afternoon. 

Christo, the male of the pair that resides in the park, fly into a tree next to me within minutes of my arrival at the park.  He then went hunting and caught a rodent.  He then ended up into a tree where he roosted for the night.  As I was leaving, I saw an Eastern Red Bat.

What a nice homecoming back to New York City.

The temperatures are dropping and Red-tailed Hawk pairs are returning to their old hunts.  Both hawks were in Tompkins Square Park this evening.  Nice to see them enjoying the park.

The Tompkins Square Park adults on the Most Holy Redeemer church near 4th Street and Avenue A on Tuesday evening.

It was too hot to stay too long watching the Tompkins Square Hawks.  Plus the punk bands celebrating the TSP riot, were a little too loud.  But I did get to see two fledglings and Dora.  There was a funny squirrel/hawk standoff too.  A squirrel climbed a small tree that the hawk was in, and then realized it wasn’t a good idea.  Luckily, no one was hurt.

I didn’t spend much time in Tompkins Square Park this evening, but saw a fledgling near Avenue A, two young hawks soaring over the Lower East Side and Dora on a church cross.