On Tuesday, I had a peaceful visit to Washington Square and had great views of Rosie and both fledglings.

I got to see one of the Washington Square fledglings and both parents this evening.  The fledglings are starting to venture outside of the park, so I think the area hawk watchers are going to need to work harder to find them in the upcoming weeks.

Tonight the two fledglings were calm after the thunderstorms.  One was in a tree on the east side of the park, and the other on a building on the SW corner of the park.  One of the parents arrived with a Rock Pigeon and the juvenile in the park joined the mother and took the pigeon from her.

Other than this not much happened. 

I arrived in the park to find the two fledglings playing around a plastic bag.  I discovered it had trapped water and the young hawks were using it too cool off.

The hawks and their mother perched in trees for a long time in the hot weather as well.  A thunderstorm came through and I exited the park.

The fledglings continue to delight park visitors.  If you haven’t seen the fledglings in a while, try to make a visit this weekend.  They’re at a delightful, playful age.

Tuesday evening was an absolute delight in Washington Square.  The two fledglings were playing on the lawn and exploring the east end of the park.  They looked so different from the tentative fledglings of just ten days ago.

I love when watching Red-tailed Hawks, you end up seeing a Peregrine Falcon and an American Kestrel have a territorial battles with the hawks.  One raptor gets you two more.  This happened this evening around Washington Square.

Bobby kept an eye on the Peregrine Falcon and Rosie got buzzed by the American Kestrel.

Both fledglings were hard to find until dusk.  One was spotted going between trees in the east side of the park, before going up to a building.  The other fedgling flew to the the Silver building from the library.  They’re getting used to maneuvering in trees, and are doing very well at gaining altitude and flying long distances.