Pale Male and Lola were where I expected them to be today late this afternoon after a strong thunderstorm.

Pale Male was in a tree on the Great Lawn enjoying that it was closed and free of people.  (The Parks Department closes the lawn whenever it is too wet.)  Reports are that he spent the whole afternoon in the same tree, although he did shift perches moving from branch to branch.

Lola likes to be high up, so I expected her to be on a building on either Central Park West or Fifth Avenue.  I found her on a building at 78th and Fifth Avenue being harassed by an American Kestrel.

After all of the ups and downs of this Spring’s breeding season, it was nice to find some consistency.  Soon it will be Fall and Pale Male will hunt around nearby apple trees which attract rodents with their fallen fruit.