Roosting On 15 Central Park West

By D. Bruce YoltonSouthern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Not to be out done by their child, the 888 Seventh Avenue parents spent the night on 15 Central Park West.  This may be the highest roost, we’ve seen a Red-tailed Hawk use.

One of the hawks arrived and then left.  I think it was the female of the pair.
The female returns to the building perching on scaffolding.
Soon the male arrives (right) and the female then joins him on a the left.  These are the highest windows on the building on the north tower of the rear building at 15 CPW.
The hawks settle in for the night.
Although it looks like daylight in this long exposure, it is well past dark and both hawks have settled in for the evening.

While I was watching these two, an inline skater came by and showed me pictures from earlier in the evening.  It was of the 888 Seventh Avenue fledgling.  She was hunting on the bridge just inside the park from Central Park South at Seventh Avenue.  Unfortunately, while he was taking pictures someone actually went up to the fledgling and touched her.  No harm was done, but it’s a shame some New Yorkers don’t have common sense!