888 Seventh Avenue Fledgling Growing Up

By D. Bruce YoltonJuly 9, 2007December 23, 2020Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

The girl who seemed so shy when she first entered the park is growing up. Her range has increased, she’s hunting and has lost the awkwardness she had when she first entered the park.

I caught up to her while she was engaged in stick play.

This helps her with her hunting skills.

She went after a squirrel but missed it. She’s flying 250-500 feet without problems.

She moved to a tree with a clear view of both the Essex House and CNN signs, at dusk. I wonder if she wanted to be able to see her parents in the morning.

She did a lot of panting and kept her wings open a lot. It was over 90 degrees.

Although I left before she went to sleep, what seemed to be her last perch was a very thin tree branch. I wonder if she roosted here, on a branch too thin for raccoons?