Saturday evening was interesting. Flaco was in his normal roost tree, an American Elm before fly out. He hopped to a few branches in the tree before flying out and then went due west quickly. We lost track of him. But about a half hour later, he appeared on his “hunting branch”, which he’s been using for the last few weeks the overlooks a lawn which is locked at night.

He caught two rodents. The area has a mix of Brown Rats and White-footed Mice (or if you’re a purist about how to make scientific names plural, White-footed Mouses), so it’s hard to tell if he has a mouse or a juvenile rat.

After 10 pm, without any warning and without him being flushed by anyone, he flew aggressively to the north. We explored his know locations up north but came up empty. The park’s Great Horned Owl has been moving around lately, and fall migration has started, so we wondered if he was tracking another bird.

Friday was a relaxed evening with Flaco hunting on a locked lawn. Over the course of a few hours, he got four rodents.

I spent the early part of the evening stuffing envelopes for the Linnaean Society of New York’s Annual Mailing, and got to the park late in the evening. Flaco had already been observed catching four rodents! While I was with him he made one hunting attempt, but otherwise seemed to be relaxing.

Wednesday, marked the six month anniversary of Flaco’s release by a vandal. It’s good to see that he has beaten the odds against zoo escapes, and has survived.

Over the last few weeks, he’s been exploring a larger area and changing up his roosting locations. Tonight he appeared at the compost heap from the west, but it is still unclear where his new roost site is. At the compost heap he didn’t hunt, but flew back and forth between two trees before going to a Black Locust.

He hooted in the Black Locust, just like had done earlier in the year. He then flew south. We were unable to relocate him. So, we’ve ended up with a lot of questions about where he’s roosting, where he’s going, etc. Hopefully, we’ll get some answers soon.

Flaco returned to the roost site he had been using the last few weeks after roosting elsewhere for two nights. He hooted before he flew out which was fun to hear. He’s been very quite for the last month.

He also surprised us by going north rather than south after fly out. A number of folks searched for him, and I found him after 11 pm in one of his favorite Compost Heap trees. He caught a rat and ate it quickly.

I found Flaco late in the evening on a streetlight on the West Drive. He hunted on either side of the drive, making a few low passes over the drive. He explored many of the locations the Red-tailed Hawk pair, which tried to nest on Central Park West in the ’90s used a few years ago, including a swing set in the Tarr-Coyne Wild West Playground.