Urban Hawks

April 4, 2018December 15, 2020Red-tailed Hawk Nest Updates

2018 Manhattan Nest Update 3

Two changes today.

The Highbridge Park nest appears not to be in use this year. I suspect there a nest in the park, but is as of yet not found.
In Tompkins Square Park, Dora appears to have injured her wing again and has gone back to rehab. A new female is claiming the nest. There is a post on the EV Grieve blog. Laura Goggin Photography’s has also posted about the events on Wednesday.

March 31, 2018December 25, 2020Extralimital, Other Animals

Totally off topic Sea Otter

I’m on vacation and can’t help share pictures of this cute Sea Otter near Monterey, California.

March 30, 2018December 15, 2020Red-tailed Hawk Nest Updates

2018 Manhattan Nest Update 2

Glad to hear of an update on the hawks at 96th and Lexington. So here is a new chart.

March 30, 2018December 15, 2020Red-tailed Hawk Nest Updates

I’m on vacation in California, but I’m getting reports about the Manhattan nests. Any additional news would be welcome. In general, it looks like this year’s nests are running a week or two later than last years nests.

March 20, 2018December 22, 2020Washington Sq. Red-tailed Hawks

Washington Square Park

I was about to give up on the hawks in Washington Square Park, when they both arrived at dusk tonight. The male visited the nest and the student center before copulating with the female on the Silver Building. (With the Judson Church Cross under repair, they’ve been copulating on 1 Fifth Avenue and new locations this season.) Hopefully, we’ll have eggs in a few days.

March 18, 2018December 22, 2020Northwest Central Park Hawks

Day 3, 350 Central Park West

The nest continues to grow! I arrived late in the afternoon, and saw the pair interact and copulate on a building on 97th.

There has been speculation that these hawks might be the pair we see frequently around Mt. Sinai Hospital across the park. They clearly are not the hawks that have been trying for a few years to build a nest around the San Remo.