Urban Hawks

October 5, 2015December 23, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

1st Year and Pale Male

The sun finally came out and with it two hawk sightings. A migrant youngster at 79th and the East Drive and then Pale Male a block north.

September 26, 2015December 23, 2020Other Birds

Whip-Poor-Will

Thanks to a report from Tom Perlman and Karen Fung, many birders got to see a Eastern Whip-Poor-Will in the Loch today in the northern part of Central Park.

September 22, 2015December 18, 2020San Remo/Pinetum/AMNH Red-tailed Hawks

Beresford Apartments

Almost every time I visit the park a hawk is on either the south or north tower of the Beresford Apartments for at least half an hour. Tonight it was the south tower.

September 16, 2015December 23, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Pale Male

This evening, Pale Male was on one of his favorite buildings at Fifth Avenue and 79th Street. He was there for about an hour and then flew to one of his favorite roosting trees in the east Pinetum.

September 13, 2015December 28, 2020Other Red-tailed Hawks

I explored the north end of the park today. During a brief rainstorm, I got to photograph a hawk at the eastern side of the North Meadow. Later this same hawk circled the Recreation Center a few times and then gained altitude. It started to get harassed by Chimney Swifts, so it went even higher until it was hard to see. It then dived and quickly moved northwest towards Morningside Park.