Urban Hawks

January 13, 2013December 26, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey

Randalls Island Peregrine Falcons

A nice trip to Randalls Island on Sunday yeilded the two resident Peregrine Falcons atop the center building of The Manhattan Psychiatric Center. One was on a corner and the other on a set of communications towers. The bird on the tower was banded but it was too far away to capture any numbers.

The count for the day was fairly good. 35 species with a Common Goldeneye and a Belted Kingfisher as highlights. The day had three raptor species, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon and Red-tailed Hawk.

620	Brant
406	Canada Goose
30	Gadwall
3	American Black Duck
28	Mallard
12	Bufflehead
1	Common Goldeneye
14	Red-breasted Merganser
24	Ruddy Duck
1	Red-throated Loon
1	Double-crested Cormorant
2	Great Cormorant
1	Great Blue Heron
2	Red-tailed Hawk
1	American Coot
20	Ring-billed Gull
1	Herring Gull
4	Great Black-backed Gull
45	Rock Pigeon
3	Mourning Dove
2	Belted Kingfisher
3	American Kestrel
2	Peregrine Falcon
4	American Crow
4	Black-capped Chickadee
1	White-breasted Nuthatch
14	American Robin
2	Northern Mockingbird
57	European Starling
1	American Tree Sparrow
1	Song Sparrow
2	White-throated Sparrow
1	Dark-eyed Junco
6	Northern Cardinal
15	House Sparrow

January 11, 2013December 26, 2020Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

The Plaza Hotel – A New Red-tailed Nest

The Roger Paw Blog reported on January 9th that a new Red-tailed Hawk nest is being established on The Plaza Hotel at Central Park South.

This evening, at dusk while I was watching two Black Crowned Night Herons (one adult and one immature), and hundreds of Common Grackles come home to roost, I saw one the Red-tails at the nest site. The Red-tailed Hawk stayed on the nest for about ten minutes and then went off to roost.

Hats off to the Roger Paw Blog for such excellent reporting! Finding a new nest site, this early in the season, is hard work.

January 11, 2013December 17, 2020Owls

Photographs are of the Red-tailed Hawk pair and their nest just north of the stadium field, an American Kestrel, Brant, Black-capped Chickadee, and Red-breasted Mergansers.