888 Seventh Avenue Mother

I went looking for the 888 Seventh Avenue fledgling this afternoon, but found her mother instead.  She was at the northwest corner of the Sheep Meadow in Central Park around 67th near Tavern on the Green.

She was being scolded by a group of Robins, who helped me find her.

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The adult hawk flew off out of sight.  While looking for her, I found this raccoon sleeping just north of Tavern on the Green.  Does it dream of the goodies in the dumpsters nearby?

Great News – City Will Redraft Photography Permit Regulations

Thank you to all of the readers who wrote to the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting. The MOFTB announced this afternoon that the proposed film rules will be re-drafted and new hearings and public comment period will be scheduled.

Full details of the announcement are at the MOFTB website.

Update: On Saturday, a portion of my letter of protest against the regulations was quoted by The New York Times!

Internship at Time-Warner

I found the 888 fledgling flying west on 58th Street today, and then landing on the Time-Warner building in Columbus Circle.  Her flying skills have really improved.  This perch is about ten stories high.

A Mockingbird quickly arrived to harass the Red-tail.
The Mockingbird gave up after a few minutes.
After about 45 minutes, the fledgling glided down to Columbus Circle with talons down, into the flower beds near the fountain. It came up empty and…
…flew up to a traffic light.
t stayed for about a minute and returned to the park, quickly making its way north for the night.

On The Fence

After a few days of difficulty finding the 888 Seventh Avenue fledgling, she was found with her father near the 67th Street Playground, which is just off Central Park West.

The father, whose been giving hunting lessons.
Another shot of the father
The 888 Seventh Avenue fledgling near the two Lawn Bowling greens.
Her attention was focused on something.  There is a gutter around the greens.  I wonder if there is a family of rodents there?
She made some small hops and moved up and down the fence.
Lincoln Karim and I were shooting from opposite sides, and both managed to get blurry pictures of each other.  (Although our pictures might make us look like we’re close to the fledgling, we both kept a safe distance.  Our telephoto lenses flatten the depth of field.)
A bit blurry, but a nice shot to see her feather detail.
he father had stayed put, and the fledgling returned to be with him.  He showed her a Robin’s nest.
Which she jumped on and after a bit followed her father south.
Now you know why Robins and Blue Jays are so bold in attacking Red-tails.

Pale Male

Despite an a full search of the Southwest corner of the park, the 888 Seventh Avenue hawks weren’t found on Monday evening.  They’ve been seen flying towards Broadway in the mid-60’s over the last few days.  I think there is a perch on one of the ABC Television buildings, that can’t be seen from Central Park.

One my way out of the park around 8:00 p.m., Pale Male was spotted on a Metropolitan Museum of Art railing.  He was on the northern side of the building.

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