Landing and Take-off by a Red-Tailed Hawk
2 July 2020
I've been remiss in posting to this blog for the last few months, and while I hope to be doing some make-up posts soon, here's are two sequences from tonight: a red-tailed hawk landing in a tree—note the pine needles flying in the second picture, and the small bird fleeing its new neighbor in the fourth—and then it taking off.
Red-tailed hawk
Catching Up: Herons
5 July 2020
I especially love the two great blue heron chicks, at the Tracy Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. And of course, the black-crowned night herons in the Central Park Pond are very photogenic.
Great blue heron
Black-crowned night heron
Watching Great Blue Herons
6 July 2020
For the last few months, I've regularly visited the Tracy Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. As a result, I've been able to track particular nests. Here's a sequence, mostly of one nest, of two chicks from conception to about ready to fledge.
Great blue heron
Catch Up: Great Egrets
9 July 2020
Great egrets are such beautiful birds!
Great egret
Peregrine Falcons
23 July 2020
A pair of peregrine falcons have a nest high up on Riverside Church; the church very kindly installed some 2x4s for them to perch on.
The other day, I saw several falcons—at least two, more likely three or four—circling around the Interchurch Center across the street. Speculation I've heard is that this was the parents teaching the fledglings how to fly well.
Peregrine falcon
A Red-Tailed Hawk, Grooming Itself
25 July 2020
A red-tailed hawk was grooming itself. It apparently heard the click of my camera shutter, stopped what it was doing, and lookeed down at me. I suppose I'm anthropomorphizing to say that it was glaring at me…
Red-tailed hawk
The Central Park Pond
26 July 2020
I had a great time this morning at the Central Park Pond: a black-crowned night heron, an egret that found some prey, a turtle that decided it wanted to be under a bench instead of in the water, a wood duck, and a great blue heron perched in a tree. I should note: that bird showed why one should not park a car under a tree in which a heron perches…
