When I encountered Bruce in the north end of Central Park a month ago, he mentioned having been up at Inwood and hearing that Inwood Park's red-tailed hawk female had to be rescued and nursed back to health. One of his posts briefly mentioned that she had tested positive for West Nile.
The Parks Dept. has posted much more about the story in their on-line newsletter, as I just discovered while Googling for info about something else. On Jan. 18, the Daily Plant described the discovery of the sick female on Dec. 2 and the early steps to help her recover despite a dismal prognosis. Then on Jan. 22 it reported that during her recuperation, two new hawks tried to muscle in on the Inwood territory. The Inwood female apparently recovered fully, was released back to the wild on Dec. 14, and on Jan. 5 was spotted perched next to her mate. No word though on when or how the interlopers were chased off.
Also on the Parks Dept. website is a collection of nine photos of a juvenile red-tail in Francis Lewis Park on Jan. 9. (Warning! Gruesome feeding pix.) The park is a small one located underneath the Queens end of the Bronx Whitestone bridge.
I wonder what other hawk goodies are hidden away on the Parks website.
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