Last Sunday's hawkwatching led to a head cold, so I skipped visiting Morningside for a few days. Today's walk over there was quickly met by the sight of a red-tailed hawk exiting the nest area and flying north. It apparently circled around a couple times to gain some altitude and then flew back to perch atop the hospital.
That was at 4:50, and the hawk -- looks like Isolde -- was still in that spot when I left 40 minutes later.
In the meantime, I wandered down into Morningside Park to check whether the Cooper's hawk or another red-tail as about. Despite interesting robin chirps near the water fountain, the answer seems to have been no. But while checking out the mallards at the pond, I belatedly realized there was a great blue heron also there.
It was enjoying great success, catching five goldfish during the ten minutes that I watched.
Otherwise, the goose count was up to four. A couple seemed to be checking out the island like it might be a good place to lay eggs.
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