Now in their third nesting season, the red-tailed hawks at J. Hood Wright Park in Washington Heights have wasted no time. This go-round, they are in line with other area nest schedules rather than running a week or two behind.
Checking the nest late Sunday afternoon, I was cautiously coming to the decision that I could just barely see a hawk in the nest, when another hawk landed on the railing above the nest.
It appeared to be the female returning from a meal break.
She looked around for half a minute, waiting for the male to get out of the nest. A switch-off was in progress.
Whoa. Nice belly band on that guy.
And then he was off and gone, while she hopped into the nest. Aside from what might have been an egg-turning about 15 minutes later, there was no further activity before I had to leave.
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