Monday evening at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine found the un-injured red-tailed hawk fledgling exploring and practicing its moves. The finding, though, took a little while as it was mostly not visible from alongside Morningside Drive, and only spotting a departing adult provided a clue where it was at. It was lurking about the south side of the cathedral, perched on the buttress between the crossing and choir.
Within a minute it was in the air.
And alighting on a finial at the east end of St. James chapel. Stuck the landing very nicely.
It stayed there for a while, alternately watching activity on the ground and trying to maintain its balance on the pointed perch.
Then it decided to spend a little more time practicing its landings, flying back and forth between that finial and one nearby.
After which it dropped down to the roof of St. James chapel and was out of sight for about 10 minutes before re-appearing.
And from there it flew over to the roof of Cathedral House in the center of the close.
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