Much to my surprise, it seems I have new neighbors. I learned last night of a new red-tailed hawk nest in Riverside Park at West 102nd St., a location I could walk to in maybe 5 minutes if there wasn't a fence in the way.
But sure enough, checking the spot on Sunday afternoon, there was a large nest high up a tree right over the main walkway alongside Riverside Drive. Once I found a good spot across the road to see what might be in the nest, someone within sat up and looked back.
Moments later, there were two hawks up there, as the male flew in with a new stick to add to the decor.
But within 30 seconds both hawks took off to the north. The female perched in the branches of a tree a block away.
The male had disappeared down into the park, but soon returned and landed in a tree not far from me.
It looked like he might have more twig or stick collecting in mind.
Indeed.
But he gave up on that effort and took off. Shortly after it seemed he might be chasing off a crow to the south. Good luck with that, as I could see that the crow had two teammates in the area.
Meanwhile the female returned to the nest.
Where she fussed about and kept checking the sky and nearby buildings, but eventually settled down.
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