Despite a couple miserable days with lots of rain, things seem to progressing normally at the red-tailed hawk nest in Riverside Park at 102nd St. The female's tail feathers were just visible poking up from the nest when I popped by for a look around 2:30. No sign of the male at first, but while I was speaking with another neighborhood hawkwatcher who reported seeing a nest switch-off earlier, he quietly snuck into the area and perched 450 feet up atop The Master apartment building. Moments later, he parachute-plummeted all the way to the ground, attempting to snag a bird on the park lawn not far from where we watched. He failed and flew over to a near-by tree. Gave us the "you weren't watching that were you?" look.
But then he flew back to a tree by where he'd made the snatch attempt.
Ogled the leaf-covered lawn.
Checked the sky.
Checked the ground again.
Looked around.
And then flew back across Riverside Drive, passing not far over cars and pedestrians, apparently un-noticed by all. When last seen, he was heading down to the lower level of Riverside Park around 105th St.
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