On December 23, I found Dora enjoying the sunshine from atop the cross of St Nicholas of Myra church at Avenue A and 10th Street.
On the 24th, Christo made an appearance in Tompkins Square.
He flew around a lot and briefly settled on this cellphone transmitter at Avenue A and St Mark's Place. This is normally a big pigeon hang-out.
A while later, he took in the view from St Nicholas.
As the sun went down, Christo returned to the park and seemed to be on the hunt for dinner.
However, he opted to have leftovers for Christmas Eve rather than go for something fresh. This squirrel didn't seem to like Christo's choice of dining location.
The dinner was a long-dead pigeon that he scooped up from the grass near the chess tables. It appeared to me to be not much more than a pile of feathers.
The hawks don't waste food, so even this little scrap was cached.
On Christmas day, the hawks were not very cooperative posing for photos, but I did get this one of Dora being distracted by a squirrel.
On December 27, both hawks spent most of the afternoon on the scaffolding on top of the Christodora building. I looked up just in time to see a young Cooper's hawk zipping past Dora. It happened so fast, I didn't have time to focus the camera.
Christo soon joined her.
The two of them hung out up there until the sun set. They are probably the only residents of the Christodora who will be sad when the scaffolding eventually comes down.
That evening, Dora went to roost in a tree in the SE corner of the park and Christo scouted out possible roosting spots along 7th Street.
He finally settled on a fire escape near Avenue B. After sunset, he was all but invisible in this sheltered location.
The following day, Dora roosted in the park while Christo chose a tree along 7th Street.
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