Some good news: the Tompkins Square red-tailed hawks had a hatch last week and there are at least two chicks. It's still too early to get a good look, but I managed to get a glimpse of little white fuzzy heads earlier this week.
The photos below were taken from a very long distance with a telephoto, and have been severely cropped.
If you get out your magnifying glass, you can see two white fuzzy heads peeking above the edge of the nest directly under mom Amelia's face.
They are slightly more clear in this image.
A day later, one of the heads is more visible as Amelia feeds the chicks.
Photo quality is not good because I was so far away and the sky was dark, but I'll take what I can get.
Over the next couple of weeks, we should be able to confirm how many hatchlings there are.
Meanwhile, here are some recent photos of hawk parents Amelia and Charlie as they awaited the arrival of their hatchlings.
Amelia:
Amelia on the roof of the Christodora:
Amelia on the church cross at Avenue A & 10th Street:
Amelia flying back into the park:
Charlie in the park:
Swooping towards me like Christo used to do:
Charlie on a sunny afternoon:
Carrying some leftover rat dinner through the park:
Charlie landing on the church cross on Avenue A & 10th Street:
Relaxing...
More to come...
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