Sunday is fun day

Green-clad drinkers weren't the only ones out having fun on St Patrick's Day.  One of the Tompkins Square Park hawks seemed to enjoy him/herself a bit more than usual on this pre-Spring Sunday.

After a lunch of pigeon, followed by an hour sitting in the Hare Krishna tree watching a soccer game, this hawk pursued a mouse in the grass and then seemed to get downright silly.

After chasing the mouse around a tree, the hawk tore into some daffodils...



Then hopped around in the grass, kicking up clods of dirt...



And finally, flinging sticks into the air...

Who's up for a game of catch?



I'm told the hawk is too young to be building a nest, so I can't explain its behavior.  To a layperson, it looked like the hawk was just having a whole lot of fun.

See more hawk photos here.

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