Late one recent afternoon, this Peregrine Falcon zoomed up the avenue to 5th Street, where Christo was perched on one of the Village View buildings, and started chasing him around.
![Falcon over Avenue A](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8692/16670239837_b65fa63ed0_b.jpg)
They circled each other several times - so fast I couldn't photograph them together - then the falcon headed NW, up First Avenue.
A couple of days later, I spotted two Turkey Vultures gliding straight up Avenue A, right over the nest at 3rd Street.
![Turkey vultures over Avenue A](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7626/16276657474_be37cba70c_b.jpg)
About an hour later, two vultures glided in the opposite direction, south on A. Were they the same or a different pair? I'm not sure, but four vultures were spotted over Washington Square Park on this same day.
Yesterday, I was totally surprised to see this Merlin casually perched on a rooftop shower head on 6th Street & Avenue B. I've never seen one in this area, so this was pretty exciting for me.
![Merlin](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8738/16970913031_d16cd0efae_b.jpg)
After a few minutes, it took off towards Tompkins Square Park.