The photos below were taken over the last several days.
![Tompkins fledgling #1](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4312/35729237700_5994328d9d_b.jpg)
Ten explores a fire escape along 7th Street, south of the park.
![Tompkins fledgling #1](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4293/35729249430_d1fd605d4e_b.jpg)
Late on a dreary afternoon, she was mobbed by a mockingbird while perched on an antenna on the same block of 7th Street. Urban Hawks has some nice photos and video of her that same afternoon.
![Red-tail and mockingbird](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4305/36289694525_73526dba5e_b.jpg)
In the end, the mockingbird succeeded in bullying Ten off her perch and chased her back into the park.
![Red-tail and mockingbird](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4313/36289699575_0d4d2c50b0_b.jpg)
On a sunnier afternoon, Flatbush perched on a chimney on 7th Street and regarded a flying insect.
![Fledgling regarding a bug](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4324/35279930724_55a9e7e0ab_b.jpg)
The following images are all of Flatbush.
![Tompkins fledgling #2](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4310/35336224073_84866f8ed8_b.jpg)
Note the band on his left leg. This is the easiest way to identify him.
![Tompkins fledgling #2](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4319/36143130985_d1c71178d5_b.jpg)
![Tompkins fledgling #2](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4304/36127660326_0986edaa15_b.jpg)
![Tompkins fledgling #2](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4309/36001013922_e7db8957a6_b.jpg)
Exploring the scaffolding at the Christodora House on Avenue B and 9th Street.
![Tompkins fledgling #2](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4300/36127680596_68602eca97_b.jpg)
Paying a visit to the Meserich Synagogue on 6th Street, just east of First Avenue, this last Sunday.
![Tompkins fledgling #2](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4391/35928513330_ec7fa9af09_b.jpg)
Monday evening, Flatbush surprised me by appearing alongside Dora on the cross of St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church on Avenue A and 10th Street (in the photo below, Flatbush is on top, Dora is on the right). This is the first time I've seen him on a church cross, and is the highest perch I've seen him achieve so far.
![Flatbush and Dora](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4314/35929067450_2349849d65_b.jpg)
After watching Dora preen for a few minutes, Flatbush took off south and disappeared over the rooftops on 9th Street.
![Flatbush and Dora](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4420/35929066690_3f2cf6b5af_b.jpg)
See more recent hawk photos on my Flickr page.
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