Today is the first day of summer and the beginning of a heat wave here in the city. The Tompkins Square hawk family has been keeping cool by hanging out in the shade of the park trees.
Here is one of the fledglings who is already looking all grown up:
This is one of its siblings:
There are three hawk fledglings and it appears that two of them like to stay close to each other while the third prefers to have more of their own space. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it's the two older hawks who hang out together.
Here they are on Tuesday evening:
It's hard to tell from these photos, but the one on the right is a bit larger than the one on the left. It could be they are male (left) and female (right), but I'm not really sure, and it's impossible to be certain just by looking at them.
This is the pair a couple of days earlier. The one on the right is clutching a pigeon provided by Dad.
Mom and Dad give all three the attention they need. Both parents have been actively participating in the feeding of the kids. Below, Amelia (right) brings a fresh pigeon leg to one of the youngsters.
Just before sunset on Tuesday, one of the fledglings went exploring in one of the park garden areas.
It chased around some invisible prey (mice? rats? insects?) in the low vegetation.
Meanwhile, Dad Christo stares down a squirrel.
And Mom Amelia keeps her eye on all the activity from the corner of a building on Avenue B.
Flying into the park:
Finally, Christo delivers dinner (half a rat?) to his hungry family.
The whole hawk family continues to do well, and there will be more to come.
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