Good morning from the main lawn of Tompkins Square Park!
The hawk above had been playing on the lawn until someone let their unleashed dog spoil the fun. After the dog arrived, the hawk flew into the trees.
Earlier that same morning, the fledgling played around with the construction netting at the bathrooms.
Suddenly, the hawk took off and swooped across the skateboard area where it landed under a bench and pulled up what I thought was prey...
...but it turned out to be a banana!
Not satisfied with old fruit, the hawk went looking for better breakfast options.
The fledgling swooped back across the play area and came up with a rodent. I'm not sure if it's a large mouse or small rat.
It didn't take long to eat its small meal.
The snack was just enough to provide some energy to go exploring.
Later in the day, one of the hawks (I don't know if it was the same one as above) caught a pigeon and took it to a tree to eat. One of the resident squirrels just had to get a closer look.
To my knowledge, the young hawks have still not been able to catch a squirrel, but the squirrels should definitely be on their guard.
More to come...
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