It's been a hot and muggy week here in NYC, but that hasn't kept the Tompkins Square Red-Tailed Hawk fledglings from having their fun. Late one afternoon, when the temps went down a bit, I caught two of them frolicking together in one of the gardens.
At one point, their play-fighting got a little intense.
No worries, as one of the hawks found some toys nearby, including a discarded can of iced tea.
And a plastic bottle. The hawks will investigate and play with almost anything, including our trash.
While I was watching one hawk, another one suddenly came at me and I barely had time to swing my camera around. It flew in so fast, I didn't quite get a good focus on this shot, but I'm happy to have captured most of the bird, especially those talons.
I can't get enough of these yoga poses.
Just as I was leaving the park one evening, this fledgling decided to pose near me on a fence, forcing me to stay. Okay then!
The hawk quickly drew some admirers.
This one prepares to lunge at prey on the ground.
All the fledglings have been catching their own food, but the parents
are supplementing them, so they are not going hungry. I've noticed that
the young hawks will often stash food their parents bring them, then go
hunting on their own before returning to the stash later.
Flying over me and crying:
As the sun went down, I attempted to leave the park again, but the fledgling flew up to a building in the fading light. I decided to stick around to see what it would do.
It ended up laying down and taking a nap, LOL. This was my cue to go home.
More to come.
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