Heading into Labor Day Weekend, here are the latest photos I have of one of the Tompkins Square red-tailed hawk fledglings. As kids go off to school, the young hawks also embark on their own learning journeys as they leave the area and explore the world. I'm never sure when a fledgling hawk sighting in the park could be the last for the season, so each encounter is special.
This fledgling seems to really like the southwest quadrant of the park as I've been seeing it there regularly. There are plenty of pigeons and squirrels to chase in that area.
Here, the hawk perches near the remains of a pigeon left behind on a branch.
This pile of brambles on the lawn east of the chess tables has been a popular perching spot.
Later, the same hawk flew up to a fire escape on 7th Street.
And then took off to go roost for the night as it started getting dark.
Catching up with some other fledgling red-tailed hawks around the city, I found one perched on an ornate tower in Queens (below, right).
Here is one flying along the A subway line.
This is the same hawk heading for Jamaica Bay with the JFK air traffic control tower in the background.
Hawk migration will be picking up now for the next several weeks, so we should start to see more red-tails, Cooper's, and other types of hawks moving through the city.
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