Friday, May 15, 2020

Amelia and Christo's 2020 red-tailed offspring: Look at the babies!



They start eating rats and grow so fast!

Amelia and Christo have three bouncing hawklets in the nest this season in Tompkins Square Park. (They are roughly 1 month old now.)

As always, Goggla has been documenting the activities of our resident red-tailed hawks... she shared these photos of the chicks, now more visible above the lip of the nest ...



So far, all three chicks look good and are getting bigger, she reports.

Here are a few more photos of the nest via Steven ...







Meanwhile, Goggla spotted Christo in action... this is from Tuesday night, as he snatched four rats in a row, and brought them to the nest...





And a good question: "So, I guess four rats can feed a family of five?"

One more piece of trivia: When was the last time Tompkins Square Park saw three hawk chicks? 2016!

11 comments:

MrNiceGuy said...

This is the good news we all need right about now! Hoping the best for the little ones, hope spings eternal

Anonymous said...

"You and your brother will have to share a rat. Now pipe down and eat your dinner."

Anonymous said...

Great photos!

Scooby said...

Nice to see some good news in all this strange. The photos are great. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

WONDERFUL PHOTOS! Thank you so much for sharing!

I wouldn't want to see a hawk closing in on me as seen in those last 2 photos - that's a hawk on a mission!

Anonymous said...

All this anti rat bias on this blog!
Those birds can't just go for one of the many neighborhood shihtzus?

Sarah said...

Wow, look at those claws on that bird!

Anonymous said...

One thing about Tompkins Square park is that their are plenty of rats there for the hawks to feed on. Bon Apatite.

Patricia Kennealy Morrison said...

Where do all the grownup babies go? Prime hunting territory must be fairly limited, and there’s competition from the NYU hawk family.

Lola Sáenz said...

Great photographs, Thanks!

lasirenanyc said...

So loving this story. Great fotos !!
Gracias !!