Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Wednesday's parting shots

Christo*****, the resident red-tailed hawk of Tompkins Square Park, road tripped to Fourth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery today... where Derek Berg took these photos...
***** Hold on! Per Goggla, this may not actually be Christo! It is defintiely an adult red-tailed hawk... but this hawk has a molting tail, and Christo usually molts later in the summer. Perhaps it's one of the hawks from Washington Square Park... or an adult red-tail stranger... to be continued...
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6 comments:

  1. Laura GogginMay 27, 2021 at 10:35 AM

    I'm trying to get a look at Christo's tail and will report back with an ID as soon as he cooperates...!

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  2. MrNiceGuyMay 27, 2021 at 1:34 PM

    Great shots, well done Derek Berg!

    Hawks are fiercely territorial, so if this isn't Christo, we could be in for a Hawk Fight!!

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  3. derek bergMay 27, 2021 at 4:00 PM

    MrNiceGuy, thanks so much.

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  4. AnonymousMay 27, 2021 at 4:33 PM

    Aha! I knew something was up when I saw a carpet of pigeon feathers and bits in front of my building.

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  5. Laura GogginMay 28, 2021 at 1:33 PM

    I just found Christo and can report that he still has all his tail feathers, so this adult hawk on 4th Street is a mystery visitor. It's unusual to have a strange adult within the territory of an established pair, so the presence of this one is intriguing.

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  6. GrieveMay 28, 2021 at 2:39 PM

    Thank you for investigating, Goggla!

    MYSTERY HAWK

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