Get well soon, Dora!

[Photo last week by Ryan John Lee]

Last week, several residents reported a red-tailed hawk in some sort of distress on Ninth Street at Avenue C. Someone called the NYPD...


[Photo last week by Ryan John Lee]

...and eventually the hawk, believed to be Dora, one of the resident hawks in Tompkins Square Park, flew off into La Plaza Cultural.

In the following days, none of the Park's hawk watchers had seen Dora... raising some concerns about her health.

Goggla provided an update tonight: Turns out that Dora has an injured wing. She was picked up last night by the NYPD on Avenue C between 9th Street and 10th Street and was taken to Animal Medical Center. Her wing is not broken, but she is unable to fly.

You can head over to Goggla's site for more details.

Come home soon, Dora ...


[Photo by Steven]

Saturday's parting shot

Christo and Dora were renovating their nest this morning, as this photo via EVG reader Mark Cyr shows.

As Mark notes, "They have been putting a lot of work into this nest lately, hopefully it will be full this spring."

Fall foliage in Tompkins Square Park — red-tailed hawk edition

Christo was hunting in the cover of the fallen leaves today in Tompkins Square Park, as these photos vaia EVG correspondent Steven show...



After a failed attempt or two, Christo emerged with a meal...

Christo and Dora cross paths

Christo and Dora were hanging out this afternoon atop the St. Nicholas of Myra Church on Avenue A at 10th Street... where Steven took a few photos of the red-tailed hawks before Christo took off ... perhaps to check out the rat scene in Tompkins Square Park...

Christo and Dora look to be building another nest; boredom a possibility too

In the past week or so, Hawk Watchers in Tompkins Square Park have spotted resident red-tailed hawks Christo and Dora start work on a new love nest in the ginkgo tree that they used in 2016.

As you can see in these photos by Steven, Christo has some nest supplies in his right talon...



Kinda difficult to see, so...



Anyway, this seems a little early for the hawks to be in nest-making mode. (And how many more kids are they going to have????)

Goggla has more here:

[F]or the last two years, they have begun the task in October, so maybe they like to get ahead. Christo and Dora are a well-bonded pair, and projects like this serve to reinforce their partnership.

Sounds good!

Or, maybe they're just bored!

In any event, the ginkgo tree is considered a good spot for a nest. Back to Goggla:

The tree itself is strong and can be easily defended from squirrels. The cross at St Brigid's church is a perfect perch for the hawks, giving them a good view of the nest and surrounding area. We won't know what their real plans are until January or February, but based on their past behavior, these hawks look pretty serious about this location.

To date, there aren't any work permits on file with the city for this ginkgo tree. Expect to see a Stop Work Order soon enough.

Head over to Goggla's site here for more thoughts and lots of great photos.

Wednesday's parting shot

Christo in Tompkins Square Park today. Photo by Bobby Williams.

Goggla said that Christo's been molting and looking pretty raggedy of late, but he should be back to his sleek self soon.

Manhattan makes a return visit to Tompkins Square Park

Manhattan, a nickname (along with 10 or Ten) for Christo and Dora's 2017 hawklet, hasn't been seen in recent weeks... and the red-tailed hawk watchers in Tompkins Square Park figured she had left for good (as the young hawks have done in previous years).

However, last evening around 6, she made a return engagement (top photo).

And today she was back for more...



Steven, who shared these photos, said she was crying out for food.



After she realized she wasn't going to be fed, she struck out on her own... pouncing on a dead pigeon.



However, she didn't eat the decomposing pigeon, because it was, well, disgusting.

Summer's end: So long to the hawklets of Tompkins Square Park

After an entertaining few months in Tompkins Square Park this summer, the two red-tailed hawk fledglings have apparently moved on.

Goggla has a post with more details here.

There is Christo and Dora's only 2017 offspring, nicknamed Manhattan (or 10, for being their 10th hawklet) ...


[Photo by Steven from Aug. 19]

Here's Dora feeding Manhattan back on May 15...


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

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And on June 14, Ranger Rob (aka Rob Mastrianni, a Manhattan Ranger supervisor) released a juvenile red-tailed hawk into the Park that had been injured earlier in the month in Brooklyn. Hawk watchers nicknamed him Flatbush, as he fell from a nest on Flatbush Avenue.


[Photo by Derek Berg from June 24]

Christo and Dora took him under their wing (sorry) fed him rats, taught him to hunt and treated him like their own hawklet.

Anyway, as Goggla reported on Wednesday, the juveniles have not been spotted of late.

She writes:

People often ask me where the young hawks go when they leave the park. I wish I knew! They instinctively disperse, but I don't know if they fly a few miles away, or migrate somewhere completely different. I also don't know if they return. Flatbush is banded, so if he does decide to visit, he will be identifiable.

All we can do is wish them safe travels and a long healthy life.

Although it's sad to bid farewell to the fledglings, we still have Christo and Dora, who should stick around and defend their territory.

[Photo by Steven of Christo, left, and Dora from February]

Thursday's parting shot

Here's Manhattan (aka Fledgling #1, Ten, BioTen), Christo and Dora's lone offspring this year, in late-season form in Tompkins Square Park today.

Photo by Steven.

On the fence about this rat capture

In today's red-tailed hawk action... Christo and Dora's 2017 offspring, nicknamed Manhattan (or 10, for being their 10th hawklet), captured a rat. (Not sure is this is her first solo grab.)

As Steven, who shared these photos noted, she then crashed into a Park fence ...



Momentarily stunned, Manhattan stayed in this position for several minutes, then flew off again with the rat.

Saturday's parting shot

OK, this is actually last Saturday... showing Fledgling #1, Christo and Dora's lone red-tailed offspring this year, atop St. Brigid's on Avenue B and Eighth Street... photo by Goggla, who has an update on Fledgling #1 here.

Christo makes the case for a larger bird bath in Tompkins Square Park

Just a few red-tailed hawk photos from the last few days... first with Christo cooling off and wondering where the deep end is in a bird bath ... photos by EVG reader Cheyenne ...





...and here's Christo and Dora's summer of 2017 offspring, who has a variety of names (Fledgling #1, Ten, Manhattan, BioTen) photographed by Steven...







No word yet what the hawks have planned for July 4.

Fledgling No. 1

Here's a quick update via Goggla on Christo and Dora's lone offspring (the couple's 10th overall) this year in Tompkins Square Park. (Hawk watchers apparently have multiple nicknames for the juvenile hawk, including Fledgling #1, Ten, Manhattan, BioTen.)

For starters, you can see how large she has gotten in just the past two weeks since fledging.

In the top photo from this past weekend, a blue jay is dive bombing No. 1. Per Goggla: "Although she hasn't done anything to deserve their bullying yet, they have been giving her a hard time."

And in this photo, she is eating on a fence in the Park. "This was a monumental moment as it was the first time she retrieved dropped food from the ground rather than begging Christo to go get it for her," Goggla said...



Find more red-tailed hawk updates from Goggla here.

Meanwhile, Bobby Williams took these photos of Fledgling No. 1 in the Park yesterday...

Juvenile hawks in Tompkins Square Park learning to fend for themselves

As you probably know, there are two juvenile red-tailed hawks in Tompkins Square Park now. One is the lone offspring (this year!) for resident hawks Christo and Dora... the other is Flatbush, the juvenile rescued after a spill in Brooklyn.

Anyway, the juveniles are getting quite large already. Here's Flatbush, who learned how to use Seamless...


[Photo yesterday by Derek Berg]

Meanwhile, there's Christo and Dora's kid. (Some hawk watchers are calling her Manhattan or 10, for being Christo and Dora's 10th hawklet.)

Earlier this week, she was learning how to remove bottle caps, as these photos by Steven show...


[Click on image for more detail]



... and getting some pointers on flying...



If this helps...



Visit Goggla's site here for a much more comprehensive hawklet update.

P.S.

A bonus photo of Manhattan/10 learning to ignore the squirrels back on Sunday...


[Photo by EVG reader Cheyenne]

Sunday's parting shot

Christo with dinner in Tompkins Square Park tonight... photo by Bobby Williams...

Ranger Rob brings a new red-tailed hawk to Tompkins Square Park

Apparently there will be more than one hawklet to watch this summer in Tompkins Square Park.

This afternoon, Ranger Rob (aka Rob Mastrianni, a Manhattan Ranger supervisor) released a juvenile red-tailed hawk into Tompkins Square Park. He was assisted by Wildlife in Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation.

Earlier this month, the hawklet was injured falling out of a nest on Flatbush Avenue. It was deemed too dangerous for the hawk to stay there.

Ranger Rob, an East Village resident, said that it's very likely that Christo and Dora, the adult red-tailed hawks of Tompkins Square Park, will adopt this one. (There isn't any shortage of food.)

The first three photos in this post are by Bobby Williams...





...and these photos via Steven show the hawklet adjusting to the new environment...





The hawk has also been tagged to help keep tabs on it...



Updated 10 p.m.

Goggla shares this photo of Ranger Rob with the juvenile hawk...



According to Ranger Rob, this hawk is a male... and given his Brooklyn roots, people watching this scene unfold started calling the hawk Flatbush...

Goggla has a lot of great pics here.