Dangling rat

Today in Tompkins Square Park, via Bobby Williams...

Today's hawk

Tompkins Square Park ... photo by Bobby Williams.

Talon grip

In the late afternoon sun in Tompkins Square Park today... photo by Bobby Williams.

Flight

Somewhere near East 10h Street today. Photo by Bobby Williams.

A pigeon a day keeps the...

Today in Tompkins Square Park... via Bobby Williams.

Tough day for critters in Tompkins Square Park

First, there was the squirrel who either wanted to play. Or just be a pain in the ass.

The squirrel had to make a quick getaway. The hawk was in no mood.

But a rat wasn't so fortunate.

And, for the rest of the afternoon, the critters kept a low-profile...

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Today's hawk

Tompkins Square Park via Bobby Williams

A cold-tailed hawk in Tompkins Square Park

Bobby Williams spotted the hawk hanging out on top of the Temperance Fountain in the Park this afternoon...

In-flight entertainment

A reader captured our friend in action today in Tompkins Square Park.

Behold the new hawk in town

Bobby Williams has been keeping tabs on a juvenile red-tailed hawk who arrived a few days ago in Tompkins Square Park...

You can see that this hawk does not have a red tail yet ... something about molting their feathers after their first year... Actually! Per roger_paw in the comments: "Red-tailed hawks don't develop their signature tail feathers until they've reached a certain age." Check out her hawk photos here.

And yesterday, the new hawk dined on a rat (entrails alert!) ...

A red-tailed hawk, back in Tompkins Square Park

...and with a rat dinner...

Photos by Bobby Williams.

The red-tailed hawk's meals are becoming more popular

EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams notes the latest meal ... last time out, a rat... today, a pigeon...

Enjoying a late-afternoon snack in Tompkins Square Park

Hey, what's everyone looking at the hawk for....?

Oh! Uh, ack?

Yesterday afternoon... courtesy of EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams.

Bob Arihood has another great shot of the hawk's feast here.

Hawks and dogs

Thanks to Allen Semanco for these shots from the Tompkins Square Park dog run this morning... when a red-tailed hawk popped by for a visit...

... and a few curious looks....