The new red-tailed fledgling provided some early Friday evening entertainment in Tompkins Square Park.
On Wednesday, 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.
Nicknamed Flatbush (he fell from a nest on Flatbush Avenue), the hawklet started practicing to fly... EVG hawk-watching correspondent Steven shared these photos...
He eventually made it as high as the fence...
... and a contemplative moment captured by EVG reader Alberto Means...
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Eventually, Ranger Rob, an East Village resident, safely put Flatbush back into a tree for the night... (these two photos are by Bobby Williams)...
Ranger Rob also let Flatbush use the radio to prank some other rangers (JK!) ...
In a very encouraging sign, Steven spotted Christo, one of the adult red-tailed hawks in the Park, bringing the rescued hawklet some food (????) yesterday morning...
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