After Friday's ice storm, I have been reluctant to venture out to check out any bird action. I went out for a few hours yesterday and today, but the biting wind and sloshy conditions make for some discomfort. Here's a selection of some scenes from around the nabe.
The kestrels from my hood.
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A Harlem Hawk
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Two low Turkey Vultures.
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The St. John the Divine female, sitting low in her nest!
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And the city's park life coping just fine.
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Must clean elbow!
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Pigeons in snow.
4 comments:
Jim, What time did you take the pic of Isolde in the Cathedral nest? I saw her there at 6:25, although she might have been around but really low in the nest.
And the "Harlem hawk", where was that at?
I was at the nest from 4-430. Female was just visible and sometimes not at all, hunkered waaaay down in that nest. As for the other red-tailed hawk, that was over on Tiemann Place and 123rd. An odd place for a hawk as that is peregrine territory.
I must have not missed you by much then. I reached the Cathedral just before 5:00. I did not see Isolde in the nest then, but as I said I saw her at 6:25.
Tiemann and 123rd? Down by the General Grant houses, or closer to Riverside? Either way, that does sound like an out of the ordinary spot.
BTW: Check the clock on your camera. After I posted before, I saved the photo of Isolde to disk and then used "File Properties" in Photoshop to see if there was a timestamp for when you took it. It said 3:10 _a.m._ on Sunday, or 13 hours before you indicate.
hmmm...will check my camera's time. thanks for the input.
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