I thought that it might be interesting to see the 8 Red-tailed Hawk nest sites known to me from a bird's-eye view. The New York City hawks seem to have been able to adapt to relatively limited green space. I am only aware of pairs in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx. I assume that there are many more breeding pairs in the other boroughs and hope to locate them by next year.
The following images begin at the northern most nest and moves south, to Green-Wood Cemetery.
Click on the images for larger, closer views.
Looking north from Green-Wood Cemetery
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Van Cortlandt Park
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Fordham Rose Hill Campus
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Inwood Hill Park
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Cathedral of St. John the Divine
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5th Avenue
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Central Park South
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Prospect Park
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Green-Wood Cemetery
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For more information on New York City Red-tailed Hawks check out Marie Winn's website, D. Bruce Yolton's blog and James O'Brien's "The Origin of Species".
You left out the Highbridge Park Hawks...as well as the Pelham Bay Park and Flushing Meadow RTH's! No fear, there appear to be resident RTH populations in almost all of NYC's green spaces. Also, for a comprehensive list of nesting NYC raptors, check out my blog: http://yojimbot.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThank you, James. I knew that there was somebody out there with more information. I'll try to add the images shortly.
ReplyDeleteFYI: Microsoft offers lovely "bird's eye view" maps at http://local.live.com/ . I have found it very useful for figuring out some of the terrain "owned" by the Divine red-tailed hawks.
ReplyDeleteI'd gve you the coordinates for a red-tail hawk nest except that the MS website does have one complete failing... it resists giving you coordinates for a shareable URL.
Rob,
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping up with your tales of birding and raptor activity in NYC.
Please note that the Manhattan Red-tailed Hawks have been seen roosting on buildings for the evening.
Just the other night Lincoln and I followed Pale Male as he went to roost in a tree in Central Park. We left the park with Lola roosting on a building on 5th Ave. south of 79th St. well after all the robins had quieted down. Which means it was pretty dark out.
The Trump Parc Red-tailed Hawks have been seen perching on buildings also. I *think* these were the first reliable sightings of a building roosting Red-tailed Hawk.
All the best.
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
Ben,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information and all your kind words. It's always good to hear from you.
Rob,
ReplyDeleteSorry to bother your lovely blog her but we are having a fight at my blog (blog.republicofdogs.net)on what kind of hawk I saw yesterday in Boston.
It was quite large with brown stripped feathers and the most beautiful clear, light red eyes.
How can we tell whether it was a red a tailed or sharp shinned? I have no memory of anything red on the bird other than the eyes.
Your help is much appreciated.
Again, sorry to barge in with the question.
-AG