And here is a video of the WSP kids in various cute poses. At about 3 minutes in, however, I caught the hatching of the 3rd eyass at Cornell. It's also a bit unusual because D1 was "biting" her sib, D2, and the newly emerging red-tail.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Ezra Protects Big Red
And here is a video of the WSP kids in various cute poses. At about 3 minutes in, however, I caught the hatching of the 3rd eyass at Cornell. It's also a bit unusual because D1 was "biting" her sib, D2, and the newly emerging red-tail.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Comic(al) Birds
S_Marie (PipSquawk) shared this comic she created about the NYU Hawks and their messy nest. Very cute and clever. Click here to read it.
Cornell RTH Hatch video
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Fun videos
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Backyard Hawkwatch (Country Hawks!)
Padding into my office early this morning, cup of coffee in hand, I did a cursory check on my bird feeders. Usual suspects were there: a couple of finches and mr. cardinal. I sat down to check on the NYU Hawk Cam. Rosie was sitting and Bobby stood motionless on the edge of the nest. (He stayed that way for 25 minutes, until finally Rosie got up for a break.)
All of a sudden, in the corner of my eye, I see a flash of brown and red, and then, rising up not more than 6 feet in front if me, is a red-tailed hawk, his wings filling my entire window. He had swooped in on a bird! I grabbed my camera and ran to the back deck to find him. I saw him in a tree not far from the house with his prey. From the color of the prey in his left talon, I would say it's probably one of the doves who frequent the ground below the feeder. :-(
He came back about a half hour later, perched on a dead tree on the edge of the lawn and continued to hunt. (I refuse to remove this tree because I've often seen the hawks there.) In my mind's eye, I pictured his nest, with mate and chicks to feed. He's been here all morning. All morning, I've had one eye in my camera viewfinder, the other on the Washington Square Park nest! Snap, snap, snap ... camera whirring; click, click, click ... computer video streaming.
All of a sudden, in the corner of my eye, I see a flash of brown and red, and then, rising up not more than 6 feet in front if me, is a red-tailed hawk, his wings filling my entire window. He had swooped in on a bird! I grabbed my camera and ran to the back deck to find him. I saw him in a tree not far from the house with his prey. From the color of the prey in his left talon, I would say it's probably one of the doves who frequent the ground below the feeder. :-(
He came back about a half hour later, perched on a dead tree on the edge of the lawn and continued to hunt. (I refuse to remove this tree because I've often seen the hawks there.) In my mind's eye, I pictured his nest, with mate and chicks to feed. He's been here all morning. All morning, I've had one eye in my camera viewfinder, the other on the Washington Square Park nest! Snap, snap, snap ... camera whirring; click, click, click ... computer video streaming.
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| Hawk with its prey. |
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| Hawk eyeing my backyard (or me in my office). Click to enlarge. |
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Winorr has some success!
The Horvath's met with the town supervisor and reached a compromise. Read about it here.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Hawks’ Gift
A chatter at NYU Hawk Cam, Brightwings, posted this on her blog:
http://carolesbooktalk.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/the-hawks-gift/
Beautifully written, it captures some of the emotions we went through yesterday, with many of our thoughts turned abruptly away from the nest toward Boston and our own Oemurr who was bravely helping those in need. You are awesome, Oemurr!
http://carolesbooktalk.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/the-hawks-gift/
Beautifully written, it captures some of the emotions we went through yesterday, with many of our thoughts turned abruptly away from the nest toward Boston and our own Oemurr who was bravely helping those in need. You are awesome, Oemurr!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
WINORR in Trouble?
Nice article in the NY Daily News (with great photos!) Click here to read.
UPDATE: Someone started a petition for the Horvaths. Click here to sign.
I caught a brief conversation on the NYU Hawk Cam. Apparently, local authorities are giving the Horvath's trouble, saying that the neighborhood is not zoned to have "dangerous" animals in residence. I'm guessing some (ignorant) neighbors complained. Click here to read an article on DNAinfo.com. I hope the Horvath's can work something out! ____________________
UPDATE: Someone started a petition for the Horvaths. Click here to sign.
I caught a brief conversation on the NYU Hawk Cam. Apparently, local authorities are giving the Horvath's trouble, saying that the neighborhood is not zoned to have "dangerous" animals in residence. I'm guessing some (ignorant) neighbors complained. Click here to read an article on DNAinfo.com. I hope the Horvath's can work something out! ____________________
Monday, April 1, 2013
Birds, Birds, Birds!
• MORE eggs and birds! Zuzu and Margarida, the falcons who have a nest in a window box outside a Lisbon apartment have four eggs so far. (Last year they had 6! Well-fed city falcons.) That camera is live: http://www.livestream.com/janelafalcao
• Mama hawk at the Franklin Institute layed her third egg on Easter Sunday! Click here for Sunny's great story and pix. • There are reports that Callie has been seen at the Calgary scrape. That camera is now on. • According to a story in NYU Local, we'll be voting on names for the chicks when they hatch (no info on how that will be done). Click here to read. • There is a cool bird sculpture installed in the Madison Square Park area. Click here to read. • Both eggs hatched at the Duke Farms eagle nest on March 25! Click here to go to their eagle-cam page. (I wonder how unusual it is for eggs to hatch the same day?) • Phoebe, the hummingbird, has been working on a new nest while still teaching her new fledglings the ways of the world. UPDATE: She has laid an egg! It's about the size of a tic-tac .... hatch date is about 17 days.
• Mama hawk at the Franklin Institute layed her third egg on Easter Sunday! Click here for Sunny's great story and pix. • There are reports that Callie has been seen at the Calgary scrape. That camera is now on. • According to a story in NYU Local, we'll be voting on names for the chicks when they hatch (no info on how that will be done). Click here to read. • There is a cool bird sculpture installed in the Madison Square Park area. Click here to read. • Both eggs hatched at the Duke Farms eagle nest on March 25! Click here to go to their eagle-cam page. (I wonder how unusual it is for eggs to hatch the same day?) • Phoebe, the hummingbird, has been working on a new nest while still teaching her new fledglings the ways of the world. UPDATE: She has laid an egg! It's about the size of a tic-tac .... hatch date is about 17 days.
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