Part 7 of Hawky New Year! features young red-tailed hawks hanging around the Ramble, Pale Male hanging out on a streetlight, and a youngster taking a butt bath east of SummerStage on the afternoon of the Women's March. Dates: Jan. 19 through Jan. 22.
A first-year red-tailed hawk takes a bath near SummerStage, Jan. 21, 2017
Young red-tailed hawk, Jan. 19, 2017
Pale Male, near the obelisk, Jan. 22, 2017
The Hawky New Year! video, Part 7, Jan. 19-22.
Another Silly Video by Susan Kirby. Part 7 of the Hawky New Year! series covers the hawks seen Jan. 19 to Jan. 22, 2017, in Central Park. (A Cooper's hawk was also seen on Jan. 20, but not videotaped.) There's no hawk dining in this video, so it's safe for audiences of all sorts.
The photos varied in quality because of cloudy days among the sunny days.
I saw a Cooper's hawk on Jan. 20. I got a photo, but didn't get any video. So here's the shot:
