Snow Hawks

The final chapter in the Hawky New Year! series ends with red-tailed and Cooper's hawks in a snowstorm. On blizzard days I head out with my walker (verticality assistance device) and feed the birds and look for hawks. Two red-tailed hawks were flying around the feeder area, and a Cooper's hawk was hanging out in the snow over the Oven. Part 10 shows hawks on Jan. 30, which was a very sunny day, and Jan 31, the day of the storm.

First-year red-tailed hawk, Jan. 30, 2017

First-year red-tailed hawk, Jan. 31, 2017

Part 10 of the Hawky New Year! video series is the final video in that series, although the Chasing the Hawks in Central Park series will continue, including the hawks I've seen so far in February. Right now the adult hawks are nest-building and mating and chasing out the little youngsters from their territories. Yesterday I saw one first-year hawk, but today I didn't see any (I did see a Cooper's hawk).

The Cooper's hawk was literally chilling on the snow day.

The photos below are of the young red-tailed hawks on Jan. 30 and 31.

The Kids Are All Right ... So Are Pale Male and Octavia

Part 9 of the Hawky New Year! series features the visiting first-year red-tailed hawks ... and Pale Male and Octavia hanging out together near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It covers three days at the end of January: the 27th, 28th and 29th.

One of the first-year red-tailed hawks in Central Park, Jan. 29, 2017

Pale Male north of the Met Museum, Jan. 28, 2017

Part 9 has young hawks looking handsome, Pale Male and Octavia staring at each other across a crowded park, and a young hawk eating a squirrel (at the end, for those who'd rather not view that).

The photos for the three days vary in quality, but I chose ones I found interesting. There is a photo of a Cooper's hawk (Jan. 28), although there was no video, so this hawk is not included in the Hawky New Year! film.

Cooper's hawk, Jan. 28, 2017

These photos show three days of the first-year hawks.

Pale Male on Jan. 28. Although I did take some photos of Octavia across the road, they were not very good and so I'm not including them here.

Hawks Blowin' in the Wind

Part 8 of the Hawky New Year! series doesn't have a lot of dramatic action, but it does include at least three first-year red-tailed hawks posing prettily on branches from Jan. 23 through Jan. 26 as they blow about on some very windy days, as well as an adult hawk hanging out in the rain on Jan. 24. There is no hawk dining in this video, so it is definitely safe for all viewers (there are a couple of clips of scared squirrels, but they survived, at least on these days).

By the way, I've put all the Hawky New Year! videos onto a single page, so you can binge watch at your leisure.

First-year red-tailed hawk, Central Park, Jan. 23, 2017

I think the adult red-tailed hawk (left), seen in the rain on Jan. 24, was Octavia, but I'll not commit myself. The hawk on the right is one of the youngster hawks, seen on Jan. 24.

The photos were taken on sunny and not-so-sunny days, which makes for some interesting contrasts.