Red-Tailed Hawk Flies Into Upper West Side Walkup: “There were feathers everywhere.”

Follow-up on the red-tailed hawk theme started by last night’s photo of one of them devouring a pigeon… a different hawk (perhaps the mother) managed to find her way into an Upper West Side apartment building over the weekend.

Upper West Side Photos Of The Day: Hawk (Red-Tailed?) Polishing Off Dessert

MyUpperWest reader Ashira snapped this photo of a hawk polishing off something that used to have white feathers (pigeon?). If you’re so inclined, you can click on the photo for a larger version that shows some leftover bits and pieces of whatever the hawk was eating… Ashira thinks this is one of the Red-tailed Hawks [...]

Riverside Park Hawk Update: Tests Show Papa Hawk Killed By Posion

Following up on Monday’s post about the ongoing drama surrounding the death of one of Riverside Park’s Red-tailed hawks… DNAinfo reports that early tests show that the male hawk was indeed killed by rat poison. However, it’s too soon to know if that poison was put down by the Parks Department or by someone else [...]

Central Park Hawk Couple Over; Male Hawk Moves On

A famous NYC power couple has broken up and the guy has moved on, according to The New York Post (via Daily Intel).  Pale Male and Lola, two red-tailed hawks who have been patrolling Central Park together since 2002, have broken up, according to reports.  Lola appears to have flown the coop, and hasn’t been [...]

UWS Photos of the Day: Baby Hawks in Riverside Park

It’s a Friday afternoon in the summer, so rather than writing a downer post, we figured we’d give you some warm-and-fuzzies.  Two baby red-tailed hawks were born recently in Riverside Park to the delight of Upper West Side birdwatchers, and DNAinfo stopped by to take some photos of the cuties.  The hawk couple had been [...]