Our favorite Upper West Side hawk family needs to eat, and Zabar’s doesn’t deliver to fire escapes, so mom and dad are always on the hunt. Nathan Stoppelmann, who lives one floor away from the hawk’s nest, sent the video below of one of the hawks swooping through the neighborhood around 72nd street.
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What, pray tell, is his prey?
On a wing and a prayer?
I live on 72 and West End and have seen this beautiful bird! I think we should name it. Here’s my vote: Eleanor!
Turn your phone 90 degrees. There’s so much more for you to see, when you film horizontally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqHZJe6306k