Tag: red-tailed hawks

All around the neighborhood, hawks are latching onto air conditioners, building cornices and railings. It's hawk mating season and the Upper West Side is a hot place to pick up a hawk date, apparently. Readers have recently sent in some great shots: Photos by Denton Taylor. "I'm walking the dog ...

By Melissa Cooper Red-tailed hawks seem to be everywhere I walk these January days. We tend to think of winter as a quiet, even a quiescent, time for the natural world. And so it is for many plants and animals. But for others, including NYC’s Red-tailed hawks, mid-winter actually signals ...