Ever notice a huge bird with a 4ft wing span and a red tail soaring overhead and freaking out the pigeons? It could be Wilbur or one of his kin, a Red-Tailed Hawk, or to be fancy: Búteo jamaicénsis. If you’re at the farmer’s market at McCarren on Saturday, pay attention to the stadium lights near the running track; there is a big red-tailed hawk’s nest on the platform. On Christmas day, one swooped only…
WILBUR, KINGSLAND’S RED TAILED HAWK
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I’ve seen a Red Tailed Hawk in my backyard on Green street several times as well, usually tearing apart a squirrel. There has also been an American Kestrel back there on occasion.
Awesome! A kestrel. If you get any photos, please send them to me! Thanks for writing!
Great article. These raptors look so majestic and dignified. I just saw one perched on a tree by my patio in Bklyn Hts. The hawk is clearly waiting for the squirrels & smaller birds that I feed. I’m now afraid to let my cats and chihuahua out on the patio.
Just saw him/her in my backyard, hunkered down in the wind and snow! Up on Huron Street near McGuinness.
Wow. Not a fun day to be a hawk. Or is it?