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Red-Tailed Hawks

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Greenwich Village

March 20, 2013

Washington Square Park Hawks Nesting Under Watch of New NYU Hawk Cam

The New York Times has discontinued its popular Hawk Cam, but NYU will carry on the tradition.

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

September 28, 2012

Baby Red-Tailed Hawk Released After Ft. Greene Park Rescue

The baby hawk that crashed into a stoop near Fort Greene Park was released in Prospect Park.

Upper West Side & Morningside Heights

August 13, 2012

Pale Male's Baby Hawks Can't Come Home Until Rat Poison is Removed

Hawk rescuers won't allow the hawk chicks back to Central Park until the rat poison is removed.

Fort Greene

August 03, 2012

Baby Hawk Rescued from Ft. Greene Park Waits for his Mother to Return

Last week a baby hawk made a crash landing across the street from Fort Greene Park.

Upper East Side & Roosevelt Island

July 26, 2012

Second Pale Male Baby Hawk Undergoes Rat Poisoning Test

A second sick baby hawk was taken out of Central Park to see if it has rat poisoning.

Upper East Side & Roosevelt Island

July 25, 2012

Pale Male's Hawk Baby Sickened by Rat Poison, Bird Experts Say

Pale Male's hawk baby fell sick from rat poison, a blood test found.

Upper West Side

April 12, 2012

Rat Poison Blamed in Series of Red-tailed Hawk Deaths

Necropsies revealed that three hawks were killed when they ingested rat poison.

Greenwich Village & SoHo

April 10, 2012

Baby Hawks Born on Camera in Washington Square Park

The red-tailed hawk born late Monday night is the spawn of Rosie and Bobby.

Upper West Side & Morningside Heights

March 12, 2012

Beloved Female Hawk Found Dead in Riverside Park

The death of Riverside Park's female red-tailed hawk is one of several recent raptor deaths citywide.

Upper West Side & Morningside Heights

February 16, 2012

Riverside Park's New Hawk Couple Takes Soaring Relationship to Next Level

Riverside Park's romantic raptors have been spotted mating atop a Riverside Drive high-rise.

Upper West Side

February 06, 2012

Widowed Riverside Park Hawk Finds New Love

The single hawk mom who raised her babies alone has found a new mate who's several years younger.

Upper West Side

December 13, 2011

Hawks to Blame for Rat Problem in Riverside Park, Residents Say

Locals say the Parks Department isn't doing enough to control a growing rat problem in Riverside Park.

Upper West Side

July 05, 2011

Hawk Watchers Concerned With Poison Near Riverside Park Nest

A Parks Dept. exterminator left poison near a 79th St. hawk nest just months after a hawk killed by rat poison.

Greenwich Village & SoHo

May 04, 2011

NYU Hawks' Eggs Unlikely to Hatch, Report Says

Bird-lovers are heartbroken after eggs in a hawk nest near NYU have still not hatched, the New York Times reported.

Upper West Side

May 04, 2011

Early Tests Show Rat Poison Killed Papa Hawk

Final results aren't in, but early tests suggest that Riverside Park's male hawk died from eating a poisoned rat.