Yesterday, I shared some of my humble amateurish photos of hawks, crows and prey, but today I want repost an entry from the spring when my friend, Tessa (a frequent director of Little Bytes currently serving her second year as a New York Teaching Fellow) sent me an incredible series of professional photos with the note below:
"Look at these beautiful pictures. Two Red-Tailed Hawks have picked P94M on the Lower East Side as their new home. We are so honored. They spent weeks building a nest (well, the female did all the work - typical) and she even insulated it with plastic bags she found. They had three eggs she incubated during the cold months and just recently three little fuzzy heads popped out to greet us. This is great proof against those who think we live in an asphalt jungle. 8 years in Alaska and I never once had a hawk roost on my secretary's a/c."
See the babies--and get the progress report--after the jump.
These beautiful photographs were taken by F. Portman, a professional photographer brought in by Bill Tatton, the school custodian. Portman has several gorgeous avian portfolios featuring penguins and condors.
Francois Portman. www.fotoportmann.com
Francois Portman. www.fotoportmann.com
Francois Portman. www.fotoportmann.com
Francois Portman. www.fotoportmann.com
Francois Portman. www.fotoportmann.com
Francois Portman. www.fotoportmann.com
Francois Portman. www.fotoportmann.com
Progress Report: Sadly, the hawks are no longer on Houston Street--the male adult died, and preservationists moved the female and the babies upstate. The leading cause of death of hawks in the city is rat poison ingested by the hawks' prey who are then ingested by the hawks or fed to the babies.
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