A dramatic bird of prey, the Red-tailed Hawk often takes command of the Inwood neighborhood and Northern Manhattan.
A Surprising Pair
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A Red-tailed Hawk perches within camera range
An Early Morning Photo Session with a Red-tailed Hawk
A few days ago, as I started my morning walk to the park, a guy practicing his tennis strokes on the courts next to the 207th Street entrance to Inwood Hill Park noticed my camera and then pointed to a large hawk perched on a low branch nearby. The next day, I saw the same…
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A Sky Full of Hawks
On Friday, March 31, 2023, a fellow birder and I started counting many Red-tailed Hawks circling over the trees above Inwood Hill Park near the marsh, and at one point we reached a consensus of seven hawks. Red-tailed Hawks are a common sight in the park, but conditions that day seemed favorable for an unusually…
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Birds of Inwood 