More Raptor Infrastructure

From the Brooklyn Raptor Observatory, also known as our apartment, the car service antenna at 40th and 5th is a landmark. American Kestrels perch atop one of the two parts regularly. Merlins, Red-tailed Hawks, Coopers Hawks, and Peregrines have also been known to perch on it, the larger birds preferring the horizontal superstructure (unseen here). Above, a Red-tail being harried by a crow passes it by.

Here’s a female American Kestrel perched on the TV antenna across the street from the car-service antenna. This TV antenna can’t be seen from the BRO, unfortunately, but is visible right below on 5th Avenue.