Raptor Wednesday

When I exit Green-Wood at 4th Avenue and 35th Street, I turn left to head home. As I do so, I eyeball the Sacre-Coeur-stupa of St. Michael’s on 4th and 42nd St. From that distance, I’m looking for more of a disturbances of the Force than anything definite. Raptor, gull, corvid? As I move closer, I start to take pictures in case whatever it is it flies away before I get there. This was the biggest thing up there ever.

Over the years, I’ve seen Peregrines, Red-tailed hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, American Kestrels, and Merlins on this anvil of the raptors. This was my first Osprey. Notice the fish tail….