For about 25 minutes, this Coopers Hawk plucked and ate a Feral Pigeon until the next door neighbor scared the bird away, with prey firmly in grip, while trying to get a cellphone photo of the situation.

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Bogarting the suet feeder…

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December 29th, female at the 5th Avenue edge of Green-Wood. First sighting of a female in months. January 5, a male across 6th Avenue, from 4th floor window. January 9th, same perch, and same bird, different day. January 10, 5th Avenue next to park. January 12: female again, on Neo-gothic pile of an entrance to…

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A trio of squawking Monk Parakeets alerted me to this hawk in a London Plane on 27th Street by 4th Avenue. With the low winter sun and the branches, this was the best photo I could get. I didn’t think much of the encounter until I went around the block and started coming up 26th…

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It has been a good winter here for White-breasted Nuthatches. I see and hear them all over Green-Wood, especially but not exclusively at the bird feeding stations. This one was foraging along trunks and branches… And pulled out a seed from under the bark. Funny place for a seed, though, right? Is it a sunflower…

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Midmorning Mourning Doves. Tower Parakeets. Secret recipe? More Feral Pigeons, with a Coopers Hawk on the left. This is fairly common sight from the windows of the Brooklyn Raptor Observatory. Sometimes the Starlings get into the mix as well.

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