After the storm: Riverside Park, NYC

Sunday morning at Riverside Park, the female Red-tailed Hawk has left the nest for a few minutes to dry up her soaked feathers. She has been on the nest through 48 hours of heavy rainstorm that uprooted trees, downed power lines and claimed five lives across the Tristate. The nest is standing strong:

Wildlife

Wildlife

For a short while, her mate pretends  to tend to some nest improvements and finally gets on the hunt for breakfast:

Wildlife

Wildlife

Wildlife

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