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We recently came across this half-tailed squirrel at the northwest corner of Union Square.
As you can see, it only has half a tail in comparison to other squirrels.
We doubt that the squirrel has AD&D insurance, so it’ll just have to be happy with having another nut to find and another day to live.
One squirrel’s luck in having half a tail is probably a hawk’s horror story of the squirrel that got away. Pale Male, and new lady-friend, we’re looking at YOU!
Yesterday afternoon we swung past the site of the old Bay Ridge Green Church (pictured below) on 4th Avenue and Ovington in Brooklyn to see if there was any new construction activity happening and found that it was still mainly a flattened site.
The above photo from 2008 and the below photo taken yesterday (12/16/2009).
However, as we walked down Ovington Avenue we saw a VERY LARGE bird swoop in and land on one of the trees inside of the old Green Church lot. We think that it was probably either a red tailed hawk or a peregrine falcon!!!
(Three peregrine falcons were born about two miles away on top of the Verrazano Bridge this past May.)
Here’s a shot of the bird as it checked us out.
While we most certainly are NOT bird experts to know if it was a falcon, a hawk or something else, we did notice two locations of what appeared to be possible nests.
If you’re wanting to take a look for the bird yourself, he was spotted in the tree above second ‘R’ of the horrendous yellow watermark and the possible nests are in the tree to the right (closer to the houses & 3rd Avenue).
For those of you who are curious about the bird and the nest or are a bird enthusiast, here are some more shots of the bird and the possible nest. If you recognize what type of bird it is feel free to drop a comment.
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Possible nests:
UPDATE: So far I’ve received an email saying that the bird is likely either a ‘Sharp-shinned Hawk’ or a ‘Cooper’s Hawk.’