Raptors in the park on Saturday

Great Horned Owl


Red-tailed Hawk


American Kestrel


Harris's Hawk

Wait a minute! A Harris's Hawk in Central Park???


Murray Head, who took the four photos above, explains:


The raptors were on view on Saturday as part of Central Park's On a Wing Family Festival. They were brought to Belvedere Castle by the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary... whose speaker gave an educational talk about these wonderful birds.

The resident grackles were not amused.


5/15/10