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Red-tailed Hawk - NYC / Bobby & Rosie
Kinderchick:
Posted on the website on 11/08/11...
One last bow for Violet & Bobby
"They came back for a curtain call.
A few hours before the Hawk Cam was to go dark for the season, the red-tailed hawk parents Bobby and Violet made a surprise visit to their 12th-floor nest high above Washington Square Park at about 1:30 Thursday afternoon.
The couple had not been seen on the nest at the same time since around the time that their daughter Pip fledged in late June.
Violet, who had not been spotted either on the nest or out in the wider world since July 18, was a particularly welcome sight. Her right leg with the band on it remains swollen, but she seemed well and perfectly functional.
The pair performed a quick home inspection, then shifted some sticks around — a bit of seemingly routine housecleaning that boded very well for those hoping for a second season of the urban-nature reality show “Bobby and Violet Hatch an Egg.”
Bobby jetted off a few minutes later.
Violet stuck around for almost 40 minutes (the whole video is archived and can be viewed here starting at about 1 hour 43 minutes). Then she, too, flew off."
So nice to hear that Violet's ankle, although still swollen from her injury in May, is okay and that she seems to be functioning well. :)
Here is a link to the video from yesterday, the last before the webcam went down for the season...
http://www.livestream.com/nytnestcam/video?clipId=pla_950b8ca5-b8af-47c2-90c2-dcac7e1ed0ba&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb
Linder:
I hope it will work as well but it will definitely depend on what she decides to do when she sees someone on the ledge or the net approaching her.
irenekl:
Your welcome kinderchick. You guys usually have everything covered long before i get to stuff so i excitedly posted the link so I looked smart like everyone else on this forum;).
Seriously though, I sure hope the plans they have for Violet are successful.
Kinderchick:
Thank you for this link, irenekl. :-* It is very informative.
irenekl:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/hawk-cam-updates-from-the-nest/#medical-emergency-violet-in-trouble
This is the page where all the information is regarding how they intend to help Violet. Very informative & interesting.
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