The Kids Are All Right ... So Are Pale Male and Octavia

Part 9 of the Hawky New Year! series features the visiting first-year red-tailed hawks ... and Pale Male and Octavia hanging out together near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It covers three days at the end of January: the 27th, 28th and 29th.

One of the first-year red-tailed hawks in Central Park, Jan. 29, 2017

Pale Male north of the Met Museum, Jan. 28, 2017

Part 9 has young hawks looking handsome, Pale Male and Octavia staring at each other across a crowded park, and a young hawk eating a squirrel (at the end, for those who'd rather not view that).

The photos for the three days vary in quality, but I chose ones I found interesting. There is a photo of a Cooper's hawk (Jan. 28), although there was no video, so this hawk is not included in the Hawky New Year! film.

Cooper's hawk, Jan. 28, 2017

These photos show three days of the first-year hawks.

Pale Male on Jan. 28. Although I did take some photos of Octavia across the road, they were not very good and so I'm not including them here.

Hawks Blowin' in the Wind

Part 8 of the Hawky New Year! series doesn't have a lot of dramatic action, but it does include at least three first-year red-tailed hawks posing prettily on branches from Jan. 23 through Jan. 26 as they blow about on some very windy days, as well as an adult hawk hanging out in the rain on Jan. 24. There is no hawk dining in this video, so it is definitely safe for all viewers (there are a couple of clips of scared squirrels, but they survived, at least on these days).

By the way, I've put all the Hawky New Year! videos onto a single page, so you can binge watch at your leisure.

First-year red-tailed hawk, Central Park, Jan. 23, 2017

I think the adult red-tailed hawk (left), seen in the rain on Jan. 24, was Octavia, but I'll not commit myself. The hawk on the right is one of the youngster hawks, seen on Jan. 24.

The photos were taken on sunny and not-so-sunny days, which makes for some interesting contrasts.

Red-Tailed Bath Time

Part 7 of Hawky New Year! features young red-tailed hawks hanging around the Ramble, Pale Male hanging out on a streetlight, and a youngster taking a butt bath east of SummerStage on the afternoon of the Women's March. Dates: Jan. 19 through Jan. 22.

A first-year red-tailed hawk takes a bath near SummerStage, Jan. 21, 2017

Young red-tailed hawk, Jan. 19, 2017

Pale Male, near the obelisk, Jan. 22, 2017

The Hawky New Year! video, Part 7, Jan. 19-22.

The photos varied in quality because of cloudy days among the sunny days.

I saw a Cooper's hawk on Jan. 20. I got a photo, but didn't get any video. So here's the shot: