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So egg-citing! Rooftop peregrine falcons are expecting (VIDEO)The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey has some egg-cellent news -- the peregrine falcons living atop a Jersey City skyscraper are expecting. The proud mom-to-be, Juliet, is with egg, as of Sunday. She can be seen caring for the small, reddish egg on the live FalconCam on the group's website. read more:http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... top_peregrine_falcon.html
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Last fall this exact Falcon was in our neighbor's backyard on York Street. It had a nest in some big tree and was seen sitting on fire escapes and eating a squirrel. I hope it isn't eating cats because it is a lovely and exciting sight to see here, what with all the dirty pigeons. The nest is no longer here so it must be back in the area in a new home - its stay was not very long last time so I doubt I'll be in JC long term.
Posted on: 2011/12/30 11:54
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I'm pretty sure I saw one circling near 16th last week. For those that don't have the link - they nest every year at 101 Hudson, and the webcams usually operate from spring:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/peregrinecam/jcp-2011nestnews.htm
Posted on: 2011/12/30 7:01
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Has anyone seen the hawks lately?
Posted on: 2011/12/30 3:25
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I saw two hawks today circling over Hamilton Park.
Posted on: 2011/11/7 16:53
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Just read this post. My husband actually got some shakey footage of one of these prey birds eating a squirrel in Hamilton Park last November. He uploaded it on Youtube. You can see it here, if that helps determine what kind of bird it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovnSpEvs_ck
Posted on: 2011/3/10 2:53
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That photo looks a lot like the hawk that's been visiting the tree in my backyard (Erie St. & 2nd) every evening for the last few weeks. I'm not sure it's a red-tail, as I think it looks more like a Cooper's hawk.
Posted on: 2011/2/28 18:09
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He/She was back the other day looking for snacks.
Posted on: 2011/2/26 5:23
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1 less starling! Yay! My cats rarely catch anything but starlings, I don't get mad at them. Starlings are a non-native nuisance. Did it drop on it like a dive bomber (peregrine) or do a long fast level swoop at it (red tail)? Tuesday driving up HP west we saw the red tail swoop at something by the fence and miss, them fly up on a branch. It's pretty amazing, my son the raptor freak was screaming. I'll bet birdwatchers used to travel hours or days to see that from so close.
Posted on: 2011/1/27 19:35
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Yesterday in our backyard on 4th Street, some sort of raptor swooped down and picked off a starling and sailed into the sky. I didn't see it...it was told to me by my husband who didn't stop talking about it all day. He thought he was in a National Geographic program. Now I see that this is not such a rare occurrence in JC. Who Knew?
Posted on: 2011/1/27 16:00
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Posted on: 2011/1/24 1:55
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 [/img]Thanks for the instructions on posting photos. This is the young female found outside my house. As you can see, I have not mastered the importing of photos yet!!!
Posted on: 2011/1/23 22:09
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Yes, he/she had killed a pigeon.
Posted on: 2011/1/23 4:58
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Copy the URL address of the photo under the property tab (right click). When you are ready to post click on the photo icon (third one from the left). A dialogue box will appear above. Paste the photos URL address into the box and click okay. After the first click it will prompt with a second dialogue box concerning a position on the page. Just click okay again. If the photo is one of your own you will have to first post it on another site like Flicker or Facebook. You can then copy and paste it from there using the same method as above.
Posted on: 2011/1/23 4:56
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I don't know why the webmaster doesn't consider photo posting instructions worthy of the FAQ. You need to have the photo uploaded and hosted online either on your own site or on a host like Photobucket, which is free. In photobucket each picture comes with a menu of prefab links of the different flavors that different websites prefer. Here it wants "html code". That is a bit of text you copy & paste into your post that looks like this: <a href="http://photobucket.com." target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/my_id/mypicture.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Hit preview to make sure it worked, and you're good.
Posted on: 2011/1/23 1:37
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Last week, there was an injured Red-tailed hawk (juvenile) in front of my building (Montgomery & Washington). After receiving NO response from Animal Control (waited 1 1/2 hrs in the freezing cold), a very nice woman drove the injured bird to the Raptor Trust. I'd post a picture, but don't know how :(
Posted on: 2011/1/23 0:35
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Amazeing Red Tail Hawk. WOW!!!!! This could easiliy be big enough to be a female...Do you have any other shots? What a great moment. Is that him/her with dinner?
Posted on: 2011/1/23 0:23
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I saw two peregrines flying over Grand today, just west of Marin. I was about to cross Grand and stopped in my tracks when I saw them - still takes my breath away when I see them buzzing around town!
Posted on: 2011/1/21 4:09
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Nice shot. Good to see a Red Tail joining the Peregrines in keeping down the pigeons! We saw a pair of Peregrines harassing the pigeons last week's snow day while sledding at Mosquito Park.
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Posted on: 2011/1/21 3:19
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I'll try posting two more pics
  Yeaaaay- I got em! Might this be what you saw?
Posted on: 2010/11/24 14:16
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Bear with me- I've never figured out how to post pictures! There's a lot of variation in plumage, but check images online of the Cooper's Hawk. They definitely can raise the feathers on the top/back of their head into a small sort of crest that is darker than their back. Young have a lot more spotted brown than slate-grey on the back. 
Posted on: 2010/11/24 13:28
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I can say with reasonable certainty that it was the peregrine. I can be mistaken using the term, "crest"  ... its head was dark brown.
Posted on: 2010/11/24 5:13
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But I'll bet you don't have any rodents back there mining the birdfeeder droppings anymore! My son would go nuts to have a red tail live in our backyard. He could help the cats out with all the mice.
Posted on: 2010/11/24 2:10
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Yes its ture. I am not sure if what i saw was a Peregrine or Hawk. The only thing i am sure of is that it was about the size of a large crow and it for sure had a brown speckled tail. The Black and white kill beneath it was small. Maybe a kitten of say 3 to 5 pounds in weight.
Posted on: 2010/11/23 17:53
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We live very close to VVP and a very large red tailed hawk has made our backyard a new hunting ground.
We've had a birdfeeder back there for years and have enjoyed seeing an amazing variety of birds as they migrate through JC (until now -- I think he's scared them off). Three weeks ago we saw this giant hawk hopping around on the ground and flying from tree to tree; we then spotted him flying away with a small black bird in his talons. I was quite surprised to see such a large hawk hunt a small bird but I guess he was very hungry that day. Have seen him almost every other day since then. He hangs out on our deck railing a lot and I am certain that he is a red tailed hawk. We have stopped filling the bird feeder in the hopes that he will move on...we don't wan't to find any sliced up birdies out back!
Posted on: 2010/11/22 4:50
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Did it look like this peregrine? This one who was born here does have a yellow beak but no "crest". If it was, perhaps it was picking up an easy meal at an already dead carcass. I just don't think they're big enough to take down a cat, a big female is only 3lb according to wiki.  or this a red tail (red tails actually vary quite a bit) 
Posted on: 2010/11/22 4:31
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I am not sure. Maybe this will help: white chest with some spots and dark brown wings. The beak was light yellow and the bird had a dark brown crest.
Posted on: 2010/11/22 2:51
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I wondered too, whether either of the reporters were birdwatchers.
I've seen Cooper's Hawks three times in my downtown backyard, and watched one eating a pigeon a couple of weeks ago in the West Village.
Posted on: 2010/11/21 19:26
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Are you sure it was a peregrine and not a red tailed hawk? Not only are peregrines a little small to take a cat, they prefer airborne prey, of which there is certainly no shortage here. Red tails hunt ground prey such as small mammals.
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