This weekend we did a little exploring. Megan and I attempted to go to the library yesterday, but it was closed. On the way home, though, we walked down Convent Avenue and gawked at all of the beautiful houses. My goal is to someday buy and renovate one. It floors me that many of those gorgeous houses seem to be empty or falling apart. With the beautiful, quiet tree-lined streets, it felt like we were in another world for a second. Then we walked through the City College Campus and St Nicholas park. But today was an even more exciting day in our neighborhood! As I was walking to the market, bummed about having to go pick up milk for the 150th time this month, I saw a big crowd on the corner. Everybody was looking up and taking pictures with their cell phones. "What are they looking at," I thought. "Is somebody about to jump off the roof? And people are taking pictures?! New Yorkers are awful people." But luckily, I was wrong. Everybody was staring at a huge red-tailed hawk sitting on the fire escape. He sat there looking calmly down at everyone for at least half an hour. Everyone ooh-ed and ah-ed every time he moved. Somebody figured out that he wasn't the only hawk in residence--the rest of his family was hanging out across the street, where they apparently have a nest. Mom, dad, and baby hawk. The dad hawk stuck around until some idiot threw a bottle at him (and, happily, missed). So I guess that guy did live up to the disgusting New Yorkers thought I initially had. But I am very excited to be living so near a family of red-tailed hawks! I hope they will stick around.
-Kristin
3 comments:
Very exciting. I love unexpected sitings. Stupid bottle thrower. I can't imagine lugging milk home. You need a wheely market basket.
And if you do lug milk home and spill it - you're not allowed to cry about it.
I keep meaning to buy one of those wheely things! I thought it would be good for laundry too. I don't know why I haven't gotten one yet.
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