While huddled up in a nook on my apartment’s rooftop, camera set up and aimed at the skies above, I briefly witnessed a skirmish between a Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) and a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus). I was able to document the interaction above my head with the featured image above. I feel so honored to have even witnessed such an event!
The warring of these two great raptors serves as a hopeful reminder of the lives that carry on above our own. Even in the harsh concrete jungle that is New York City, the battle for aerial superiority rages on between the birds of prey.
4th year Undergraduate at NYU
Biology (ecology concentration) and Environmental studies Double Major
Wildlife Photographer
Biology (ecology concentration) and Environmental studies Double Major
Wildlife Photographer
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