For many people, New York City is defined by skyscrapers, crowded streets, and endless streams of traffic. Wildlife rarely comes to mind when thinking about one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world. Yet above the busy avenues and towering buildings, a surprising predator has quietly become part of the city’s skyline.
Hawks now live and hunt throughout New York City.
From Central Park to the Bronx River corridor and even the steel beams of skyscrapers in Manhattan, these birds of prey have adapted remarkably well to urban life. Residents occasionally glimpse them circling above buildings or perched on lampposts scanning the ground below. To most people, these sightings seem unusual or even mysterious…