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A figure at the base of the Washington Monument at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is in the background.
A likeness of a native American at the base of the Washington Monument at Eakin Oval. Eakins Oval is a traffic circle along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in downtown Philadelphia
The Fisherwoman at the base of the Washington Monument, on Eakins Oval located at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The monument was commissioned and designed by sculptor Rudolf Siemering. The sculpture was dedicated in 1897 at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. It was moved in 1928 to its present location after construction on the parkway was completed. In 1997, work to restore the statue began under the direction of Margo Berg of the Philadelphia Art Commission. Over the years, the sculpture had come loose from its base, and the fountain had ceased to function properly. The restoration was completed in June of the same year, 100 years after it was dedicated.
The bronze and granite sculpture features a uniformed George Washington mounted on a horse. Washington and his horse are poised on top of the fountain, facing southeast down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway towards Philadelphia City Hall. The face of the sculpture was made from an impression of the former president made while he was still alive. The body was of a Prussian General. The lowest level of the monument features Native Americans and animals that are native to the United States.
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A section of the Washington Monument located at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The monument was commissioned and designed by sculptor Rudolf Siemering. The sculpture was dedicated in 1897 at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. It was moved in 1928 to its present location after construction on the parkway was completed. In 1997, work to restore the statue began under the direction of Margo Berg of the Philadelphia Art Commission. Over the years, the sculpture had come loose from its base, and the fountain had ceased to function properly. The restoration was completed in June of the same year, 100 years after it was dedicated.
The bronze and granite sculpture features a uniformed George Washington mounted on a horse. Washington and his horse are poised on top of the fountain, facing southeast down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway towards Philadelphia City Hall. The face of the sculpture was made from an impression of the former president made while he was still alive. The body was of a Prussian General. The lowest level of the monument features Native Americans and animals that are native to the United States.
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Logan Circle, Philadelphia
The adults were hunting in their usual spot at dawn before heading west and chasing the immature hawk off Eakins Oval.
Eakins Oval, Philadelphia. The trees near the playground across from the Oval are a favorite source of bark for the hawks as they prepare the nest for incubation season.
It sits in the in Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Monument is highlighted by an bronze statue of George Washington sitting on a horse. The work was designed by Rudolf Siemering, in 1897.
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John Heinz NWR
When I encountered this immature hawk today I thought it was a hatch-year bird. But the orange eyes (thanks, Jon!) and heavily worn plumage seem to rule that out. Late molts aren't unheard of, I think, The cute face (for a hawk) looks familiar too. So this may actually be Monday, one of the 2016 Eakins Oval chicks. I last saw her back in April.
Eakins Oval, Philadelphia. F2 caught a rat in front of the Museum and carried it to the George Washington statue to eat. It seems she has not yet figured out the optimal positioning and stumbled a bit.
It sits in the in Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Monument is highlighted by an bronze statue of George Washington sitting on a horse. The work was designed by Rudolf Siemering, in 1897.
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Eakins Oval, Philadelphia. Both hawks spent some time on the nest at Eakins this morning. Over the course of 20 minutes or so, they took turns with gathering and placement duties. The nest is in awful shape, so if they are planning to use it again this year they have a lot of work to do.
Eakins Oval, Philadelphia. For better or worse, the two chicks do not seem to be overly concerned with people.
Encouraged by the positive reception of his large-scale watercolors in an exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,Eakins's sent this striking work and two other figure subjects to the 1878 American Watercolor Society in New York.For twenty-first century viewers the intergenerational scene appears to emphasize the individualized figure's post-Civil War emancipation (note the framed image of Abraham Lincoln with his son Tad at upper left). Nineteenth Century critics interpreted the subject as a "comedy of plantation life"more akin to Eakins old-fashioned subjects than a contemporary and sympathetic encounter.When it was sent to a Boston exhibition later than year,it earned the artist his first award a silver metal.
The Washington Monument located at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The monument was commissioned and designed by sculptor Rudolf Siemering. The sculpture was dedicated in 1897 at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. It was moved in 1928 to its present location after construction on the parkway was completed. In 1997, work to restore the statue began under the direction of Margo Berg of the Philadelphia Art Commission. Over the years, the sculpture had come loose from its base, and the fountain had ceased to function properly. The restoration was completed in June of the same year, 100 years after it was dedicated.
The bronze and granite sculpture features a uniformed George Washington mounted on a horse. Washington and his horse are poised on top of the fountain, facing southeast down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway towards Philadelphia City Hall. The face of the sculpture was made from an impression of the former president made while he was still alive. The body was of a Prussian General. The lowest level of the monument features Native Americans and animals that are native to the United States.
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Eakins Oval, Philadelphia
There was no sign of Mom when T4 flew in to the nest this morning. Nor did we see her yesterday afternoon.
When folks saw her at the nest yesterday morning, she didn't look quite right, off-balance and listless. She'd been somewhat lethargic since the weekend, but we attributed that to exhaustion from egg-laying. She's at least 12 years old, after all.
Soon after flying in this morning T4 grabbed a rat off the nest he'd evidently left there yesterday and started feeding. Everything we've observed in the last 24 hours suggests that Mom may be gone.
Update: T4 was soaring with a female hawk doing courtship displays on the evening of March 20, the day after Mom's presumed death. This morning, we were able to confirm the female as a first-winter bird, with her adult red tail feathers only just growing in. They appear to be pair-bonded.
Eakins Oval, Philadelphia. Michael Burnham waited until everyone was looking away to make the first transoval flight of the 2018 red-tailed hawk generation. However, on the return trip he was kind enough to circle the parking lot a couple of times and show off his new skillz.
Eakins Oval, Philadelphia
The chicks are flapping their wings to strengthen their muscles. In a day or two they'll start exploring the branches surrounding the nest.
Eakins Oval, Philadelphia
Philadelphia said farewell to a beloved resident this week. Mom is gone. She had become lethargic over the course of a few days, and we last saw her on March 19.
The 13-year-old hawk had been a fixture on the Parkway since she and her mate raised their first brood of chicks on a window ledge of the Franklin Institute in 2009. A nest cam installed by the science museum delighted thousands of people around the world from 2010 to 2013.
Folks have continued to share in the hawks' lives on the Franklin Hawkaholics FB page. The outpouring of grief from people far and wide speaks for itself.
www.facebook.com/groups/FranklinHawkaholics/?ref=bookmarks
In her 9 nesting seasons on the Parkway, Mom raised 25 chicks, sired by four different males. She also touched the lives of many humans, who got to know one of North America's venerable museum districts as vibrant wildlife habitat. The hundreds of hours I have spent with the hawks and their watchers have pushed me to explore cities as a home not only for people, but for wild animals too. In no small part, I suppose, I owe my promotion to full professor to this family of red-tailed hawks.
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/nature-and-culture...
The hawks themselves have no time for sentimentality. Mom's mate, T4, was courting another female the day after Mom's death. She's a first-winter bird whose adult red tail feathers are only just coming in. Is she going to stick around? Stay tuned!
The Washington Monument located at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The monument was commissioned and designed by sculptor Rudolf Siemering. The sculpture was dedicated in 1897 at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. It was moved in 1928 to its present location after construction on the parkway was completed. In 1997, work to restore the statue began under the direction of Margo Berg of the Philadelphia Art Commission. Over the years, the sculpture had come loose from its base, and the fountain had ceased to function properly. The restoration was completed in June of the same year, 100 years after it was dedicated.
The bronze and granite sculpture features a uniformed George Washington mounted on a horse. Washington and his horse are poised on top of the fountain, facing southeast down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway towards Philadelphia City Hall. The face of the sculpture was made from an impression of the former president made while he was still alive. The body was of a Prussian General. The lowest level of the monument features Native Americans and animals that are native to the United States.
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John Heinz NWR
We've checked dozens more images today, and it pleases me to virtually no end to know this really is the same hawk I scooped up on Eakins Oval on June 6 as she was about to run into traffic and get herself killed. So here's one thing in 2016 that didn't suck!