I visited the nest on Monday and could only find one eyass of the nest. At first, I thought it one was just hiding in the bowl of the nest but when the mother came in to do a feeding, I could still only see one. So, something may have happened since I last visited last week.

We had some rather raw and cold weather, so we could have lost one of the eyasses. But it is possible that one has begun to branch or might have fledged prematurely. I suspect we’ll figure out what happened in a few days.

Update: It has been confirmed that one of the eyasses has died and was found by Central Park Conservancy staff. The remains were given to the Urban Park Rangers who are arranging for testing to determine the cause of death.