Pale Male and Octavia continue to show me how dull it is to watch a brooding nest.  Not much happens when I’m there.  I have hours of the same footage.  But here’s some more of the same!

It will be interesting to see if the eggs hatch this year.  Low levels of rodenticides may led to infertility.  If this year’s eggs don’t had, should we worry that Octavia has repeated the problems Lola had?

I saw Octavia roll her eggs on Saturday afternoon, while Pale Male stood guard on the Carlyle.

My daily social distancing walk took me around the southern areas of Central Park.  I first caught up with the two hawks around Grand Army Plaza.  One was on 9 West 57th and the other on a perch I just discovered, 520 Park Avenue (which is really 42 East 60th). 

I then saw both of the San Remo hawks on the San Remo.  The nest on The Majestic look big enough to stop an egg from rolling off, but it still isn’t built properly.

Lastly, I saw and filmed Octavia leave the nest and Pale Male take over incubating duties.  Sorry about the poor video, the wind was bouncing my camera around.

I found a good vantage point to watch Octavia incubate her eggs, off the beaten track so I can safely practice social distancing.  Nothing much happened while I watched her for about an hour.

I caught up with the 927 Fifth Avenue nest as Octavia had returned and Pale Male was leaving the nest.

The background music is from an Accordion player, illegally using an amplifier to totally dominate the Model Boat Pond area.  Sadly, the COVID-19 outbreak is being used by many, mostly affluent park users to flaunt the park regulations.  There are hundreds of off leash dogs, bikes illegally on paths, dogs in the lakes and ponds, people jumping fences damaging the landscapes and motorized scooters in the park now.  While I expected some break down of the social order due to COVID-19, I wasn’t expecting it to start with the most affluent New Yorkers.

Just catching up with posts.  This was from Sunday.  Octavia can be seen on the 927 Fifth Avenue nest from Pilgrim Hill if you stand in exactly the right place.