927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks Archives - Page 69 of 91

April 4, 2010December 24, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Lola Returns To The Nest On Easter Evening

Lola returning to her nest on Fifth Avenue after a meal and some exercise.

March 7, 2010December 24, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Lola Has Started To Brood

Lola has started sitting on her nest on Fifth Avenue off Central Park. What should be good news is tempered by the knowledge that Pale Male and Lola’s have not had a successful nest since 2004.

We should have other nests active soon in Manhattan, including Inwood Hill Park, Highbridge Park, Riverside Park (with a new nest 20 feet to the northwest of last year’s), Morningside Park (the St. John the Divine nest looks active again, Washington Square Park and depending on their mood, 888 Seventh Avenue.

Let’s hope one or two more nests are discovered as well. There are also rumors of possible nests in east Harlem, the CUNY campus, and Fort Tryon.

The pictures below are of the Fifth Avenue nest on Sunday.

February 28, 2010December 24, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Two Hawk Mothers

Lola and Charlotte are the nicknames given two female hawks around Central Park who have been mothers in the past. Both hawks were getting ready for the next nesting season on Sunday

Lola, the lighter of the two hawks, was busy soaring around the Fifth Avenue nest and working on tidying it up. She will most likely lay eggs mid-March.

Charlotte, who nests at 888 Seventh Avenue, was seen eating a pigeon and chasing of a juvenile hawk up at the Sheep Meadow. She generally lays eggs a few weeks after Lola.

Both females have had nesting issues these last few years. May they both have a successful year in 2010.