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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.

January 16, 2010December 19, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Pale Male

Pale Male eating on the Great Lawn in the late afternoon. I got there after the prey had been caught. Bird watchers in the crowd said he was eating leftovers from Lola. I’m not sure who caught the pigeon.

November 8, 2009December 18, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Fifth Avenue Hawks

Sunday had Lola on both sides of the park, and Pale Male eating a squirrel west of the Great Lawn.

November 7, 2009December 24, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey

Saturday Hawks

On Saturday, I had a Cooper’s Hawk in the Ramble. It was easy to find because of a group of Blue Jays, and the lack of any birds eating at the feeders!

And of course, the required photographs of Pale Male and Lola, as well.

November 1, 2009December 24, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Other Birds

Weekend Birds

I didn’t bird much this weekend but I did spend a few hours in Central Park on both Saturday and Sunday.

Pale Male, who usually is easy to find on fall afternoons west of the Met or around the Great Lawn has been hard to find this year. I wonder if the continued construction on the museum has him hunting in other places this year.

On Sunday, there were three Wood Ducks and and immature Double-Crested Cormorant on Turtle Pond. The Wood Ducks tried to take a nap, but got frightened by some cheers for NYC Marathon runners and left the pond.

Urban Hawks

and other wildlife in Central Park & NYC

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