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September 2, 2007December 23, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Lola On Labor Day

Lola on Labor Day on a lighting truss of the Delacorte Theater in the early evening.

August 18, 2007December 23, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Saturday Hawks

Saturday Hawk watching started at the Beresford.

Lola was to the left of her normal perch on the window. I then made it to the southwestern tip of the park.

The female adult of the 888 Seventh Avenue pair was on the north tower of the Time-Warner building.

The female comes down to join him and ends up catching a small mouse.

The 888 Seventh Avenue adult female. No high roosts tonight. They slept in trees near Columbus Circle.

August 6, 2007December 17, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Other Birds, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Sunday Walk Starts And Ends With Fathers

My Sunday walk from the Sheep Meadow to the Metropolitan Museum of Art started and ended with two fathers, the 888 Seventh Avenue male, nicknamed Junior and the 5th Avenue male, Pale Male.

Junior was with his daughter in the southwestern corner of the Sheep Meadow. He had just delivered a late lunch.

After eating and wiping her beak on some bark, she relaxed in the shade.

After watching the fledgling, I went up to The Lake to watch Sandpipers. Here are two Least Sandpipers having fun. They’re quite a social bunch. We’re used to seeing a stray Sandpiper or two in the park, so it’s a treat to watch the Least Sandpiper flock behavior.

On my way out of the park, I saw another father, Pale Male on the Beresford’s North Tower.

July 30, 2007December 15, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Despite an a full search of the Southwest corner of the park, the 888 Seventh Avenue hawks weren’t found on Monday evening. They’ve been seen flying towards Broadway in the mid-60’s over the last few days. I think there is a perch on one of the ABC Television buildings, that can’t be seen from Central Park.

One my way out of the park around 8:00 p.m., Pale Male was spotted on a Metropolitan Museum of Art railing. He was on the northern side of the building.

July 24, 2007December 23, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Pale Male Behind The Met

Pale Male was in his favorite spots behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday evening. He was on the look out for prey stopping in some of favorite hunting perches but didn’t actually do any hunting while I was there.

April 22, 2007December 15, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Highbridge Park Red-tailed Hawks, Inwood Hill Park Red-tailed Hawks, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks, St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

Old School 2 – New School ?

I went up to Inwood Hill Park, in addition to Highbridge yesterday. Although the female was sitting much higher on the nest, I didn’t see any baby hawks. Neither did Robert B. Schmunk who was up there at the same time.

On Saturday evening, I saw that Alice Danna had also been up to Inwood Hill Park (but earlier in the day), and had seen two eyasses with one of the rangers (via Donna Browne’s Palemaleirregulars blog.)

So, I gave it a second try on Sunday and was able to confirm Alice’s report. I didn’t see two eyasses, but the mother’s behavior would make me believe that there was more than the one eyas.

This makes the two “old school” tree nests in Manhattan a success, while we don’t yet know the fate of the three “new school” building nests, 5th Avenue, St. John the Divine and 888 7th Avenue. So the current score is Old School 2 – New School ?.

Below are pictures of the Inwood Hill Park female and her eyas(ses?) There would be no sign of an eyas and then a head would pop up for a few seconds. It was impossible to tell if it was the same eyas or multiple eyasses.