The remaining eyass at 93rd Street has fledged in what may be one of the earliest dates for the park. Reports are the parents were very attentive, bringing food and keeping a watchful eye on the youngster.

I found a window in the rainy weather to visit the 93rd Street nest. The remaining eyass was being fed when I arrived and did some branching. It is unclear what happened to its sibling. Hopefully, this remaining eyass will stay healthy.

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.

I didn’t have the right equipment with me today to take lots of pictures, but I did take one during a feeding. Both eyasses look good. They may end up being the earliest fledglings in the city.

The two eyasses at the 93rd Street nest are no longer little white chicks anymore. They’re starting to get their juvenile feathers and have gotten much bigger. On Tuesday, I was able to watch a feeding in the fog and for a few seconds the whole family was on the nest.

A fellow birder let me know that they had seen feeding behavior at the 93rd Street (Wild West Playground) Red-tailed Hawk on Friday. I went on Saturday in the rain and wasn’t able to see a feeding but was able to on Sunday. It’s great to have another set of young hawks in the park! We should be able to see the eyasses (chicks) in a week or so.

For those who don’t know much about how to view this nest, which is difficult to view without a scope, see my old post from last year.