The nest on 350 Central Park West looked like it was doing well on a brief visit on Saturday.  I can’t wait until early May to watch our Manhattan nests hatch.

I hadn’t had a chance to get up to 350 Central Park West for a few weeks and the nest looks great.  The nest looks solid and in good shape.  I caught up with the male near the Tennis Courts, and after watching the female on the nest, saw an exchange of the two hawks.  The male took over egg warming duties and the female eat a pigeon left for her in a nearby tree.  Then after she flew around for about five minutes, returned to the nest, and the male left.

The nest continues to grow!  I arrived late in the afternoon, and saw the pair interact and copulate on a building on 97th. 

There has been speculation that these hawks might be the pair we see frequently around Mt. Sinai Hospital across the park.  They clearly are not the hawks that have been trying for a few years to build a nest around the San Remo.

The 350 Central Park West hawks must have been busy over the last 24 hours, because the nest look to have a lot more twigs.  This afternoon one of the hawks continued to work on the nest, while the other made a few fly overs.  Keep your fingers crossed for this pair!

On the tenth floor of 350 Central Park West, five windows south of 95th Street on a air conditioner facing the park, a pair of Red-tailed Hawks is building a nest.  I got to enjoy watching both of them bring twigs to the nest.  Let’s hope they succeed!

The nest is below the treeline, so the best vantages are from the park side of Central Park West, either at 92nd or 96th.

With better weather, I got to see a nest exchange and both hawks of the 96th Street pair today.  Both hawks look great.  It was the first time I got a good look at the male.

I look forward to learning about this pair over the next few months.  It should be a fun summer in Central Park.