On Wednesday night, Flaco was roosting in a tree a bit more upstream from his usual spot, but about half an hour before fly out flew to his normal roost tree. Construction work was still in progress at the new rink/pool site, when Flaco flew out. He went to a few trees around the site, and a high one up near the ridge trail. He went to the trees at 106th and Central Park West before going to the Compost Heap.

He then hooted until around 11:00 or so, when he dove across the drive. Moments later he was hooting from one of the Black Locusts and had a Brown Rat. He moved around from tree to tree, hooting and displaying the Brown Rat. It was thought he was displaying that he was a good hunter to any potential mate. He finally ate the Brown Rat around Midnight.

Flaco was in his regular roost tree on Tuesday. At flyout he went to three trees before skipping the construction site and going directly to the compost heap. Within an hour he caught a Brown Rat and took it to a tree. He was having a bit of trouble with the high winds, but after hooting for a bit, ate the rat fairly quickly.

After watching two Great Horned Owls earlier in the evening, I caught up Flaco, the released Eurasian Eagle-Owl on Monday night. He was hunting rodents and perched twice in a tree, but also on the ground, a log and a rock. He was more patient then I was, as I gave up before he caught anything.

Flaco was back to a normal routine on Sunday evening. He hooted before fly out, then went to three trees around the construction site and then spent 90 minutes in the construction site. He often was on the ground and spent a great deal of time on a small rock in what will be the channel for the restored stream. Later in the evening he flew to trees to the SE of the construction site.

Flaco is moving around the park like he did the first two weeks after his release. Slowly moving around but not too far each night. I was able to watch him for about 30 minutes on Friday evening. While I’ve been able to find him at night, I haven’t been able to figure out his new roosting location(s). It’s going to be a challenge to keep up with him as the trees leaf out.