Category: Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks

Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks, Washington Sq. Red-tailed Hawks

102nd and Riverside Drive

Thanks to an email from Melody Andres, I learned of a Red-tailed Hawk nest at 102nd and Riverside Drive. The nest is over the sidewalk of the main two-way section of Riverside Drive, not the one way, eastern section that goes from 97th to 110th. It can be seen well from the lawn across the street from the nest.

The pair was very active while I was there perching on building up and down the drive, soaring high together, being harassed by two crows, and working on the nest.

After visiting Riverside, I went down to Washington Square Park. The nest on the Bobst Library looks refreshed. It is now even higher now and the brooding female and hopefully eyasses later this year, will be less visible from the street. I saw both hawks and one visited the nest.

The video and photos below are from Riverside Drive.

Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks

310 West 72nd Street Fledgling

I got to Riverside Drive and 72nd Street and after a few minutes heard lots of American Robin alarm calls, which led me to one of the newly fledged hawks from West 72nd Street nest. I had it for about ten minutes before I lost track of it. I continued to hear robin calls, but couldn’t find the fledgling. One of the parents flew over the calling robins, and then perched on 344 West 72nd Street.

I was about to give up for the afternoon when I saw a fledgling cross Riverside Drive and perch on a building at 311 West 72nd Street. It moved around making small flights between chimneys and vents, before flying across the street to 300 West 72nd Street.

After about 15 minutes, it perched on 305 West 72nd Street on a window ledge. After about 30 minutes, a parent brought it a snack.

Fledging in Riverside Park
Parent being harassed by a Northern Mockingbird
Parent keeping watch from 344 West 72nd Street
Fledgling on 311 West 72nd Street
Fledgling on 300 West 72nd Street
Fledgling on 305 West 72nd Street
Windows are confusing to newly fledged Red-tailed Hawks
A parent brings a snack
Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks

West 72nd and West End Avenue Fledges

I got an email that the eyasses of 310 West 72nd Street were exploring the roof garden of the building two days ago, but when I went by yesterday I couldn’t see any sign of them. I went by around noon today, and one was exploring the wall above the nest and the other was safely across the street on 263 West End Avenue. Both were being watch from a parent at the top of 263 West End Avenue.

Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks

310 West 72nd Street

I heard that the 310 West 72nd Street had hatched in April but hadn’t had time to visit until now. It started out slow, with no hawks in sight. But soon a sleeping hawks wing came up, and then another. Soon both young hawks were awake, and a parent made a visit. It looks like the eyasses are about four weeks old. They may be one of the first ones to fledge in Manhattan.