Neither of the San Remo hawks was sitting on the nest late this morning, so I assume they lost their egg to gravity sometime in the last 24 hours. 

The good news is that the San Remo hawks have an egg.  The very sad news is that yet again they haven’t built a proper nest and while the egg didn’t roll off the ledge, it came very close to being lost this afternoon.  It is more than likely that this couple will have a failed nest again this year.

I caught up with the San Remo pair late in the day, when they had completed their work for the day on the nest.  They were perched on the north tower and one of them made a brief nest visit.

The San Remo/Beresford pair are again trying to build a nest on The San Remo’s north tower.  They brought sticks, copulated and then brought plastic bags to the nest.  In the high winds, it looked as though they lost more material than they had brought in.  This pair just can’t get its act together.  They have has a serious of failed nesting attempts, including letting an egg fall in 2016.

The Upper West Side hawks, were on both the San Remo and the Beresford Apartments towers this afternoon.  There were high gusts and both spots provided some shelter from the wind.

Our Central Park West Pair, who last year lost an egg from the San Remo, are bringing twigs to the building again.  They haven’t done well at nesting over the last few years, so my expectations are limited for this pair.