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April 7, 2016December 18, 2020San Remo/Pinetum/AMNH Red-tailed Hawks

San Remo

Tonight, I watched an egg roll out of a nest still under construction at the San Remo’s north tower at 75th and Central Park West. This pair was seen all winter on both the San Remo and the Beresford, and seemed to be having troubles choosing which ledge to use for their nest. For awhile they seemed to be bringing twigs to every ledge!

(The video may make it look like the female pushed the egg out of the nest. However, I think it rolled out on its own after she first saved it from rolling out. I suspect the ledge isn’t level to ensure that rain water runs away from the building.)

April 7, 2016December 22, 2020San Remo/Pinetum/AMNH Red-tailed Hawks

San Remo Egg Tragedy

I’ll post a longer video later tonight, but wanted to share this quickly. A pair of hawks establishing a nest on the north tower of the San Remo had a mishap tonight. While trying to position an egg, the female accidentally let it roll off the ledge.

September 22, 2015December 18, 2020San Remo/Pinetum/AMNH Red-tailed Hawks

Beresford Apartments

Almost every time I visit the park a hawk is on either the south or north tower of the Beresford Apartments for at least half an hour. Tonight it was the south tower.

April 25, 2015December 24, 2020San Remo/Pinetum/AMNH Red-tailed Hawks

North and South Towers of the Beresford

This afternoon, the male was on the oval widow of north tower at the Beresford Apartments, and the female was on the nest, which is on the oval window of the southeast tower. The ironwork of the north tower window is painted black, while the ironwork of the south tower is painted white, which makes it easy to figure out which tower is which in videos and photographs.

Not much happened while I watched. The male left the tower a few times and at one point two hawks buzzed the Beresford, most likely the Beresford male and another hawk. The other could easily could have been one of the males from the other nearby nests.

April 20, 2015December 25, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, San Remo/Pinetum/AMNH Red-tailed Hawks, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks, St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

Central and Morningside Parks 2015

I’m looking forward to the 2015 Red-tailed Hawk nest hatches in Central and Morningside Parks. We have three confirmed nests in Central Park, a pair seen frequently in the NE section of the Central Park, and our Cathedral hawks have a new nest location exposed to the elements.

With any new season, I look forward to discovering new aspects of urban Red-tailed Hawk behavior.

Three Central Park nests is fantastic news this year. But one has to wonder about locations and why these three nests are so close together? Do these three Red-tailed hawk pairs benefit by having protected flanks from the other pairs? Does this outweigh any issues over food contention, etc.? Or did the new nest locations have nothing to do with the other nest locations? It will be interesting to see when other raptor species fly over the park, if the Red-tailed Hawks work together to escort them away. And which pair will tale over the Locust Grove.

The Beresford Apartment nest will have new fledglings who will have to cross Central Park West to end up in Central Park or maybe even Teddy Roosevelt Park. Which buildings will they perch on the first few weeks? The Museum of Natural History? Or like many Red-tails, will they try to get as high as possible the first week and end up back on the Beresford? Where will the parents take them to hunt? South to the calm lawn south of The Yard? Or up North?

How will the exposed nest do at the Cathedral of Saint John? Will it be as productive as St. Andrew had been?

And is there a forth pair nesting near the park? Almost all of the experienced hawk watchers in Central Park saw a pair of hawks all winter around the Conservatory Garden. In April, many of us have seen a single hawk in the park, who flies over to Madison Avenue between 100th to 106th. Is there a nest tucked away a block from the park or in the public housing east of Madison?

I’m looking forward to learning more about Red-tailed Hawks this season. How fantastic is it that one of the best places to study Red-tailed Hawks is in the middle of Big Apple! New York City truly is one hell of a town.

April 18, 2015December 18, 2020San Remo/Pinetum/AMNH Red-tailed Hawks

More Beresford Apartments

I spent about an hour watching the Beresford nest this afternoon. Not much happened while I was there. The only excitement was a brief visit by an American Kestrel.