I stopped by the NYAC family on my way home from Riverside Church and today was much like yesterday. The fledglings using trees and street lamps in the park west and north of Central Park South and Seventh Avenue.

One extraordinary things happened however. One of the parents seeing a squirrel attack one the fledglings, quickly caught it and carried it 100 feet away. The parent lost its grip on the squirrel when it landed and the squirrel fell 25 feet. The squirrel was able to climb up a tree, but kept close eye on the hawk until it flew off.

I only had about an hour after dinner to watch the NYAC hawks. They’re still staying together just inside the park and I got to see the whole family. The fledglings are getting comfortable flying from tree to tree and they were very active late in the evening.

On my way home from Riverside Church, I visited the NYAC family. They were using trees just inside the park, west of 7th Avenue. One was eating and a sibling tried to take some of the food, resulting in a food fight. It was a bit unnecessary as the mother brought in additional food later on.

We got to see the whole family, as they all ended up perching in just a few trees.

At the end of the evening, the mother ended up flying to Columbus Circle and perched on the foot of Christopher Columbus.

On Tuesday, I was lucky to find two of the fledglings eating in an oak tree just inside Central Park. There mother was keeping watch from a nearby tree. One fledgling patiently waited until the other was done eating to eat the leftovers.

I couldn’t find the third fledgling or the father, but I only spent about an hour in the park.

The fledglings have started using trees and that makes them much harder to keep track of. This afternoon it took me over three hours to find all of them and their parents.

When I arrived one fledgling was back on the nest. It stayed there but eventually flew to the right hand shield before flying into Central Park late in the afternoon when the father brought some food.

One fledgling was in a tree across from the Essex House about 50 feet inside the park. It was staring me in the face but without any harassing robins or jays, took me awhile to find. The father was in the next tree keeping watch for about an hour.

The mother appeared around 5 pm on 200 Central Park South.

The last member of the family, was nearby the whole time. I could hear it calling for food, for about an hour but couldn’t find it. Eventually another hawk watcher found it.

So, we saw everyone but it took time to find them all.

I was away for a few days and I missed some excitement at the NYAC. The last fledgling ended up having troubles landing on the glass balconies of 200 Central Park West and ended up being in a small tree at ground level. The police took it to the Wild Bird Fund and it was then returned to the park.

When I was there on Sunday, all three fledglings were on the NYAC. Two on the nest and one on a windowsill on the 7th Avenue side. The parents were together on scaffolding on Hampshire House.

However, when I returned at dusk, I didn’t see any of the fledglings on the NYAC and could only find the mother, who was looking out from 222 Central Park South.