Category: Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

All Quiet On The Southern Front

With Junior giving Charlotte a break midday, it’s very quiet looking at the nest in the late afternoon/early evening.

Looking up at the nest from the “Little Hill” (the small hill between 6th and 7th Avenues just north of the Essex House just inside the park), one can’t see any activity in the late afternoon.  You might even think the nest was empty.
But Charlotte is safely tucked in at the back of the nest keeping her eggs warm.
The sun is still low in April, so for the most part the nest is in shadows much of the late afternoon.
The nest has fresh twigs, some of which are budding.
Although the trees still have a ways to go, green is replacing brown as the dominant color in the park.
Note that the Beresford, Pale Male and Lola’s west side perch has a view of Junior and Charlotte’s nest.
When the sun peaks through the office towers, the gray of the nest’s building turns a wonderful golden color.
It was cold up there, about 40 degrees with high wind gusts.
Day turns to dusk and the lights go on in the park and the George Washington Bridge.
Charlotte is all tucked in for the evening.  The bright lights on the lower left are from the gardens of Tavern on the Green, a popular restaurant and hunting area for Junior.
Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Saturday on Central Park South

Saturday was a wonderful day.  The temperture was in the sixties and it was clear that Spring would soon be arriving.

Junior flying near the nest around 7:30 am.
Charlotte with Junior behind, with only his tail is visible, on top of the Essex House sign in the early afternoon.
Junior on his first visit to the nest while I was photographing in the afternoon.
The nest looks great with about double the volume of last year’s nest.
Junior returns, leaves briefly and returns with some paper.
The paper gets wedged into the nest.
Later he returns later. I couldn’t tell if he has brought an addition to the nest.
He looks great.
Charlotte, left and Junior, right on a ledge of the Hampshire House where they spend 45 minutes.
Later he returns with another piece of paper, one he caught in mid-air! He not only helps control pigeons and mice, he collects trash and recycles.
Junior then flies west, and after a few minutes out of sight.
The nest is a little bigger after some Saturday additions by Junior.