I arrived at the NYAC around 6 pm tonight. I had a busy day, and came after visiting the 93rd Street nest. As I walked from the subway, I saw a fledgling on 200 Central Park South. It was on a terrace railing. I could also see only one eyass on the nest.

I than ran into a group of hawk watchers who showed me a second fledgling in a Honey Locust. The bird was above an ice cream truck.

The observers said they hadn’t seen the fledge of the second bird, so they couldn’t say who was who. I suspect that the bird on 200 Central Park South was the first hawk to fledge.

The bird above the ice cream truck stayed put while I was there but the one on 200 Central Park South got active, moving east along the railing and jumping down to the balcony floors and back up to railing. Eventually, it flew off the building. It tried to land on the NYAC but misjudged, then went by the nest and eventually tried to go up to a balcony on the eastern edge of the Essex House. It missed the landing and drifted down a corner of the building about 30 feet before righting itself and flying across the street to a London Plane tree.

The adult female who watched all this perched first on the Essex House, before perching further west. She eventually joined the remaining eyass on the nest and had a snack.

It was getting dark, so I went home. I’ll be away for a few days but can’t wait to see how all of the various hawk nest in Manhattan turn out. We still have lots of birds who will be fledging soon.

The first fledge occurred at the New York Athletic Club on Tuesday morning. Reports are two of the eyasses were fighting over who would get to perch on the flag pole mount, and one end up fledging. It landed safely in a tree about 100 feet north of Central Park West.

When I arrived the mother had already visited and she made two more visits while I was there. The newly fledged birds didn’t do much other than learn to navigate the branches of the tree. It looked great.

The two eyasses still on the nest were very active, and look ready to follow their pioneering sibling. The mother made a good number of visits to the nest as well. I’m looking forward to the summer and watching these hawks grow up.

I only had about an hour after dinner to watch the New York Athletic Club nest. The mother was on the eastern shield of the building asking as a target for the Blue Jays that harass the hawks in the late evening when I arrived. At some point the father brought in prey, landing and leaving in under a minute. The mother then came in to help feed the eyasses and then hopped up on the unused mount for a flag pole. At this point it was getting too dark to take anymore pictures. I’m looking forward to the young hawks being in the southern section of Central Park this summer.

I’ve been having a hard time finding the father, so it was great to see him for a few hours on the Essex House sign and then Hampshire House. He is so much lighter than the mother.

The mother perched two floors above the nest for at least an hour tonight. She was helping to keep the Blue Jays that attack the nest area, distracted and attacking her. The Blue Jays aren’t doing any harm, they’re just annoying. But I can understand, why they are so annoying. The father raided a jay nest last night and took a nestling.

The evening was like many of the others with the mother coming in late in the evening, doing a little feeding and then just watching the eyasses. Before she came in we saw her up on a building across the street from the NYAC being harassed by a House Finch. After she arrived, I saw the father raid a Blue Jay nest.

The mother had turned her back on the eyasses to watch the park view, and one of the eyasses pulled and puller on her tail to get her to turn back around. Kids!

It was great to see the adult female looking normal today. No closed left eye or droopy left wing. Instead she looked great. She was on top of the NYAC mid-afternoon, and when I returned around 7 pm was already on the nest helping feed the eyasses. She looked great and as though nothing had happened to her over the last week.

Thank you to the Wild Bird Fund for taking care of her and returning her as soon as possible.

The male made a brief visit mid-afternoon, but he spends so little time on the nest I didn’t have a chance to take his picture.