I had a great time in both the early afternoon and the early evening watching the New York Athletic Club nest. It reminds me of the Trump Park, 777 Seventh Avenue and Ritz-Carlton nests and the times I spent watching them.
The eyasses look to be the oldest of the nests I’ve been observing. All three eyasses look healthy, and they all did lots of “jump flapping” to exercise their wings.
New came in today of a newly discovered nest by Melissa Armo. It’s on the New York Athletic Club’s sixth floor. The building is on the Southeast corner of Central Park South and Seventh Avenue. The northern façade has two shields and the nest is behind the left (western) one. The nest needs to be viewed from the side. I was able to photograph it from the east and the west.
A parent came to the nest when I was viewing the nest around 5 pm. There are two, possibly three eyasses on the nest. It will take a few more trips to be sure.
I was away for ten days, so I’ve checked up on the nesting Central Park Hawks plus St. John the Divine over the last few days.
Watching the Ritz-Carlton nest has been a bit slow as I mostly see the female sitting on the nest but I was surprised on Monday to see a Peregrine Falcon on the Pierre Hotel and the GM Building. It explains why I don’t see the Red-tailed Hawks perched high on these buildings anymore. The male hawk was in a tree by Chess and Checkers.
Often while watching a hawk nest, nothing happens. Tonight was one of those nights, where all I saw was the female sitting on eggs for over ninety minutes!
Tonight, I arrived just in time to see but not photograph the male bring a small rodent to the female. She went off to eat it quickly. While she was eating the male went to the nest twice. Then they both returned to the nest, before making a trip to the top of the Ritz-Carton together. The female then returned to the nest. This all took about ten minutes.
