There have been hawks for years around Central Park South.  They’ve nested on the Trump Parc building and 888 Seventh Avenue with success.  Over the last few years, the Crown Building and the Plaza Hotel a bit further east have been where we thought there might be nests, but haven’t been sure.

Today, I caught up with the current pair.  I heard the male, who looks young, cry out the “Honey, I have leftovers” call.  (She never responded.)  With the city being so quiet, I was able to find him on a third floor window of The Plaza Hotel.  He finished eating, and then started to attack his own reflection in the window, before getting caught in some pigeon spikes and then flying off.

He then made a number of loops around Grand Army Plaza, and perched on The Crown Building, the building at 58th and Fifth that has the Bergdorf’s Mens Store, and 9 West 57th.  The female was perched there.  They both took off, but returned to 9 West 57th and copulated.

Like the last few years, no clue about the possible nest location.

On Wednesday evening a hawk was on the NE flagpole of the Plaza Hotel.  I’ve been seeing this hawk a great deal recently, but other than seeing it around The Pond I don’t know much about it.

Today, while at the Pond at the Southeast corner of Central Park, I saw a Red-tailed Hawk with a branch, fly up to the Crown Building at 57th and Fifth.  It went to a balcony railing, jumped down to a terrace, and then flew around the building.  It wasn’t clear where the twig was left.  The hawk then went to the Sherry-Netherland Hotel.

We’ve seen hawks here in the past, with nest attempts nearby on The Plaza hotel in years past.  But I’ve never seen fledglings in the park from this location.  Any reports from nearby office buildings would be appreciated.

Tonight I found both of the Sheep Meadow hawks in different trees on the east side of Sheep Meadow.  They have built a new nest in the same stand of trees as the old nest, but in the Northwestern most tree in the group.  It doesn’t look like the nest is ready for use yet, and the female did not spend the night in the nest.  It will be interesting to see if they end up using this new nest or use another location, possibly a building on Central Park South.  For now, we just have to wait and see what happens.

Around this time of year, we sometimes end up with noisy youngsters begging for food endlessly when their parents have decided it’s time for the youngsters to hunt on their own.

Tonight, it was a Sheep Meadow youngster who was making a racket just north of Tavern on the Green in a nice protected playground that is undergoing renovation.  The pictures are of the youngster and his/her father.