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June 13, 2021June 13, 2021Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Tompkins Square Park Fledglings

Whenever I publish an update to the chart about the status of Manhattan nests, it seems that it becomes invalid within hours. This happened Saturday, when I found out that the Tompkins Square Park eyasses had fledged. When I arrived I found one hawk on the nest. Walking around, and after a break in the Punk Rock concert, Blue Jays helped me find the other fledgling. After a break for dinner, I returned to the park, and found the hawk that had been on the nest in a branch near the nest. It then flew to a nearby tree. It should be a fun summer in Tompkins Square Park!

May 25, 2021June 11, 2021Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Now Only Two At Tompkins Square Park

It looks like there are only two remaining eyasses on the Tompkins Square Park nest. They’ve grown up fast and seem to be eating by themselves. The park had someone playing loud music, so the video is without sound.

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Two Eyasses At Tompkins Square Park

I caught up with the Tompkins Square Park family and enjoyed watching the two eyasses on the nest. The parents are spending more time off of the nest as the young ones are getting bigger. There was also a visit by a House Wren to the nest!

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Tompkins Square Park Hatches

Both Laura Goggin (Laura Goggin Photography) and Jean Shum saw two feeding at Tompkins Square Park today. I learned of the hatch and after the thunderstorms went down to have a look. I saw a rodent being delivered and a very short feeding. This is always a fun nest to watch and I look forward to many visits this year.

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks, Washington Sq. Red-tailed Hawks

Washington and Tompkins Square Parks

I ventured downtown to see what was up with the Washington Square and Tompkins Square Parks on Friday.

Washington Square Park was calm with one of the hawks on the Spanish Roof of the building on the Southwest corner of the park. Other than that the park was quiet. Reports are that the couple has been seen copulating for the last month. A male hawk was found dead over the last year a block or two south of the nest. This year’s male might not be Juno/Orion.

Tompkins Square Park was much more of what I would have expected. The male had just caught a pigeon when I arrived and called and called for his mate to come share it. However, she wasn’t that interested. After visiting a number of perches, he finally got her to share some of the bird. As I was leaving the park, the couple copulated. All looked good for brooding to start soon.

June 4, 2019December 17, 2020Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Sole Survivor

It looks like Tompkins Square Park lost an eyass sometime in the last few days. Laura Goggin broke the news on her blog on Friday. I was out of town over the weekend, but made it down to the park to confirm the bad news.

Sadly, it looks like Laura made the right call. Searches of nearby branches and trees yielded no early fledgling. I heard an American Robin making alarm calls, but the robin had found one of the parents on a western branch of the nest tree about 15 feet from the nest.