It was quiet in the park with the female on the nest and only a brief visit by the male (after I had put away my camera). She rolled the eggs once and that was about it. Just what I was expecting.

I’m just getting caught up with the video I shot on Friday. I spend an hour down at Washington Square Park in the morning. The female was on the nest and the male was on the very top of 1 Fifth Avenue. (The video is a bit distorted of the nest. I forget that the mist from the Washington Square Park fountain sometimes causes issues photographing the nest.) I was hoping to get some insight into the question about the male being the second or third male, but wasn’t able to get any shot that would give some insight. Maybe on my next visit.

With a break in the rain, I went down to Washington Square Park. The female was laying on the nest, and got up only a few times. Late in the day, the male arrived on the Pless building railing and called. The female stayed on the nest and the male eat some on Pless and some on the Stern Graduate Building.

Eventually the male went to the nest, and the female and male went to the Judson Church cross. They stayed for about eight minutes, before the female returned to the nest. The male left the cross after about ten more minutes.

It looks like the female is closer to brooding based on today’s behavior. She was solidly on the nest and looked to be making sure everything was “just right” for her 35 day sit. Many hawk watcher in NYC, very unscientifically call this being “eggnent”, the two or three day period where the female is glued to the nest but hasn’t laid eggs yet. I’ll go back in a few days to see how things are going.

I arrived at Washington Square Park to find one of the hawks on the nest. I suspect it is the new female, but I need to learn to tell these new hawks apart to be sure. The hawk was on the nest for about ten minutes before flying off. I didn’t relocate it or its mate. I’ll make some more visits over the next few weeks.