In the center of the Columbia University campus, there is a Red-tailed Hawk nest on John Jay Residence Hall. It is unclear if the parents had been the St. John pair, or if they are a new pair.

The university has installed a camera and is streaming it to Youtube. Every week or so the URL has been changing due to technical glitches. Today’s URL is here.

They’ve now zoomed out the camera, but for a long while it was tightly focused on the nest, leaving the impression the eyasses had left the nest. But they’re just exploring the full length of the balcony.

They’re starting to explore the railings of the balcony and should be fledging soon.