Continuing To Be Too Little
I saw another feeding, or to be more accurate, the mother eating on the Terence Cardinal Cooke nest late in the day. I really shouldn’t expect to see them until late in the week, but I’m sure I’ll keep going back to look!
Inwood Hill Park
I went up to Inwood Hill Park to look for the Pileated Woodpecker on Saturday. I found it with the help of two local birders, and was also able to see one of the resident Eastern Screech-Owls and the Inwood Hill Park Red-tailed Hawk nest.
I also found a great way to get to Inwood Hill Park from the East Side of Manhattan! I had been taking the E train, then taking A train to the end of the line, but it’s a long trip. I discovered on Saturday, that one can the BxM1 Express Bus. It goes up Third Avenue and then stops in Inwood at 207th Street and Broadway before going on to the Bronx. The trip only took me 35 minutes each way!
Still Too Little
It takes about a week or so to be able to see the hatchlings of a nest, but I can’t resist going a bit too early to look. I did this on Friday at the Terence Cardinal Cooke nest. I didn’t stay too long, and didn’t catch a feeding. But did see a very fidgety mother, who must have a little fluff ball (or two, or three) moving around underneath her now.
W0302 Nest
The W0302 nest is brooding. It might have been brooding for longer than I thought. From the West Drive, the female can be completely hidden while sitting on the nest, so I may have missed her earlier. The male is continuing to bring nesting material, both sticks and lining material.
St. Regis Hotel
I’ve been getting messages on Facebook from an employee of the St. Regis Hotel about a hawk attempting to nest on the building. It seemed like an early attempt by a young pair, and all signs were that they weren’t going to nest. An egg abandoned on a terrace, a poorly built nest, etc. So, when I was told, a hawks was sitting on the poorly built nest, I was skeptical.
So, much to my surprise on my way home on Friday, I saw a hawk apparently brooding on the nest that had been constructed in an oval window in the top, left corner of the façade that faces Fifth Avenue.
Update: I received word that later on Friday, it looks like the nest failed, with an egg being found on a terrace a few floors down. Establishing a new nest can be difficult. I’ll know more in a few days.
Another Feeding at TCC
On Thursday morning before the rain started, I went to the Conservatory Garden of Central Park and waited for another feeding on the Terence Cardinal Cooke nest. It took some time for a feeding to occur. Luckily there are some nice benches in the garden. An American Kestrel made a brief visit to the same building as the nest as well, and I got to watch a pair of American Robins work on a nest.
