2021 Manhattan Red-tailed Hawk Nest Update 6
Two updates:
- The hawks who are now nesting on the West Drive appear to have started brooding their second clutch.
- The Terence Cardinal Cooke nest has hatched and feeding have begun.
Early Feeding At Terence Cardinal Cooke
Tahj Holiday let folks know that he had seen a feeding today at Terence Cardinal Cooke. I went up to see for myself in the afternoon.
Before the eggs hatch food is usually kept off the nest to reduce flies and other insects. The mother generally eats away from the nest, picking up food left by the father. So seeing food on the nest or seeing it delivered is a sign the nest has hatched.
And then there are feedings. You can’t see the recently hatched eyasses in the beginning. But you so see the mother tearing small pieces of food for the eyass and gently putting her head into the nest, tilting her head at a 45 degree angle. The eggs hatch a few days apart, so one or two eggs may not have hatched yet.
I saw both the food, a bird and a brown rat, and the feeding. Let’s hope they do well and we have fledglings in the North End of the Central Park in early June.
W0302 Red-tailed Hawk Nest
I’ve been hearing lots of reports of the relocated 1115 Fifth Avenue nest near the West Drive in Central Park, where people say they see the female on the nest. I’ve gone a few times and haven’t been able to see her until today. I hope they can second clutch and be successful this year.
Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Two Northern Rough-Winged Swallows (hopefully, I have the I.D. correct) were working The Pool in the northwest of Central Park on Monday. They would repeatedly return to the same branches.
More TCC
In a break in Monday’s rain, I went to visit the Terence Cardinal Cooke nest. I thought the nest should have hatched by now, but I would easily have gotten the dates wrong. New nesters sometimes sit down early before they lay their eggs.
2021 Manhattan Red-tailed Hawk Nest Update 5
Thanks to Tahj Holiday, we now have the location of the nest that had been at 1516 Amsterdam Avenue. It is now at 3361 Broadway at 136th Street.
Brooding has been confirmed at 310 West 72nd Street and on Governors Island.
The Grand Army Plaza hawks attempted to nest at the St. Regis, but they ended up laying an egg on a terrace below a half-finished nest two floors above.
Two long standing nests are in doubt this year. Pale Male and Octavia aren’t nesting this year, and although two hawks are being seen at St. John the Divine, they don’t appear to be nesting yet.
