310 West 72nd Street on Saturday
Saturday’s visit, yielded two Red-tailed Hawks looking just about ready to leave the nest.
Yet Another Visit To 310 West 72nd Street
I tried my luck again at the 310 West 72nd Street nest and wasn’t disappointed. After about twenty minutes of nothing, as the afternoon temperature started to drop, the mother arrived at the nest and the two eyasses woke up. She helped them eat and left. The eyasses then were active for about twenty minutes.
Another Visit To 310 West 72nd Street
I made another visit to 310 West 72nd Street. The eyasses look great. I thought there were three, but it might be only two on the nest. While recording, a local showed me pictures of a fledgling from last year who showed up on her terrace last year. She was stunned to hear it was a youngster.
These young hawks should be leaving the nest soon. There tails are a bit short, but they should grow in within a few days. It will be great to have some young hawks in Riverside Park this year.
2020 Manhattan Red-tailed Hawk Nest Update 14
Some good news.
- The nest on Governors Island was successful and there are reports of fledglings on the island.
- Tompkins Square Park has three healthy fledglings.
- The new nest up by CCNY/Annunciation Playground appears to have at one fledgling, and one still on the nest.
2020 Manhattan Red-tailed Hawk Nest Update 13
Just when it seemed that 2020 would be a poor year, yet another report of a new hawk nest has been reported. The newly discovered nest is at 1516 Amsterdam Avenue at 135th Street. Fantastic news.
310 West 72nd Street
For the third year, the 310 West 72nd Street is active. I think there are three eyasses this year. It’s a tough nest to watch as it is in a fairly wide rain gutter just below the roof line on the east side of the north face of the building. An adult visited twice. “Trash” was taken out around 3:30, followed later by a feeding around 4:45 p.m.
