I’m not certain of the timing, but I think due for a hatch at 350 Central Park West within the next week. I went up today and saw the male bring a squirrel and took over incubation duties, so the female could eat and explore. I didn’t see any signs of a feeding, so I don’t think the nest has hatched yet. It’s a long hike for me to visit the next, but I’ll make another visit at the end of the week.
An Eastern Red Bat has been roosting in the same bush for a few days in Central Park. Tonight I stayed to watch it wake up. The video is a bit long, but it’s fascinating to see the bat slowly wake up. It ended up flying right over my head when it left.
Pale Male and Octavia continue to show me how dull it is to watch a brooding nest. Not much happens when I’m there. I have hours of the same footage. But here’s some more of the same!
It will be interesting to see if the eggs hatch this year. Low levels of rodenticides may led to infertility. If this year’s eggs don’t had, should we worry that Octavia has repeated the problems Lola had?
While walking through Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan (59th and Fifth), I heard the male crying that he had food. I couldn’t find him, but heard him on the The Plaza Hotel. He went down 58th and around the corner down Fifth, circling before landing on the roof of Bergdorf Goodman’s. He then circled and circled before landing on a very high building roof at 55th and Fifth. He left the pigeon there before spending about ten minutes circling 9 West 57th.
I haven’t seen the female for about a week. Where, oh where is the nest!
The San Remo pair, after building a great nest on The Majestic Apartments a few blocks south, have returned to building a nest in the old location on the north tower of the San Remo. As usual, the twigs brought up to this location blow off before a full nest can be built.
Two updates:
Governor’s Island will remain closed in May, so it will be hard to figure out what’s happening on the newly built nest.
