I made my first trip of the year down to Tompkins Square Park today. Christo and Amelia are doing well this year, with none of the “threesome” drama of last year. Their nest, in the same location as last year, may have been the earliest to hatch in Manhattan. Amelia was keeping the eyasses warm, with Christo making a visit and then Amelia feed the eyasses in the early afternoon. The eyasses are still a bit too little to see (and count) just yet.
I got to see Pale Male make a visit to the nest and see Octavia take a stretch in the early evening tonight. Their eggs should be hatching soon.
An Indigo Bunting was at the Evodia Field Feeders in the Ramble of Central Park today and yesterday. Usually a tough bird to find in the park, this one was easy to watch as it ate bird seed from a feeder.
I’ve been looking at nests near Central Park and haven’t seen any sign of hatches. I’ve looked at 927 Fifth Avenue, 350 Central Park West, St. John the Divine, and 100th Street and Third Avenue. (Since early feedings are about two hours apart and the parents still sit on top of the new hatched eyasses, there is a possibility any of these nests has hatched without me knowing.)
I look forward to taking another look this weekend at these nests. Below are two pictures of the 350 Central Park West nest and two pictures of the 100th Street and Third Avenue nest.
Two nests have hatched in the past week, Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. Most of the others should be hatching within the next two weeks.
Joe DiCostanzo identified a White-winged Dove at the Evodia Feeders of Central Park this afternoon among a group of Mourning Doves. The bird is usually seen in the far south. While it is seen along the Northeast Coast up through Maine and into Canada on rare occasions, it may be the first recorded sighting for Manhattan. Great birding Joe!
