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April 29, 2019December 15, 2020Red-tailed Hawk Nest Updates

2019 Manhattan Red-tailed Hawk Nest Update 6

I’ve been busy watching spring migrants, but have gotten news about two nests.

1) Susan Kirby recorded feedings at 350 Central Park West. Her video is on YouTube. This is wonderful news. In a few weeks, when the eyasses grow a little bigger this should be a wonderful nest to watch. The nest is ten stories up, and five windows from the north and is best viewed from in front of the playgrounds either at 96/97th or 93rd from the sidewalk of the east side of Central Park West.

2) The third egg hatched at Washington Square. The camera was restored a few years ago. The URL is https://www.ustream.tv/channel/e3uYJSDgmbz On a mobile phone, download the ustream application and search for “NYU Hawk Cam”.

April 28, 2019December 17, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

927 Fifth Avenue Intruders

Two Red-tailed Hawks, other than Pale Male and Ocatvia, flew over the Fifth Avenue nest on Saturday evening causing both Octavia and Pale Male to leave the nest. Usually we only see a single intruder, usually a single juvenile or adult hawk enter the territory. Two adult hawks together seems unusual for this time year. While it was impossible to know, it could have been the San Remo pair investigating how their neighbors are doing.

The video has Pale Male on the nest and then leaving, Octavia returning, and then Octavia settling down. Estimates are that this nest is due to hatch sometime this week. No feedings have been seen yet, although Pale Male has brought a small mouse to the nest, which may be a positive sign.

April 28, 2019December 18, 2020Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Tompkins Square Park

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.

April 25, 2019December 17, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Pale Male and Octavia

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.

April 25, 2019December 18, 2020Other Birds

Indigo Bunting

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.

April 24, 2019December 25, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Northwest Central Park Hawks, St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks, Upper East Side Hawks

Hatch Watch

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.