Urban Hawks

June 11, 2018December 19, 2020Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks

Grant’s Tomb News

I arrived at Grant’s Tomb after the rehabilitator had already left with one of the fledglings, so what I’m going to say is all second hand. A few days ago the male crashed into a window hard enough to break the glass. He hasn’t been seen since. The female got into an accident with a car, and appears to have rodenticide poising.

This leave all three fledglings with no one to feed them. So, Bobby Horvath of WINORR came to capture the fledglings. He got one, but two can fly too well to be captured at this point. It will be a challenge to capture these two! Good luck Bobby!

Here are picture of one of the fledglings that needs to be put into protective care.

June 11, 2018December 19, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Not Yet At Fifth Avenue

The eyasses stayed put today, even with the Puerto Rican Day Parade. They do look ready to go however. Pale Male delivered food this evening and Octavia got into a food fight with one of the fledglings. Youngsters!

June 11, 2018December 20, 2020Upper East Side Hawks

Fledgling Reconsiders at 96th Street

I received photographs, texts and emails this morning showing that one of the fledglings had left the nest. It had gone down to scaffolding below the nest early in the morning.

I was spending the weekend and was able to get to the nest around 5 p.m. When I arrived I was surprised to see three eyasses in the nest. It turns out the fledgling decided it was too soon to leave and using the stairs of the fire escape returned to its two siblings. I guess this was extended “branching”.

Urban nests continue to surprise me!

June 10, 2018December 15, 2020Red-tailed Hawk Nest Updates

2018 Manhattan Nest Update 15

Good News and Bad News

One of the eyasses at 96th and Lexington Avenue fledged to the “shed” (the scaffolding with a deck for workman) on the building north of the nest early this morning.
A hawk at the Grant’s Tomb nest was involved in an auto accident. There is concern about the eyasses. I understand local hawk watchers are keeping an eye on the situation.

The Grant’s Tomb hawk is being treated at the Wild Bird Fund. It may also have been exposed to rodenticides (rat poison) and is receiving prophylactic treatment.

Testing of raptors over the last twenty years by N.Y. State has show that many hawk “accidents”, were not really accidents at all. The hawks got into trouble because they were weakened by rodenticides.

Update: The Morningside Hawks has a good update on the Grant’s Tomb hawks here.

June 8, 2018December 20, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Fifth Avenue

Hawk watchers at Fifth Avenue joke that their hawks fledge around the Puerto Rican Parade. It’s a good marker and the parade is this Sunday. We’ll see what happens.

June 8, 2018December 18, 2020Upper East Side Hawks

96th Street

The hawks at 96th Street are getting ready to leave. One is having fun on the fire escape railing and it looks like the other two will be joining in on the fun soon.

The neighborhood is getting excited about the hawks too. It looks like there will be lots of eyes and ears on the fledglings. Good luck young fellows!