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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
Tompkins Square Park
Tompkins Square Park continues to be frustrating. It’s so hard to see what’s going on. This nest was built for privacy!
At the end of the video, you can see two eyasses being feed. It’s hard to see but you can see two. I can’t wait for these birds to get a bit bigger!
