Urban Hawks

Good News and Bad News

1. 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.
2. 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.

Updates:

1. The 310 West 72nd Street nest has three eyasses.  I had originally thought there were only two.
2. I’ve received sad news that the adult male of the 96th and Lexington nest who had been picked up and sent to the Wild Bird Fund and then to a surgeon had to be euthanized.  The mother, who seemed to be courting a new male, appears to be a single mother again.