Much to my surprise, I saw a third eyass in the nest today at 96th Street. The youngest one must have been hidden the last time I visited!
Update: I received a report that an injured hawk was picked up at 97th and Lexington in the last few days. If anyone has details, please email me.
Since the last update:
It looks like the St. John nest may have failed this year and I’ve been worried about the new 350 Central Park West nest as well. Luckily, I realized that the late hatching of the 350 Central Park West nest may be OK. I first saw the female sitting on the nest on April 6th. The eggs hatch between 28-35 days after being laid. That would put the hatch at May 11th for the first egg. However, female hawks can sit a few days before they start laying eggs and the eggs don’t all get laid at once. So, we need to add about a week more after the May 11th date, as the outside hatch date.
So keep your figures crossed for the 350 Central Park West nest. It’s not uncommon for a new nest to fail, so we should be prepared for a failure, but hope for the best.
Found by Kevin Topping on Friday, hundreds of birders got great looks at a Kirtland’s Warbler in Central Park today. Its migration path is usually up and down the Mississippi River, so this was a very rare event.
The lens I use for hawk watching was in for repair the last week, so I spent my time enjoying the spring migration. Highlights included a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Prothonotary Warbler, Common Nighthawk, Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron, and a Northern Cardinal nest.
I finally had a chance to visit Grant’s Tomb this season. The nest is now in front of the Tomb and is much more visible than the old nest. There are two eyasses this year. I didn’t get to see a feeding, but I did get to see a Peregrine Falcon from the Riverside Church nest, hassle one of the parents.
