2018 Manhattan Nest Update 1
I’m on vacation in California, but I’m getting reports about the Manhattan nests. Any additional news would be welcome. In general, it looks like this year’s nests are running a week or two later than last years nests.
Washington Square Park
I was about to give up on the hawks in Washington Square Park, when they both arrived at dusk tonight. The male visited the nest and the student center before copulating with the female on the Silver Building. (With the Judson Church Cross under repair, they’ve been copulating on 1 Fifth Avenue and new locations this season.) Hopefully, we’ll have eggs in a few days.
Day 3, 350 Central Park West
The nest continues to grow! I arrived late in the afternoon, and saw the pair interact and copulate on a building on 97th.
There has been speculation that these hawks might be the pair we see frequently around Mt. Sinai Hospital across the park. They clearly are not the hawks that have been trying for a few years to build a nest around the San Remo.
Octavia Sitting On Her Nest
I arrived at the Fifth Avenue nest to the sounds of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Pale Male was just leaving the nest. At first I thought it was empty but then I saw Octavia’s tail in the wind. It looks like she’s either getting ready to or has already laid an egg. Pale Male made another visit to the nest before perching on the Carlyle Hotel.
Day 2, 350 Central Park West
The 350 Central Park West hawks must have been busy over the last 24 hours, because the nest look to have a lot more twigs. This afternoon one of the hawks continued to work on the nest, while the other made a few fly overs. Keep your fingers crossed for this pair!
350 Central Park West
On the tenth floor of 350 Central Park West, five windows south of 95th Street on a air conditioner facing the park, a pair of Red-tailed Hawks is building a nest. I got to enjoy watching both of them bring twigs to the nest. Let’s hope they succeed!
The nest is below the treeline, so the best vantages are from the park side of Central Park West, either at 92nd or 96th.
