Urban Hawks

May 21, 2017December 22, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Another Fifth Avenue Feeding

Saturday was just another enjoyable day at the Fifth Avenue hawk bench. Three eyasses being fed by their mother.

May 20, 2017December 19, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

This evening I got to see the eyasses, Octavia and Pale Male. Pale Male caught a pigeon and spent thirty minutes plucking it before delivering it to the nest. Octavia returned to the nest after the food drop, but was not in a rush to feed the eyasses.

May 19, 2017December 19, 2020Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks

Grant’s Tomb

After reports of one, then two, eyasses on the Grant’s Tomb nest, it became apparent that there were three eyasses on the nest this week. I caught up with them and both there parents this evening.

May 18, 2017December 22, 2020Other Red-tailed Hawks

J. Hood Wright Park

I finally had a chance to get up to J. Hood Wright Park and found the mother doing her best to keep her eyasses out of the sun. After the sun got lower, she took a break. The nest has three eyasses this year.

May 18, 2017December 15, 2020Red-tailed Hawk Nest Updates

2017 Nest Update 6

Changes from the last report:

Three eyasses confirmed at J. Hood Wright Park
Three eyasses confirmed at Grant’s Tomb
Tompkins Square Park has one eyass

May 16, 2017December 22, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Fifth Avenue Feeding

This evening, after doing a little birding, I watched a feeding at the Fifth Avenue nest. It’s wonderful to see a predator be so gentle with her offspring.