Indigo Buntings
Central Park had two Indigo Buntings stopping in the park during their migration today. They were filling up on grass seed just south of Sparrow Rock.
Washington Square
I got to watch two feedings from the female, and also got to see Bobby visit the nest and a few perches in Washington Square this evening.
It looks like the last egg will not be hatching at Washington Square. While this is better than last year, when two eggs didn’t hatch and the only eyass had issues with feather growth, it brings into question the health of the environment around NYU. While the park has removed rodenticides, they are still used by the University and other building owners around the park. While many of us has focused on hawk deaths due to secondary rodenticides, fertility problems are also a major problem with these poisons. I’m afraid we might be seeing this issue at Washington Square Park.
Update 4-26-17: The youngest eyass on the nest died within the last 48 hours. Cause of death unknown.
2017 Nest Update 4
Updates:
- The Gorman Park Nest is brooding. The female has been seen sitting on the nest
- Although the J. Hood Wright Park nest is listed as not having hatched, it most likely has hatched but gone detected just yet.
- It looks unlikely that the 3rd egg at Washington Square Park will hatch.
As always, please email me if you have any updates for this chart.
Tompkins Square Park Feeding
Although we can’t see or count the eyasses at Tompkins Square Park yet, due to feeding behavior by Dora, we know the nest has hatched. Dora didn’t leave the nest while I was there, but Christo was all around the park. I can’t wait to see the eyasses in a week or two.
Feeding In The Rain
After watching the Wild Turkey, I took a look at the Fifth Avenue Red-tailed Hawk nest and caught a feeding of the eyasses. They’re still to little to see from the street, but photographs by Lincoln Karim from a nearby building show two eyasses.
Central Park Wild Turkey
Wild Turkeys are not especially rare in the New York area. However, they are infrequent visitors to Central Park. One was seen up in the Ravine on Thursday and it has been exploring the park. I caught up with it on Saturday, near the Falconer’s Statue.
