I was able to watch the Wild Turkey at its Saint Bartholomew Church Ginkgo Tree roost on Thursday evening. I looked for it on Friday morning, but was unable to relocate it. Hopefully, it has moved on to a safer location than Park Avenue.
Update: A Turkey was reported on eBird. Check out this checklist from May 17th. It may very well be the bird from midtown.
I arrived on Thursday afternoon to find three sleepy eyasses. With the colder weather they seemed happy to cuddle.
The three eyasses at Tompkins Square Park got feed while I watched in the late afternoon. It’s a wonderful nest location and can be watched from a set of benches in the Southeast corner of the park.
All signs are the 102nd Street and Riverside Avenue Red-tailed Hawk nest has hatched. The female was sitting high, looking in and there were lots of flies. I didn’t see a feeding but the nest looks like it has hatched. Keep an eye out for little ones!
A Wild Turkey first seen on Tuesday is spending its night roosting in a tree on the Park Avenue median at 49th Street on Wednesday night. It was seen on the sidewalks of 49th Street today, and evaded capture.
Red-tailed Hawks often raid American Robin nests, but today I saw my first robin nestling be delivered to a nest. The eyasses had a hard time dividing it up a the three of them kept stealing it from each other. Young hawks need to be able to feed themselves before they leave the nest, so a nestling robin made a good first do it yourself meal.
I saw similar behavior last year, at the Peregrine Falcon nest at 86th and West End. There the parents stopped feeding the young falcons, and simply dropped off House Sparrows to each youngster a few days before they were ready to fledge.
