Washington Square Feeding
This afternoon, I got to witness a very nice feeding of the single eyass at Washington Square Park. Both parents were very attentive of their single child.
Tompkins Square Park
The three eyasses at Tompkins Square Park and their parents were all seen this evening. As the young ones get bigger their parents are leaving the nest unattended more often and feedings are less frequent. They’re getting grayer and less white with their primary feathers starting to be visible. It’s great to see the family doing so well.
Chuck Will’s Widow
After many gray days, Central Park had sunshine and a nice selection of migrants, including a Chuck Will’s Widow. This species usually roosts high in a tree, but this on settled on a limb only a foot off the ground, giving Central Park birders some of their best views in memory of this bird.
Seaside Sparrows
In a little park on the Hudson River Greenway, Clinton Cov, there have been a group of Seaside Sparrows for the last few days. This species is usually very hard to find in salt marshes, so having these birds hanging out on a lawn and median between a sidewalk and a bike path, has been a great joy for birders used to spending hours to see a brief glimpse.
There being easy to find has had its drawbacks however. One of the sparrows became a meal for an American Kestrel on Friday.
Baby Picture From Washington Square Park
I finally got to see the head of the eyass at Washington Square Park today. This was after both parents left the nest for over 45 minutes. Both of them were all over the park and the buildings to the east, south and west.
3 Eyasses at Tompkins Square Park
I was thrilled to see three eyasses being fed by their mother and then their father at Tompkins Square Park this evening. So were many school children who got a look at the young ones having a meal by looking at my camera screen.
If you have a spotting scope, there is a great spot to look at the nest in front of a restaurant at Avenue B just south of 7th Street.
