When I arrived at the Fifth Avenue nest, Pale Male was on the Carlyle Hotel and Octavia was on the nest. Pale Male soon flew over the Met and wasn’t seen for the rest of the evening. Octavia stayed on the nest occasionally getting up to roll the eggs or preen. All in all a quiet evening by the boat pond.
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Tonight I found both of the Sheep Meadow hawks in different trees on the east side of Sheep Meadow. They have built a new nest in the same stand of trees as the old nest, but in the Northwestern most tree in the group. It doesn’t look like the nest is ready for use yet, and the female did not spend the night in the nest. It will be interesting to see if they end up using this new nest or use another location, possibly a building on Central Park South. For now, we just have to wait and see what happens.
I was in L.A. for Easter but made a side trip to whale watch around the Channel Islands on Good Friday. Lots of great wildlife, including Brown Boobies, Spotted Harbor Seals, Sea Lions, Dolphins, Brown Pelicans, Fin and Gray Whales.
I went to Central Park South tonight to figure out where the Sheep Meadow Red-tailed Hawk pair have relocated only to see the male briefly at 64th and Fifth Avenue. I saw them copulate last week by Tavern on the Green, but that was the last time I saw the female. So, this is still a mystery. If anyone has figured it out, please let me know.
While looking for the Red-tails, I saw The Century Peregrine Falcons again on Central Park West. They were on both The Century and the Zeckendorf buildings.
