There’s a little section of the park below the Met and above the 79th Street transverse that is a favorite spot for Pale Male to hunt and eat in. Today one of this year’s offspring was eating a bird in a tree just 15 feet from Fifth Avenue.
In July, I was very busy with work and then on vacation, so I didn’t have much time to hawk watch. I finally had some free time and was able to visit Avenue A and Fifth Avenue this afternoon.
Hawk Watching can be frustrating. Most fledgings have learned to hunt and are going further and further away from their home base. And they’re becoming more independent, venturing away from siblings and parents.
So, I wasn’t surprised when I only saw one fledgling briefly on the Most Holy Redeemer Church today. That’s normal for August.
Over the July 4th weekend, I got to watch a pair of Opsrey and their two young ones on a tiny island in Long Island Sound. So, much more fun than fireworks!
At the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, there was one visible eyass on the nest. It may have been two weeks old, which makes the fledge time somewhere in August.
It was hard to tell if there were other eyasses in the nest. The feeding behavior of the mother made it seem as though two were possible. We’ll just have to wait until they’re bigger!
The Washington Square Fledglings have been hanging out on water tanks on Mercer street buildings this week.
I caught up with one fledgling on a small water tank. The parents were seen briefly flying high overhead together towards Union Square.
The whole Avenue A family, the parents and the three fledglings were on the Most Holy Redeemer Church on Third Street this evening. It was great to see all three fledglings at once.
One of them has been getting him/herself into trouble over the last few days. Once it hung out low on Avenue A and had to be relocated to the park, and then two days later it flew into an air shaft. So, it was great to see all three flying around the church.
Dinner for one of the fledglings was a rat, which it stole from a sibling!
