Urban Hawks

June 28, 2015December 23, 2020St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

Good News from St. John

The Morningside Hawks Blog has reported feeding activity up at St. John, so I checked it out this afternoon. The new nest location this year is one saint clockwise from previous years, above St. Peter. Previously, it was a little lower down on the shoulders of St. Andrew.

While I was there there were two feedings, and I saw a slice come out of the nest. The eyasses are too small to see just yet, but the feeding and the slice are enough to let us know there are youngsters.

This late hatch is most likely from a second clutch of eggs.

June 28, 2015December 23, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Playtime

The three fledglings were having a great time flying from tree to tree and calling for food whenever they say their father fly by at Fifth Avenue. It was a delight to watch them all, at times from the same viewing location.

June 27, 2015December 23, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Fifth Avenue Play Time

At Fifth Avenue, we usually see three migrations after fledging. First its an exploration of nearby buildings, then the area south of the playground at 77th Street, and then Cedar Hill. We’re in the second phase now with the fledglings beginning to play on the ground and explore the trees. It’s a fun time to watch them.

June 27, 2015December 23, 2020Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Sheep Meadow

The Sheep Meadow nest had all three youngsters exploring the nest tree today. Their mother cam in with a pigeon and tried to get them to come to her to get the food. See waited twenty minutes before giving up. As soon as she put it in the nest, one eyass came in and ate.

June 26, 2015December 23, 2020Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Downtown Yarns

A store right below the Avenue A nest made the most out of the mess they endured while the eyasses were above. They created a great window display of the eggs and the eyasses. Worth a detour if you’re on the Lower East Side. 45 Avenue A between 3rd and 4th Streets.

June 26, 2015December 23, 2020Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Avenue A

I went down to Avenue A to see how everyone was doing after the excitement on Wednesday, where one of the hawks got relocated to Tompkins Square Park.

I was able to find four of the hawks, but not the one who went to TSP. It had been last seen in the morning. (There were lots of robins attacking something at the top of a tree, near where the bird had been released so it might just have been too high to find.)

The four hawks were together on the Most Holy Redeemer Church.

Adult Male
Adult Female
Fledgling
Fledgling