I finally got to see a young eyass this season. It was at Fifth Avenue. The glimpses were quick, but I did get to see a young hawk. In the next few weeks this should easily become two dozen. The video has the best view.
I went down to Washington Square Park hoping to see an eyass head or two pop up out of the nest, but it wasn’t to be. They’re still very young, and I didn’t catch a feeding. (At the beginning of a feeding, a well rested young eyass might just reach high enough to see.)
Instead, I got to see Bobby bring a nice long strip of paper to the nest. It looked like it might have been wallboard tape. At one point, the female ends up with it on her head like it’s a hat and another time it looks like a Möbius strip.
I was hoping to see a little eyass head on Wednesday evening at Fifth Avenue, but they were still to small to see. I tried all of the angles I know of for a chance at a view without success!
Pale Male brought a squirrel to the nest during one of Octavia’s feedings. Unlike Sunday, were she fed for only a brief period, she had lots of work to do now.
News came this afternoon from the President’s Office that two of the three eggs had hatched. (They don’t all hatch at the same time, so there isn’t anything to worry about.) Other hawk watchers got to watch a feeding in the afternoon, and I got to capture a visit by the father and a feeding this evening.
More happy news after the hatching on Fifth Avenue. Spring finally is in full swing after a harsh winter in New York. I can’t wait to see some fluffy heads next week!
When I was at the nest yesterday, Octavia seems to be high in the nest. This afternoon, Pale Male spent lots of time on the nest or nearby. Then this evening around 6:30 p.m., the hawk bench saw a feeding. It was brief, which would be normal for a newly hatched eyass, but it was clearly a feeding with Octavia ripping up meat, turning her head and gently giving the meat to the eyass. Together all of this means we had a hatch within the last day!
Nice to have the Fifth Avenue nest back on a regular schedule! Great News!
We should be able to see the eyasses next weekend. The feeding starts at about 8:00 on the video.
This afternoon, the male was on the oval widow of north tower at the Beresford Apartments, and the female was on the nest, which is on the oval window of the southeast tower. The ironwork of the north tower window is painted black, while the ironwork of the south tower is painted white, which makes it easy to figure out which tower is which in videos and photographs.
Not much happened while I watched. The male left the tower a few times and at one point two hawks buzzed the Beresford, most likely the Beresford male and another hawk. The other could easily could have been one of the males from the other nearby nests.
