I finally had a chance to get up to St. John the Divine tonight. Construction has started on a new building right next to the nest, so this may be the last season for this nest. We’ll see what happens next year.
But for now there are three very cute eyasses enjoying their nest on the shoulders of St. Andrew.
The Washington Square Park eyasses are enjoying their ledge and are doing lots of jump flapping. It’s fun to watch and we should see them off the nest in a week or so.
After returning from my honeymoon, I went to the Fifth Avenue nest to find a wonderful crowd of onlookers enjoying the eyasses. There were three scopes and lots of viewers. It felt like the old days. Over the last few years, we’ve lost many of the “original bench”. It was good to see a second generation fascinated by Pale Male.
Thanks to news from Jason Huettner, there is an eleventh confirmed nest in Manhattan, located on a fire escape directly above the intersection of Fairview Ave and Broadway Terrace, about a block from the corner of Broadway and 190th and just north of Gorman Park.
The Sheep Meadow hawks seemed to be more relaxed on Monday with most of the AIDS walk equipment already having been removed and the noise level back to normal. Parades on Fifth Avenue, Graduations in Washington Square and Charity Walks starting in Sheep Meadow are all things urban birds must put up with now and then. It’s part of living in New York City.
The eyasses at Washington Square Park still have a lot of growing to do, but they’re sure looking older. Their orange bibs are coming in and they’re getting closer to their mother’s height. They’ve even started to pick at food a little bit.
