No Rush

It seems the eyasses on Fifth Avenue are in no rush to leave the nest.  An afternoon watching them was very relaxed. 

There were only two brief moments of excitement.  First an eyass in a bid to steal food from its siblings ends up knocking it out of the nest with Pale Male diving after the food.  Then an eyass gets it foot stuck in some pigeon spikes.

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Washington Square

While I only saw two fledglings this evening, lots of hawk watchers got to see all three.  One spent most of the day on the North East side of the park and others on the buildings south of the Silver building.

I got to see two fledglings and the parents.  It was fun because one made some long flights including one near the nest onto the top of the library.  I’m always amazed by how quickly the fledglings adapt to their life in the city.

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Fledglings At Washington Square

I saw at least two and possibly three fledglings at Washington Square tonight.  One was glued to a window ledge and looked a little warn out from its fledgling on Sunday.

Above on the roof we saw a fledgling a few times.  Looking at the photographs, it looks like we saw two birds.  In some photos I see a bird with almost no line under its eye.  In other photos, a bird with a pronounced eye line.  At least it seemed that way, but because of the rain I could have been confused by seeing a wet and then dry bird. So, I’m not certain,

As we watch them more closely we’ll find more and more ways to tell them apart reliably.  Until then, I can tell you that I saw at least two fledglings today for sure.

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