Pale Male and his new mate have new offspring. Food was brought to the nest on Saturday evening and feeding began on Saturday. Today, I watched a feeding and a number of visits by Pale Male. We’ll know how many eyasses there are within the week.
The pair that has been trying to build a safely located nest on Central Park West has found a new nest location on top of an air conditioner on between 87th and 88th Street.
A second clutch is unusual for Red-tailed Hawks, although we have seen it in the city before. It will be interesting to see if this pair attempts one this year.
Tonight, I got my first look from the park, of an eyass on the Washington Square Nest. I can’t wait until they are walking all around the ledge.
Every breeding season in New York City, we have lots of nests that work like clockwork. This year, this seems to be Washington Square Park, Fort Washington Avenue, Inwood Hill Park, Fifth Avenue, CUNY Uptown and St. John seem to be in this category this year. (I haven’t had a chance to see what’s up on Randall’s Island, but that I suspect is fine.)
Then we have mysteries or mishaps. The Highbridge Park nest had problems, and a new one was built recently. In Central Park three pairs of hawks, one at the south, one in the northwest and one in the northeast, are all trying to get established.
The most confusing though is Riverside Park. After a few seasons of tragedies, last year two new hawks failed to make a nest although they tried on a number of fire escapes. This season, two hawks have been reported in the 90’s of Riverside Park. I went to see them today, but came away with more questions than answers.
Wednesday night in Washington Square Park was lots of fun. Bobby spent a great deal of time on the Law School, eating and bathing. Later in the evening Rosie left the nest unattended and ate some of his leftovers. It was nice to see them close up for a change.
I made yet another visit to Washington Square Park this evening. (It’s close to my office and my workday ran long.) Things continue to look great and it looks like the adults are getting used to having kids.
Rosie only took a quick break and Bobby was around the park but didn’t spend much time in view.
