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.
On Monday evening, I got to see both hawks, Bobby and Rosie. Bobby was first on 1 Fifth Avenue and then made a visit to the nest after Rosie began a feeding. In about a week, you’ll be able to catch small glimpses of the eyasses (young hawks) from the park.
The Washington Square nest has two hatched eyasses and an unhatched egg as of this morning. I was able to capture a few minutes of the NYU webcam video of a feeding.
The chat room as named them Kiku and Archie. Kiku after a member of the chat room who passed away, and Archie for the Washington Square Arch.
The third egg hatched at 12:45 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 15th. It has been named Judson.
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center is at 106th and Fifth Avenue. This winter I’ve frequently seen a hawk on top of the building. I didn’t think much of it, since we usually have a few wintering hawks in the north part of the park.
Today, I was surprised to see not one but two hawks on the building. Before I could get my camera out, the male flew off, circled the hill with the compost heap, and returned to the building and copulated with the female.
My first thought was these could be the Central Park West hawks? But both seem lighter both in eye color and in chest banding. The couple looks young. Anyone seen nest building on upper Fifth Avenue?
An eleven minute clip from the Washington Square web camera of Rosie taking a little break Sunday morning.
The second egg hatched on the Washington Square nest today. While the web camera watchers got a show, there wasn’t much to see from the ground in the afternoon. Bobby visited the nest and there were two feedings.
