Urban Hawks

April 10, 2013December 26, 2020Other Red-tailed Hawks

Central Park West Drama

After receiving reports that the Central Park West had been taken down, I went to the park today to look for the hawks. You can imagine my surprise when I found a hawks sitting on a slightly smaller nest than I had seen on the weekend. (It’s not clear if the female has laid eggs just yet, or will be in the next few days.)

When I got home, folks on the WSP chat room directed me to the Pale Male Irregulars website. It had news of destruction of the nest by the construction company working on the façade. There was also a story in the New York Post.

Lets hope the hawks can rebuild the nest in time to make a good go of it this year.

Update: 4/11/13. I was sent a photograph today that showed the female sitting on the ledge with one egg having rolled away from her. Without a proper nest bowl, she may have had to choose to incubate only one egg.

April 8, 2013December 26, 2020Washington Sq. Red-tailed Hawks

Washington Square

Rosie and Bobby in Washington Square are close to their hatch date, so I decided to make a trip and see how things are doing. It was quiet at first. Then Bobby appeared on top of 2 Fifth. A nest exchange took place and Rosie did some high flying. She settled down on the west side of the park, before dropping down to some low tree branches to look for rodents.

Eventually, see went to the north side of the park where it looks like she caught a pigeon. (It was out of view, so there is a possibility she just picked up a pigeon Bobby cached for her.) She eat a good deal of it, then flew of towards the nest. Even before she got back to the eggs, Bobby had left the nest to eat the leftovers!

April 7, 2013December 17, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Fifth Avenue Nest

Boring can be at good thing when it comes to a hawk nest. It means all things are working as they should. Sunday night, Pale Male stood guard as Ocatavia kept her eggs warm.

April 7, 2013December 17, 2020Other Red-tailed Hawks

Central Park West Update

The pair on Central Park West continues to copulate and doesn’t seem quite ready to settle down to nesting just yet. Reports are that they are not bothered by the construction crews on the building where they have built there nest so this is great news. On Sunday, I saw them copulate on the south tower of the Eldorado and watched the male fly in the high winds.

April 3, 2013December 26, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Classic Fifth Avenue

Watching the Fifth Avenue nest takes patience but there is that magical moment when a hawk exchanges places with the other that makes waiting worthwhile.

Tonight, I got to see Octavia return to the nest and replace Pale Male.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iGA4MSF1Uq

April 2, 2013December 17, 2020Other Red-tailed Hawks

Central Park West

The Central Park pair on the west side in the 90s looks to have completed their nest. I found them both on Central Park West at 93rd, eating a pigeon and then copulating. Let’s hope they do well and aren’t disturbed by the construction on the nest building.