Calm on Fifth Avenue
I went to Fifth Avenue this evening only to find the new female sitting on nest. She rolled the eggs twice, but didn’t leave the nest nor did Pale Male visit. I bet I had just missed a visit before I arrived.
Before the Rain
I watched the hawks in Washington Square this afternoon before it started raining. At first it was quiet. Then Bobby appeared, and eventually relieved Rosie on the nest. She then went off exploring the park, then the buildings around the park, then went up north and finally returned to the nest.
For a brief period, both hawks were off the nest and on the cross but this only lasted a minute.
Rosie Enjoys The Fences
It was a gray day to be in the park. Very light rain on and off.
My afternoon started of nicely with the spotting of a Brown Creeper. A nice little bird that I usually see in the winter in Central Park. It was nice to add it to my Washington Square bird list.
Rosie was active mid-afternoon. She was hunting pigeons and squirrels but it was hard to tell if she was just getting exercise or was really hungry. She did lots of low hunting runs on the newly fenced off lawns which have just been reseeded. It wasn’t the patient hunting that is successful for Red-tailed Hawks, but youthful “go after anything that moves” type of hunting you see with juvenile birds.
After an exchange it was Bobby’s turn to be active. He caught a pigeon a top an NYU building south of the church cross.
Brooding on Fifth Avenue
The 5th Avenue pair are definitely incubating at this point. Tonight, Pale Male was on the nest when I arrived, and the female returned after about twenty minutes. Pale Male returned before dusk and removed a rat before settling down to roost. (It didn’t appear that he eat the rat.)
Dull Evening
Watching a brooding hawk can be like watching paint dry. This evening was as dull as can be.
I just missed a visit by Bobby and watched his fly out of view as I arrived, and got to watch an hour and a half Rosie sitting on the nest.
Webcam Gets Adjusted
There wasn’t much hawk action this evening. Bobby was in the park briefly.
The major action took place on the other side of the window from the nest. Representatives from The New York Times technical team and Livestream adjusted the camera.
The night image is now fantastic. Hopefully the day image will be equally good. Well see how it is in the morning!
(Corrected 3/31/12. I had originally reported that staff from Kintronics, Inc and Livestream adjusted the camera. While Kinronics, Inc. gave advise remotely, the actual work was done by The New York Times technical team and Livestream staff. Apologies to the Times employees, I originally left out.)
