Short Film
I couldn’t figure what video I should edit out tonight, so here’s a short film of this evening at Fifth Avenue.
Before The Rain
A brief visit to Washington Square yielded some great photos of the eyass and its parents tonight.
2 Down, 1 To Go
St. John the Divine has two fledglings. One most likely went off the nest late Sunday and one on Monday morning. When I was there one was on the southern side of the Cathedral and the other on a fence just north of One Morningside Drive near the guard station. Both looked great, although the one on the Cathedral looked a lot more confident than its sibling. The fledglings are in very safe locations away on the Cathedral campus, which is a quiet enclave.
Washington Square on Sunday
On a rather gray day, it was fun to be in Washington Square Park. The eyass was very active and both parents were on the nest together. Afterwards the male ended up being harassed by two Northern Mockingbirds. In the late evening, both parents were on the scaffolding on the east side of the park.
Break In The Rain
Although it rained most of the afternoon, there was a nice break after 5:30. There was a feeding and later Lima had an annoying Northern Mockingbird try to get her off her perch. Everyone continues to look healthy.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the case further uptown. The nest at CCNY has had the adult female die of Frounce, and an youngster who fell out the nest a few weeks ago died of a combination of internal injuries from the fall and Frounce. The second nestling, was found having prematurely fledged, under-weight and with Frounce, luckily in the early stage.
The Horvaths will be nursing the youngster back to health and if all goes well find wild family to return it to. One of the recent discoveries by rehabbers is that a young fledgling placed into another territory will instantly be adopted by the new parents.
Fluffy But Big
The eyasses at Fifth Avenue have gotten very big. So, much so that for a moment I thought adults were on the nest, when it was only the mother and an eyass! Tonight’s highlight was when the mother was eating, one of the eyasses moved right up to the mother and stole a bite!
