Branching has advanced with the two hawks going further away from the nest. The older one can finally turn around on a limb, rather than get back to the nest by jumping backwards!
The parents are feeding them lots of food. Their crops look like they’ve swallowed a peach! They’re being so spoiled, the talk around the nest is “Why would they ever want to leave the nest?”.
The eyasses are both looking ready to fledge. Until they do, they’re putting on a nice show, jumping and branching around the nest. If you haven’t been down to the nest or haven’t been down lately, now is the time to make a visit.
In some of the pictures and in parts of the video, you’ll see one of the eyasses take too big a piece of food. It is left with a wing feather stuck partially swallowed. It took about 10 minutes for it to get it all the way down.
The eyasses continue their exploring of the branches around the nest. They’re getting awfully close to fledging!
The eyasses have begun branching and have found an easy branch to hop onto. Eyasses usually fledge after 42-46 days. I think they hatched around July 10th, so this would put the window anywhere from Saturday, August 21st through Wednesday, August 25th.
I got to the nest on Sunday when it was lightly raining. Needless to say there wasn’t much action.
Saturday was a wonderful day at Riverside Park. Sunshine with low temperatures. It was a perfect summer day. The eyasses were active, being well fed, and the parents stayed close to the nest.
Fledging may be as soon as next weekend.
