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June 7, 2010December 28, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk Nest Updates

Nest Updates

A lot happened in Manhattan this past week:

Broadway Bridge Peregrines: Bonnie Talluto confirms the two eyasses are now fledglings.

Inwood Hill Park: Diane Schenker reports the nest has hatched. She can see at least one eyass, but can’t get a good count yet.

Highbridge Park: Mitchell Nusbaum reports the nest has fledged.

St. John the Divine: The surviving nestling fledged on Friday.

Riverside Park: The pair is sitting on their second clutch.

55 Water Street Peregrines: They’ve all fledged.

June 6, 2010December 19, 2020St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

St. John’s Fledgling on Sunday

Early in the afternoon, the fledgling was impossible to find. One of the parents attempted to grab a young sparrow off a nest in a Cathedral window, but then flew off.

After the weather front went through, I went back to the Cathedral to find the fledgling coming off of a high area of St. Luke’s roof, towards the Cathedral. It misjudged the landing and returned to St. Luke’s. It did this about an hour later, attempting to land on the nest, again it misjudged and returned to St. Luke’s. Nature’s given the fledgling great innate flying skills, but it seems that instinct doesn’t cover landings and this needs to be learned.

June 6, 2010December 25, 2020Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks

Riverside Exchange

I went down to see how the Riverside Pair was doing on Sunday and got to see an exchange between the parents.

June 5, 2010December 25, 2020St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

St. John Fledgling

This year, the fledgling is spending most of its time on St. Luke’s Hospital rather than on St. John the Divine.

The current father arrived when the Cathedral roof construction was in full swing, so he naturally perched on St. Luke’s rather than St. John. The father’s favorite perch on St. Luke’s also has a view of the large green at Columbia University, which had been home one winter to a young hawk. I think this switch in behavior by the father, is influencing the young fledgling to perch St. Luke’s.

Below are pictures of the fledgling’s first full day off the nest. A pair of Kestrel’s have been harassing the parents on St. Luke’s and are included in set of pictures.

June 4, 2010December 25, 2020Other Red-tailed Hawks

Astoria Nest

I got my first glimpse of a RFK Bridge nest eyass this evening. From the feeding behavior of the mother, there are at least two eyasses. My guess is two, but it’s too early to tell for sure. It’s a strange season, when a new eyass is seen the same day as a fledge!

June 4, 2010December 25, 2020St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

Fledge at St. John

I visited the St. John nest and saw a relaxed fledgling in the early afternoon. I missed all of the action that took place later in the evening. Late in the evening, the eyass fledged and went over to the St. Luke Hospital roof. (I missed all of the action that took place in the evening. I never thought an eyass would fledge at 7:43 p.m.!, so I went to Astoria!)

For details, see Robert’s Bloomingdale Village Blog.