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.
The Riverside Pair is nesting again. I hope this new clutch has better luck than the last three. Fledging will take place in mid-August!
The St. John eyass continues to enjoy life on the nest and seems in no rush to leave. I’ve given up trying to predict which day it will choose to exit!
The St. John’s eyass seems in no great rush to become a fledgling. Hopefully it will be out and about by the weekend.
Earlier this spring, the Astoria female died due to poisoning while she was sitting on her nest. Within a few days, the male found a new mate and they laid a fresh set of eggs.
While we can’t see the hatchlings yet, based on the behavior of the mother, it looks like they have hatched. We’ll know how many there are in a few days.
The two surviving eyasses at the Unisphere in Corona Flushing Meadows Park are doing well. They look ready to fledge. For information about what happened earlier this season, see Peter Richer’s Queens Raptor blog.
