Urban Hawks

May 22, 2010December 25, 2020Highbridge Park Red-tailed Hawks, Inwood Hill Park Red-tailed Hawks

Highbridge Park and Inwood Hill Park Nests

I visited the Inwood Hill and Highbridge Park nests on Saturday.

Although I saw the male briefly at Inwood Hill, I had no luck seeing how the nest was doing. The tree leaves are so filled in now, it was impossible to see the nest. The Inwood Hill hawk nest was damaged earlier this year, and hawk watchers in the park believe the female laid a second set of eggs. The behavior of the parents lead everyone to believe there are eyasses, but we may not know until they fledge!

The Highbridge nest is doing fine. When I arrived the male was in a tree about 100 yards from the nest. The nest itself has at least two eyasses, both of whom look healthy. All of the pictures are from the Highbridge nest. Just like in Inwood, dense foliage makes looking into the nest difficult.

May 20, 2010December 25, 2020St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

Brown Head at St. John

Wow, these eyasses are maturing fast. They all had gray heads a few days ago, and the eyass that was active this evening had a brown head.

May 17, 2010December 25, 2020St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

St. John on Monday

The St. John the Divine nest was very active on Monday evening. Both parents spent a great deal of time on the Archangel’s trumpet and two eyasses were very active in the nest.

The current male joined the female while there was construction on the Cathedral roof, so he never got into the habit of being on the Archangel, but spend time on a chimney on St. Luke’s hospital. This year, with the construction finished, he seems to be using the trumpet as a perch more often.