Urban Hawks

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.

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.

The St. John’s nest has tricked us for years.  Being so high, we can’t see into the nest very well and get confused about how many eyasses are in the nest.  Today, I saw two eyasses ever so briefly, which was a great relief.

There wasn’t much action at the nest late this afternoon.  I only saw one eyass and and a brief visit by the mother.

The nest was very active with both parents in view this evening.  One this visit and on my last, I only saw to eyasses, so there is a chance we lost the third.  This nest has done a good job hiding young in the past, so I don’t know for sure.

The parents spent time on St. Luke’s Hospital and on the Archangel Gabrielle tonight.

The action was slow at St. John when I visited on Sunday.  The cold weather must have had the kids cuddled up together to keep warm.  They were briefly active when the mother came in to feed them.

After the sad news about Riverside on Saturday, I’ve heard two bits of good news this weekend.  Robert Schmunk reports that the Highbridge nest safely made it through the winds.  In addition, Jessica S. Ancker reports that after loosing their eggs to a nest failure in April, the Inwood Hill pair seems to be nesting again with a due date of mid-May.