Sunday on the Lower East Side
After having no luck in The Bronx, I went down to the Lower East Side. I got to see every member of the family, and watch a feeding.
After having no luck in The Bronx, I went down to the Lower East Side. I got to see every member of the family, and watch a feeding.
When the New York Times had information about the Riverside Hawks on their blog, someone wrote that there was a nest on the Nurse’s Residence of Jacobi Medical Center. It was a nice day on Sunday, so I made the trip out to Jacobi.
I found a nest that looked like one from a previous year, but didn’t see any hawks. It’s possible the hawks are nesting on a different section of the building and I couldn’t see them. Anyone work at Jacobi, who can take a look down at the Nurse’s Residence?
St. John the Divine nest is much more active. While it took hours of waiting earlier this month to see a glimpse of anything, it is now common to see at least one eyass when you visit. It makes watching them a lot more enjoyable. If you’re in the neighborhood, take a detour and visit them.
I went by Riverside Church to see if the resident Peregrine Falcons had any fledglings yet. Since, I only saw the parents, I guess I was a week or two too early.
The parents were fun to watch as they weaved their way between the scaffolding.
The three Houston street eyasses are looking more and more mature each day. They look healthy and well attended to by their parents.
After learning of the City College nest on Shepard Hall, I’ve been taking a look at it ever few weeks. It appears to have been unused.
It’s unclear if the pair had prepared the nest but used an alternate site or if the nest failed for some reason.
In any case here is a recent photo of the nest. If it had eyasses in the nest, there would certainly be dirty by now!