The Houston Street family is doing well. There are three eyasses. When I arrived the adult female was using her tail and wing feathers to provide shade for her offspring. They ended up being restless and after about twenty minutes, she feed them.
They were had to find and easily lost this evening. There were a group of Wood Thrushes who created a racket this evening. You’ll see the mother alarmed with her ears up and then relaxing them as the Wood Thrushes settled down.
I got a message from Lincoln Karim that the Triborough Bridge pair was actually a trio, so I went out Saturday afternoon.
I got to see the eyasses and the mother. The mother had been sick and was restored to good health under the care of Bobby Horvath. You’ll see she’s banded.
The nest is now very difficult to view due to leaf cover. I tried to get pictures from at least six angles and just got lots of green! I saw at least four visits from the adults, so I suspect all is well. The Inwood Hill Urban Rangers report seeing two chicks.
I did get to take a series of pictures of one of the adults over a soccer field.
This season has had its problems up at St. John the Divine. The male of the pair died and was replaced by a younger hawk, and there has been repair work on the roof right by the nest.
Unlike many of the other New York City nests, we can’t see the eyasses until they are about two weeks old due to the height of the nest. So, with a new father and construction, there were lots of worries that we hadn’t seen anything yet.
So, it was with great joy that the eyasses were finally sighted over the last few days by Robert and Lincoln.
I had gone up on Thursday and didn’t see them but was rewarded on Saturday morning. There appear to be two eyasses.
The owls are increasingly mobile. This evening they went quickly across the drive after fly out, and we lost them after a just a few minutes.
