Urban Hawks

March 22, 2008December 19, 2020Highbridge Park Red-tailed Hawks

Highbridge Nest Rediscovered and General Update

Glenn Alvarez wrote me on Friday to say that he had found the new location of the Highbridge Park nest. I went up and saw it on Saturday. It looks to be in a great new location.

Of the eight known nests in Manhattan, here’s their status this week…

5th Avenue, Lola sitting on the eggs.

888 Seventh Avenue, Lots of mating and twigging. Not sure if brooding has started.

St. John the Divine, Not sitting yet.

Highbridge Park, New nest location. Female sitting on eggs.

Inwood Hill Park, New nest location. Female sitting on eggs.

South Riverside Park, Female sitting on eggs.

Houston Street, Female sitting on eggs. The male picked up earlier in the month downtown, turns out NOT to be from this nest.

Shepard Hall, City College, New nest. Not sure of status.

And in the Bronx, Chris Lyons reports Rose is sitting on the Fordham University nest.

March 22, 2008December 18, 2020Riverside Park Red-tailed Hawks

79th Street Nest

The Riverside pair started nesting this week. Although this may be their first nest, they sure look like experts.

A little rearranging of the nest lining.

March 22, 2008December 21, 2020Owls

James O’Brien called me and said “Rush over, there’s an owl in the cavity by the bridge.” Now that was a change. The male was back in this old spot. He was visible for a great deal of time after the fly out, but no sign of the female in the standard spot. What’s up? Have the eggs hatched and he’s been kicked out? Or is something else going on, maybe something to do with the squirrel?

March 22, 2008December 25, 2020Other Animals

Harbor Seal

There has been a Harbor Seal to the north and south of the Boat Basin (79th and the Hudson River) for the last few months. I got to see the seal on Saturday. Too bad. If it was on Sunday, I could have made bad puns about the Easter Seal.

Thanks to Leslie Day, for the heads up.