Pale Male
It’s September, so I wasn’t surprised to see Pale Male eating in his favorite fall tree eating a bird. The tree is NW of the Polish Statue.
Cottontail Rabbits
I’ve been having a relaxed August. I’ve been out birding but doing very little photography. Fall migration has started and a trickle of interesting birds have been making their way through Central Park over the last few weeks.
The Red-tailed Hawk fledglings have become much harder to find. My last sighting was a week ago. One of the TCC fledglings was high above The Pool chasing Chimney Swifts, who were much more agile that the youngster. Silly Teenager!
The Cottontail Rabbits continue to multiply. Two of them have been easy to find at the south end of the Maintenance Meadow, in the late afternoons.
More Play on Friday
One of the fledglings delighted the children and adults in the Diana Ross Playground on Friday afternoon.
Playing In The Playground
When I arrived a playful Red-tailed Hawk fledgling from the Pinetum nest was making lots of hunting attempts in Seneca Village before moving up to Summit Rock, and then moving on to the Diana Ross playground. It ate a Brown Rat and was joined by the other fledgling. Both of them entertained the children in the playground stopping on a little roof and a park bench. The two of them were next to each other for a brief time and both look great.
Pinetum Fledgling Moves South
At any nest site, as the weeks progress the fledglings start to explore a larger and larger area. One of the Pinetum fledglings has started to use an area south of the nest. It’s using the fruit trees south of Sparrow Rock, the dense forest between Tanner’s Spring and Summit Rock and the trees around Winterdale Arch.
Darien Osprey 2022
I usually don’t get to see this nest this late in the season. The young Osprey had fledged and were having a great time exploring the small island their nest is on. The parents were feeding them on the nest but also on the rocks below the nest.
