After spending two hours at the nest, I was able to see an eyass (hawk chick) for less than a second. The nest bowl is too high to see into, so only at the beginning of a feeding did I have a chance for a glimpse. It should be much easier to see them later next week.
I wasn’t sure when I visited on Saturday, but another visit today on Monday made it certain that the Terence Cardinal Cooke Red-tailed Hawk nest has hatched. I’ve posted a very long video, which anyone can skim through. It shows feedings, food cached on the nest and flies. All signs the nest has hatched. We should be able to see the eyasses this weekend.
I visited the nest today and there were signs that the nest might have hatched. We’ll know for sure in a few days. The West 72nd Street and the Columbia University nests have hatched, so the timing makes sense.
I was away for ten days, so I’ve checked up on the nesting Central Park Hawks plus St. John the Divine over the last few days.
I’m in California visiting family for Holy Week, and got to see chicks in the Peregrine Falcon nest along the California coast, just south of San Francisco at Devil’s slide. A new camera, which I don’t fully know how to use and a small lens made it hard to photograph them, but I did get some images.
The first image is of Egg Rock, home to a rookery of Common Murres, which the Peregrines raid to feed their young.
A Great Horned Owl continues in the park. I caught up with it on Tuesday and Wednesday.
