927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, San Remo/Pinetum/AMNH Red-tailed Hawks, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks, St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks, TCC/MCNY Red-tailed Hawks

Central Park Area Hawks

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.

  • It looks like The Ritz-Carlton nest may have failed on Central Park South. I haven’t seen anyone on the nest in a few visits, but saw the female spend an hour on a ledge two floors below the nest. She spent at least 45 minutes there.
  • The San Remo pair, that is now nesting in a tree continues to brood south of the swings in the Pinetum.
  • The TCC nest at 105th and Fifth, continues to brood. Pictures of a recent visit are below.
  • The St. John the Divine pair appears to have moved the nest to a Columbia dorm, John Jay Hall.
Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Extralimital

Devil’s Slide Peregrine Falcons

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.

Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Central Park South

Watching the Ritz-Carlton nest has been a bit slow as I mostly see the female sitting on the nest but I was surprised on Monday to see a Peregrine Falcon on the Pierre Hotel and the GM Building. It explains why I don’t see the Red-tailed Hawks perched high on these buildings anymore. The male hawk was in a tree by Chess and Checkers.