I’ve been away and came back to see the single child was still on the nest building. It was flying from the north tower to the south and getting up on railings and scaffolding, but from what I could see it hadn’t fledged yet.

Today, I went in the morning, to see the youngster fly to Fort Clinton, and then to the Compost Heap before flying back to the nest building and then over to the caged roof of the building to the south of Terence Cardinal Cooke, which many call the Arsenal North, since it houses many Park’s Department staffers that can’t fit into the Arsenal on Fifth Avenue in the 60’s.

So, has this bird been doing this when I haven’t been around or did I see the first fledge? I have no idea!

In addition to the hawks, I saw a very nice Baltimore Oriole nest with a parent feeding the young ones.