The eyasses at the Wild West Playground at 93rd and Central Park West got fed a gray squirrel for dinner on Sunday. Both parents had the squirrel in their beaks, and at first I thought each was trying to take it. But watching the footage, it looks like they were working together to rip it open. The three eyasses are growing up fast and I’m looking forward to them fledging in late May.
I spent a few hours at the 102nd and Riverside Drive nest on Sunday. I saw both of the adults but no sign that the nest had hatched. Newly built nests have a tendency to be later than most, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
I stayed late in the park on Sunday, to watch the Eastern Red Bat fly out. It had returned to the exact same branch as on Saturday. It flew out around 7:55.
The Governors Island nest looked good when I visited on Saturday. The mother spent most of the time off the nest watching it from a flagpole on the nearby church, and the young ones spent most of their time napping. I didn’t spend much time at the nest, as I went to look for the Pileated Woodpecker that visited the island this weekend.
On Saturday an Eastern Red Bat was roosting low in a bush by the Central Park Loch overlook. It was sleeping. April is a great time to look for Eastern Red Bats roosting in Central Park. We’ve found them multiple years roosting low in bushes during the month. They also often seen hunting during the day during early April in the park.
I wanted to see a Green Heron that had been reported in The Loch, so I travelled light today. Just binoculars and a spotting scope. The scope turned out to be handy, as the Green Heron was high in a tree when I arrived, not near the water.
I visited the Wild West Playground nest on my way out of the park and spent about twenty minutes looking at the nest and took a few digiscoped pictures and videos.
