I arrived this afternoon at the 93rd and Central Park West/Wild West Playground nest to find the fledgling had returned to the top of the nest tree. He had flown back to the tree at some point!

One eyass was on the nest and after some searching I found the other eyass partially hidden having branched about 15 feet up. It’s always comforting to account for all of the youngsters. So, I was happy to have found all of them.

Soon both parents came in and perched next to each other. They seemed to know the next stage of child rearing was about to begin.