Over the last few days, I’ve only seen one fledgling at Fifth Avenue.  Today, both were found within 25 feet of their mother on separate buildings.  One was on the west face of a building on the southeast corner of 73rd and Fifth and the other on the south face of a building on the northeast corner of the same intersection.  At times they would cry in unison. They didn’t do much while I was there. But they both looked safe and sound.  Octavia tried to get them to come down to a tree she likes to use for feedings but they both stayed up on their high perches.

The second hawk left the nest at Fifth Avenue today.  When I visited both parents and a fledgling were on a building at 73rd and Fifth Avenue.  Both parents made a few flights, but didn’t give us a clue as to where the second hawk was hiding.

Pale Male and Octavia had their first fledge today.  They fledgling made a long flight over the Model Boat Pond to a tree by the Hans Christian Andersen statue.  It must have remained there for at least two hours.  It then flew towards the nest and landed in a tree before going to a balcony on a building three doors down from the nest.   It tried to go to the south face of the nest building but got confused. It thought the middle bar separating two window panes was a perch.  It floated down five floors before flying out over Fifth Avenue.  It tried to perch up high but missed and ended up landing flat with its wings open on a low branch above the sidewalk on park side of Fifth Avenue.  After a short rest it recovered its barrings and explored a number of low branches.   It ended up roosting on Fifth Avenue for the night.

The eyasses stayed put today, even with the Puerto Rican Day Parade.  They do look ready to go however.  Pale Male delivered food this evening and Octavia got into a food fight with one of the fledglings.  Youngsters!

Hawk watchers at Fifth Avenue joke that their hawks fledge around the Puerto Rican Parade.  It’s a good marker and the parade is this Sunday.  We’ll see what happens.

The eyasses look like they’re close to fledge age.  They both look great.  Octavia and Pale Male were perched near the nest too.  I can’t wait for the two eyasses to venture into the park.