It appears that Octavia has started brooding.  She spent last night on the nest as well as tonight.  Pale Male sat on the nest after he brought Octavia a small rodent.  So, it looks like we should have little ones in mid-April.

The hawks on Fifth Avenue are looking like they’ve got everything ready for spring.  They copulated on the Carlyle this afternoon and worked on the nest.  The female usually starts spending nights on the nest by March 15, laying eggs soon thereafter.  We’re getting close to this special milestone.

After my visit to see the new nest on Lexington Avenue, I went to Central Park.  I saw both Octavia and Pale Male on the north side of the Met as soon as I arrived.  Octavia quickly went south, and Pale Male went to his usual pre-bed time hunting grounds near the reservoir’s south gate house.  It was great to see both of them so easily.

Octavia, Pale Male’s current mate was on top of 1001 Fifth Avenue this afternoon.  (1001 Fifth Avenue is a bland Philip Johnson (Johnson and Burgee) building across from the Met.)

I caught up with Pale Male after he had raided a squirrel’s nest and taken a baby.  Luckily, I arrived after the damage had been done.