Fifth Avenue
It looks like we still have a few more days before the nest hatches at Fifth Avenue. I looked for signs of a hatch but found none tonight. Pale Male was on the Carlyle Hotel and Octavia was on the nest.
Category: 927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks
Fifth Avenue Calm
Tonight, it was a quiet night at Fifth Avenue, with Pale Male and Octavia not doing much of anything!
Fifth Avenue
Another quiet late afternoon at Fifth Avenue. Pale Male at 79th Street and Octavia on the nest.
Pale Male and Octavia
When I arrived at the Fifth Avenue nest, Pale Male was on the Carlyle Hotel and Octavia was on the nest. Pale Male soon flew over the Met and wasn’t seen for the rest of the evening. Octavia stayed on the nest occasionally getting up to roll the eggs or preen. All in all a quiet evening by the boat pond.
Fifth Avenue
When I arrived at the Fifth Avenue nest, Octavia was on it, and Pale Male was being harassed by an American Kestrel. He ended up perching on what the “regulars” call the Linda Building. I must have missed the exchanges for the day, as Pale Male soon went off to roost for the night. There isn’t a lot of action when their are eggs to be kept warm!
Southern Central Park Raptors
I spent the weekend trying to figure out what was happening with our three pairs of hawks in Central Park.
- The Sheep Meadow pair continue to be seen in the SE corner of the park, but don’t seem to have settled on a nesting location just yet.
- The pair that tried to nest on the Beresford last year, are bringing twigs to the Beresford and San Remo this year.
- Pale Male and Octavia are doing just fine. Pale Male gave Octavia a long break on Sunday afternoon.
- A Merlin was a nice extra bonus near the band shell.
