When I arrived the rehabbed fledgling was on a railing on the path that follows the East Drive around 87th Street.   It had a group of folks getting very close with smartphones, and then tried to catch a rodent.  It came up empty and jumped back on the railing before flying across the street to the east side of Fifth Avenue.

I learned she had flown back and forth three times in the afternoon.  She’ not getting much height while flying.  She’s basically gliding and doing very little flapping.  Let’s hope she gains some strength and starts getting higher soon.

The young hawk who was returned to the park a week ago, is working her way up Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue.  Having started at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she was in front of the Neue Galerie New York yesterday and today she was in front of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.  She’s either a cultured hawk or she enjoys the rodents the food vendors attract!

I spotted her crossing the East Drive in the early afternoon and saw her land in a tree above the Fifth Avenue sidewalk that’s adjacent to park.  She stayed in this tree for over five hours, although she changed perches and direction a few times.  It was a hot afternoon, and the tree had lots of shade and a nice breeze.

Pale Male and Octavia’s youngster is still hanging out in the same location, and still frightening us all with low flights across Fifth Avenue.  Today, she amazed me as she few down within a yard of me, caught and ate a small rodent and then flew across Fifth Avenue.  This happened all so quickly, I couldn’t change lenses and take any pictures.

The Fifth Avenue fledgling. who was returned to the park from rehab on Sunday, was found on Friday afternoon along Fifth Avenue just north of 85th Street.  It drew a huge crowd as it perched near the sidewalk and eventually flew across 5th Avenue to the east side of the street.

It is hunting fine on its own, but I think all of us would love to see it move to higher perches and a more secluded, less trafficked section of the park.

I saw two hawks this evening, an young adult who’s been hanging around the park for a few weeks (light eye color with red tail), and then the youngster of Pale Male and Octavia who was returned to the park on Sunday after being nursed back to health by the Horvaths.

The juvenile was on the north side of the Met and then flew to the Ancient Playground (Yes that’s its name, as it is an Egyptian themed playground with a view of the Egyptian galleries at the Met.)   It roosted there for the night.

Tonight was very much like last night with Pale Male hunting along the transverse.  However, we had trouble keeping up with him and didn’t get to see him eat his late night snack.  He kept crossing back and forth from the north to the south sides of the transverse, which while only a short flight for Pale Male, meant a long trip for those watching him each time he crossed.  We all gave up after it had gotten too dark to see him after one too many trips.