FIfth Avenue Fledglings

After visiting the Sheep Meadow fledglings, it was off to see the Fifth Avenue fledglings.  They were around Cedar Hill and nearby locations.  Pale Male and Octavia flew overhead, but I ran into Pale Male much further north near the South Gate House of the Reservoir and the Met roof.

I saw all of the fledglings.  One fledgling was closing its right eye a great deal.  It was hard to tell if this was normal/minor or if something more serious was going on.  I’m sure the hawk watchers at Fifth Avenue will be keeping track of this fledgling, just in case.

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Finally Off

The last 5th Avenue fledgling finally got its act together and left the nest Tuesday morning.  It appears to spent the day in a few trees near where it first landed.  I continue to be amazed by differences in personalities in Red-tailed Hawk fledgings.  They range from fearless and confident to shy and uncertain.

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Still One To Go

I spend a great deal of time on Friday, Saturday and Sunday hoping to see the last fledgling leave the nest.  Given that its older siblings left last Wednesday, I was expecting it to go.  But it certainly seem to be in no rush to go!

It’s two siblings are doing great in the park and are being well fed by Pale Male and Octavia.

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Hat Trick

Three nests had fledges today, Fifth Avenue, St. John the Divine and Washington Square.  For Washington Square it was the second fledge.

This evening, I got to see the first and second Washington Square Park fledglings.  The first fledgling had made it to the safety of the NYU Pless Hall roof.  The second and newest fledgling was doing its best to hide in a small tree west of the Bocce Court.

Both fledglings looked healthy.  (You know you’ve watching hawks to long when you study video for signs of Frounce.) The second fledgling seemed to be having some trouble getting to higher branches, but that’s not too unusual for a hawk’s first day off the nest.

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