Sometime early this morning the first fledgling left the nest.  This evening it could be seen on top of a balcony two buildings to the north of the nest.  Its mother kept watch from a building across the street.

It seems the eyasses on Fifth Avenue are in no rush to leave the nest.  An afternoon watching them was very relaxed. 

There were only two brief moments of excitement.  First an eyass in a bid to steal food from its siblings ends up knocking it out of the nest with Pale Male diving after the food.  Then an eyass gets it foot stuck in some pigeon spikes.

On a rainy night we watched the Fifth Avenue eyasses jump and flap on the nest.  We didn’t see a feeding, so we wondered if the parents are trying to encourage a fledge.  It will be stormy on Friday, so I suspect Saturday will be an exciting day.

The Fifth Avneue nest has three eyasses that are just about to fledge.  On Wednesday night however, they looked in no rush to go!  They should be off by this weekend however.

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After a stormy afternoon, there was a break in the rain that allowed a quick trip to Fifth Avenue.  All three eyasses looked healthy and looked closer to fledgling.  They were eating scraps of food on their own, and one even tried to still the family meal from it’s siblings when Pale Male delivered dinner.

With light rain, the Fifth Avenue nest didn’t have much excitement while I was there late in the afternoon.  But eventually, the eyasses became active and I got to see how much they had grown.