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Riverside and Broadway

I spent the early afternoon looking at the Riverside Red-tailed Hawk pair on Saturday. There nest is just off the Hudson River near 8st Street and looks great. Last year they laid eggs around mid-March, so the female should start sitting on the nest soon.

Other nests in Manhattan are doing well. Inwood Hill Park, Highbridge Park, St. John the Divine and 5th Avenue nests are doing fine. The Highbridge nest is back to its old spot.

The Central Park South pair is still there but I don’t have any details about their nest. The Houston female lost her mate last year, and may be nesting on the ConEd plant around 14th Street. The pair that was around the City College campus remains a mystery.

Sightings of hawks this winter around the north end of Riverside Park and around the Court House buildings on Center Street make these locations possibilities for new nests this year.

When leaving Riverside Park, check out the American Kestrels that have a scrape at 80th and Broadway. One of them is usually on the building south of Zabar’s or on the church at 79th and Broadway.

February 16, 2009December 24, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Fun on Fifth Avenue

The action is shifting back to Fifth Avenue from the West Side and the Beresford these days. Spring is right around the corner.

January 31, 2009December 24, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Lola and Pale Male On The Beresford

Lola (5th Avenue female, left) and Pale Male (5th Avenue male, right) spent the late afternoon on the Beresford before Lola flew off.

January 11, 2009December 24, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Red-tailed Hawks

Central Park Hawks After The Snow

On Sunday, I spent the late afternoon looking for Long-eared Owls without success. But I did run into a few hawks.

On the Beresford Apartments, was Pale Male in the oval window, and Lola soaking up the sun on a south facing ledge.

This young hawk was in the Ramble making its way between the official and the not so official bird feeders looking for customers to eat.

This Sharp-shinned Hawk, with prey in talons, was being chased by a Red-tailed Hawk near 69th Street and the West Drive. The Sharp-shinned Hawk evaded the Red-tail and got away with its prey. Everything happened too fast for me to capture the action, but it reminded me that winter is the time to see lots of raptors in New York City.