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August 6, 2007December 17, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Other Birds, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Sunday Walk Starts And Ends With Fathers

My Sunday walk from the Sheep Meadow to the Metropolitan Museum of Art started and ended with two fathers, the 888 Seventh Avenue male, nicknamed Junior and the 5th Avenue male, Pale Male.

Junior was with his daughter in the southwestern corner of the Sheep Meadow. He had just delivered a late lunch.

After eating and wiping her beak on some bark, she relaxed in the shade.

After watching the fledgling, I went up to The Lake to watch Sandpipers. Here are two Least Sandpipers having fun. They’re quite a social bunch. We’re used to seeing a stray Sandpiper or two in the park, so it’s a treat to watch the Least Sandpiper flock behavior.

July 30, 2007December 15, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Pale Male

Despite an a full search of the Southwest corner of the park, the 888 Seventh Avenue hawks weren’t found on Monday evening. They’ve been seen flying towards Broadway in the mid-60’s over the last few days. I think there is a perch on one of the ABC Television buildings, that can’t be seen from Central Park.

One my way out of the park around 8:00 p.m., Pale Male was spotted on a Metropolitan Museum of Art railing. He was on the northern side of the building.

July 24, 2007December 23, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Pale Male Behind The Met

Pale Male was in his favorite spots behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday evening. He was on the look out for prey stopping in some of favorite hunting perches but didn’t actually do any hunting while I was there.

April 22, 2007December 15, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Highbridge Park Red-tailed Hawks, Inwood Hill Park Red-tailed Hawks, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks, St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

Old School 2 – New School ?

I went up to Inwood Hill Park, in addition to Highbridge yesterday. Although the female was sitting much higher on the nest, I didn’t see any baby hawks. Neither did Robert B. Schmunk who was up there at the same time.

On Saturday evening, I saw that Alice Danna had also been up to Inwood Hill Park (but earlier in the day), and had seen two eyasses with one of the rangers (via Donna Browne’s Palemaleirregulars blog.)

So, I gave it a second try on Sunday and was able to confirm Alice’s report. I didn’t see two eyasses, but the mother’s behavior would make me believe that there was more than the one eyas.

This makes the two “old school” tree nests in Manhattan a success, while we don’t yet know the fate of the three “new school” building nests, 5th Avenue, St. John the Divine and 888 7th Avenue. So the current score is Old School 2 – New School ?.

Below are pictures of the Inwood Hill Park female and her eyas(ses?) There would be no sign of an eyas and then a head would pop up for a few seconds. It was impossible to tell if it was the same eyas or multiple eyasses.

April 20, 2007December 21, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

Day 41 on 5th Avenue

After two years of nest failures on 5th Avenue, all eyes are on the hawk nest to see if there are any signs of hatching.

James Lewis has been keeping track of Pale Male and his mates for years and has compiled a chart of dates. Since it is impossible to tell when the eggs are actually laid, Jim has measured the date between the first night the female hawk overnights on the nest and the day an egg hatches. This date range has been between 35 and 41 days for the nest site.

According to Lincoln Karim’s Pale Male website, Lola spent her first night on the nest on March 9th. This would have made April 19th the 41st day.

But Lincoln Karim, also observed that Lola, may not have stayed overnight on the nest on March 10th. So the start date may be the 10th or 11th of May.

So, expect large crowds of nervous hawk watchers this weekend at the Model Boat Pond.

The pictures below are from Friday evening. Pale Male was on nest, and the pictures are of Lola returning and Pale Male leaving and going off to his favorite Met security camera.