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May 31, 2014December 26, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey

The Century Peregrines At 25 Central Park West

I’m a little late to the party, since these Peregrines have been on The Century for three years. But I was overjoyed to see the parents and their two eyasses on Saturday. The Century is located at 25 Central Park West between 62nd and 63rd Streets.

The nest box is on the eastern side of the south tower. For news about the hatching of the two eyasses, see The West Side Rag and the Gothamist.

(I am concerned about a picture in The West Side Rag. The pebbles in the nest box are much larger than the gravel traditionally used in nest boxes. Given that only two of four eggs hatched this year, the owners of the box might want to switch to a gravel approved for nest box use before next season.)

April 3, 2014December 28, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Tompkins Square Red-tailed Hawks

Egg At Tompkins Square Park

There is at least one egg at the Tompkins Square Park nest. The female has started brooding and everything looks great so far. In addition to the Red-tailed Hawks, today there was an American Kestrel around the edge of the park both on Avenue A and Seventh Street.

Update: A second egg was laid on Thursday afternoon and a third was laid in the week.

February 1, 2014December 17, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Owls

It Was Above Freezing

Finally a warm day, in the high 40’s to watch birds in Central Park. The cold was getting a bit old. My day started with a Cooper’s Hawk, and then some fun song birds at the feeders in the Ramble. It ended with two Long-eared Owls, one of which had an adventure with a gray squirrel and coughed up a pellet.

January 1, 2014December 28, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Birds, Other Red-tailed Hawks

Happy New Year

My New Year’s resolution is to do a little more birding and a little less photography during the non-nesting/fledgling period for hawks. (Basically the months outside of April, May, June and July.)

So today, I just went for a long walk around Central Park today with my scope and took an occasional digiscoping picture. My bird count 39 species. The highlight was seeing two Baltimore Orioles.

Count	Species
81	Canada Goose
2	Wood Duck
41	Mallard
1	American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
37	Northern Shoveler
1	Ring-necked Duck
8	Bufflehead
9	Hooded Merganser
10	Ruddy Duck
4	Pied-billed Grebe
1	Sharp-shinned Hawk
1	Cooper’s Hawk
3	Red-tailed Hawk
5	American Coot
18	Ring-billed Gull
6	Great Black-backed Gull
23	Rock Pigeon
1	Mourning Dove
1	Red-bellied Woodpecker
2	Downy Woodpecker
1	Hairy Woodpecker
11	Blue Jay
1	American Crow
2	Black-capped Chickadee
2	White-breasted Nuthatch
1	Brown Creeper
1	Carolina Wren
2	American Robin
1	Northern Mockingbird
4	European Starling
1	Song Sparrow
28	White-throated Sparrow
8	Dark-eyed Junco
2	Northern Cardinal
1	Red-winged Blackbird
6	Common Grackle
2	Baltimore Oriole
11	House Finch
8	American Goldfinch
23	House Sparrow

December 21, 2013December 26, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Birds

Battery Park

I went down to Battery Park to see if I could find the banded hawk NJ30, which had been seen and photographed by other hawk watchers earlier in the month.

I didn’t find anything at first but after about half an hour, I saw a number of pigeons and gulls fly. It was a hawk alright, but not the Red-tailed Hawk NJ30. Instead it was a Cooper’s Hawk by the Coast Guard building.

Manhattan’s reliable female Wild Turkey was also in her usual spot. (She’s not so wild anymore. I think she’s being feed regularly.)

September 30, 2013December 28, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey

High In The Sky

In the fall, raptors migrate over Central Park in great numbers when the winds are right. Last weekend, I watched hawks from the Belvedere Castle terrace. Among the raptors seen were a Broad-winged Hawk and Juvenile Bald Eagle.