The Peregrine Falcon eyrie is active at 86th Street and West End in the same church tower as last year. There are at least two chicks, which currently can only be seen from roofs and apartments around the tower.
Last year, the young falcons were big enough to start exploring the ledge of the tower at the end of May. So, keep a lookout if you live nearby.
A weekend visit to Darien, Connecticut had me watching a nesting pair of Osprey on an island in a cove of Long Island Sound. They’ve been brooding for at least three weeks.
Yesterday, after seeing only one Peregrine Falcon on the El Dorado for six weeks, I finally saw two, one at the top of each tower. It should be a fun winter watching both of them.
A Red-shouldered Hawk, a close cousin to our resident Red-tailed Hawks was in the Ramble of Central Park on Tuesday. November is a great time to look for unusual raptors in the park and this was a nice find.
I was away for about a week in Florida at a family reunion, so I missed the Barred Owl and two Great Horned Owls that had been in the Ramble of Central Park. On the off chance they might have still been around, I went to look for them without success.
However, I did get to see an American Woodcock and thanks to the kindness of Charlotte Khoo, who came and found me to tell me about it an Osprey perched in a tree by Balancing Rock, just up the path from the Loeb Boathouse.
I haven’t seen a Peregrine Falcon on the El Dorado since the spring, so it was a nice surprise to see one on Saturday afternoon on various perches on the north tower. It was just finishing eating a Rock Pigeon when I first saw it.
