The two Highbridge youngsters were alert and active Sunday afternoon.  They’re at that “toddler” stage where they use their wings to crawl around and flop down a lot.

I didn’t see any eyasses while up at Highbridge Park today, but the female and male spent over twenty minutes looking into the nest.  There were two carcasses on the nest, and the mother never got fully down into the nest.  So, I would suspect that either hatching was in progress or had just occurred.  I think I’ll go back on Sunday to see what’s up.

The Highbridge nest hasn’t hatched yet.  I went up hoping it would be Manhattan’s first nest with eyasses, but not yet.

The female was sitting when I arrived.  The male arrived on a nearby tree being chased by Blue Jays.  He eat HIS meal in sight of the female, but didn’t bring her any food or give her a break while I was there!

The new Highbridge Park nest is doing well.  On Saturday, when I arrived the female was sitting on the nest.  After about an hour the male arrived, and gave the female a twenty minute break.

Glenn Alvarez wrote me on Friday to say that he had found the new location of the Highbridge Park nest.  I went up and saw it on Saturday.  It looks to be in a great new location.

Of the eight known nests in Manhattan, here’s their status this week…

5th Avenue, Lola sitting on the eggs.

888 Seventh Avenue, Lots of mating and twigging. Not sure if brooding has started.

St. John the Divine, Not sitting yet.

Highbridge Park, New nest location.  Female sitting on eggs.

Inwood Hill Park, New nest location.  Female sitting on eggs.

South Riverside Park, Female sitting on eggs.

Houston Street, Female sitting on eggs.  The male picked up earlier in the month downtown, turns out NOT to be from this nest.

Shepard Hall, City College, New nest.  Not sure of status.

And in the Bronx, Chris Lyons reports Rose is sitting on the Fordham University nest.

I went up to Highbridge Park today, and found the “window” from the path that provides a view from below.  (Thanks to James and Robert for directions.)  I arrived to what looked to be an empty nest but knew from the angle that the eyasses might just be on the other side of the nest.