Inwood Hill Park has been a frustrating location for me this year. The new nest location made it difficult to see into the nest, so the few times I went, I didn’t see any eyasses. After they fledged, I also had trouble finding them.
On Saturday, I finally was able to find one of the fledglings with the help of Ranger Rob Mastrianni. The fledgling was spending a quite afternoon relaxing below the old eagle hack site.
I went up to Inwood Hill looking for the two fledglings, but could only find one of the parents. Reports are that both fledglings have been exploring the park, and spent most of the week getting mobbed by smaller birds. I hope to have better luck next weekend.
On the way back, I passed by Broadway Bridge. I saw both parents, and one of the fledglings. This is a fun site, since you can see the birds from the Number 1 train platform. Only in New York City.
The nest is now very difficult to view due to leaf cover. I tried to get pictures from at least six angles and just got lots of green! I saw at least four visits from the adults, so I suspect all is well. The Inwood Hill Urban Rangers report seeing two chicks.
I did get to take a series of pictures of one of the adults over a soccer field.
The female was sitting on her eggs up at Inwood Hill Park on Saturday. They should hatch in the next week or two.
James and I went up to the old nest at Inwood Hill and it looked like it hadn’t been touched since last year. We’d find out later in the afternoon, why!
Failing to find any Red-tailed Hawks, we went to the outlook that has a view up and down the Hudson River. There we found a Red-tailed Hawk hovering and behaving like an Osprey.
It was a hot day, and only one little window through the leaves is still open to take photographs of part of the Inwood Hill Red-tailed Hawk nest. I only saw one eyas today, but I’m not worried. About two thirds of the nest is now obscured from view. It was a hot afternoon and I suspect the second eyas was keeping cool in the shade.
