My post about brooding nests yielded news that the Inwood Hill Park nest started brooding on Sunday.  So, that makes the fourth confirmed, active nest of the season. 

I went up to 350 Central Park West to see if they were brooding yet, but it looks like they haven’t yet.  They did however copulate over the playground at 96th/97th.

The hawks at 350 Central Park West seem all set of the season.  The nest is in much better shape than last year and looks great.  One of the hawks was on the church at 96th Street for twenty minutes. Then both hawks visited the nest and they then copulated while I was there in the early afternoon today.  The building is excited to have them nesting and seems very protective of them which is great news.

Third times a charm.  On my third visit to the 350 Central Park West nest this year, I was finally able to watch the new male on the nest and watch the pair together.  The new male, with his light eye color looks to be a young bird.  It looks like they’re all set for 2019.

I went up to look at the 350 Central Park West nest again and finally found one of the adults for the first time in 2019.  The hawk was sitting in a tree 100 feet inside the park at 96th and Central Park West, and after a long period flew over to the empty church on the corner.

It looks like the St. John nest may have failed this year and I’ve been worried about the new 350 Central Park West nest as well.  Luckily, I realized that the late hatching of the 350 Central Park West nest may be OK.  I first saw the female sitting on the nest on April 6th.   The eggs hatch between 28-35 days after being laid.   That would put the hatch at May 11th for the first egg.  However, female hawks can sit a few days before they start laying eggs and the eggs don’t all get laid at once.  So, we need to add about a week more after the May 11th date, as the outside hatch date.

So keep your figures crossed for the 350 Central Park West nest.  It’s not uncommon for a new nest to fail, so we should be prepared for a failure, but hope for the best.

My hunch that the 350 Central Park West nest had hatched looks to have been premature.  My visit today had two visits from the male but no sign of a hatch.