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.

It was unclear if the nest had hatched yet.  The female seemed higher on the nest, but I didn’t witness any feedings.  But she did leave the nest unattended for a few minutes.  So, I couldn’t tell the status of the nest.  I suspect it will become clear in early May.

The nest on 350 Central Park West looked like it was doing well on a brief visit on Saturday.  I can’t wait until early May to watch our Manhattan nests hatch.

I hadn’t had a chance to get up to 350 Central Park West for a few weeks and the nest looks great.  The nest looks solid and in good shape.  I caught up with the male near the Tennis Courts, and after watching the female on the nest, saw an exchange of the two hawks.  The male took over egg warming duties and the female eat a pigeon left for her in a nearby tree.  Then after she flew around for about five minutes, returned to the nest, and the male left.