When the New York Times had information about the Riverside Hawks on their blog, someone wrote that there was a nest on the Nurse’s Residence of Jacobi Medical Center.  It was a nice day on Sunday, so I made the trip out to Jacobi.

I found a nest that looked like one from a previous year, but didn’t see any hawks.  It’s possible the hawks are nesting on a different section of the building and I couldn’t see them.  Anyone work at Jacobi, who can take a look down at the Nurse’s Residence?

After learning of the City College nest on Shepard Hall, I’ve been taking a look at it ever few weeks.  It appears to have been unused.

It’s unclear if the pair had prepared the nest but used an alternate site or if the nest failed for some reason.

In any case here is a recent photo of the nest.  If it had eyasses in the nest, there would certainly be dirty by now!

I got a message from Lincoln Karim that the Triborough Bridge pair was actually a trio, so I went out Saturday afternoon.

I got to see the eyasses and the mother.  The mother had been sick and was restored to good health under the care of Bobby Horvath.  You’ll see she’s banded.

Thanks to a text message from Lincoln Karim, I went out to the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows, Queens and was able to find the new Red-tailed Hawk nest location.  It is about minus 30 degrees of longitude from the old nest.  Instead of being near Indonesia, it is now in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia.

I had received reports earlier in the season that the nest site was empty.  The nest is in an I-beam, so it must be easy for the mother to hide while brooding and for the eyasses to hide when they are young.

There are at least two chicks in the nest.  In the pictures that follow, the mother captures, eats and feeds a young pigeon to her eyasses.  Readers beware.

The Astoria/Triborough Bridge nest has at least two chicks in its new location on the other side of the bridge.  (Thanks, Jules Corkery for the update.)  I didn’t get great pictures this evening but wanted to share them never the less.

The Astoria female was very ill this fall and was nursed back to health under the care of Bobby Hovarth.  With all of the bad news, it’s important to remember that there are still lots of positive stories and successes in New York City.

Update 5/15/08: Also on the good news front Peregrine Falcons are doing well this season.  55 Water St. has a scrape with four nestlings which can be viewed on a webcam, and at least two birds have fledged on the Met Life building.