CCNY Shepard Hall
On Shepard Hall at CCNY’s northern campus is a nest that frustrates many hawk watchers. It’s hard to photograph and very unpredictable. This year it has two of the oldest eyasses in the city. Their parents must have started early.
Category: Other Red-tailed Hawks
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk In The Snow
A young Central Park Red-tailed Hawk in the snow…
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in the Pinetum
Winter brings a lot of juvenile Red-tailed Hawks into Central Park. This one looked great in the sunny weather on Sunday.
Three Nest Day
In the morning, I visited Randall’s Island nest. I couldn’t see any sign of hawks, but if they’ve gone back to the old nest, the female can hide fairly well. There’s also a good chance that the pair moved, given the Peregrine Falcon nest nearby.
I then went to Tompkins Square Park, which is still a few days from hatching. Both hawks there looked healthy. Locals estimate the hatch date to be May 10th.
Then it was off to Washington Square to see how things were going. As usual, they continue to grow bigger and bigger. They can stand briefly and feather shafts are visable on their wings.
Shepard Hall, CCNY
In northern Manhattan is a nest on Shepard Hall on the CCNY campus. I hadn’t heard any news about the nest, so I went up to see it on Friday. Like the St. John the Divine nest, it’s high up and difficult to get a good read on what’s happening early in the season.
From the parents behavior, it sure looks like it’s hatched. I couldn’t see any eyasses, nor did I have time to wait for a feeding, but no parent would be sitting so high on a nest or leaving it unattended as long as they did if it hadn’t hatched.
El Museo del Barrio
My quest to find the nest of the pair of hawks that have been seen on upper Fifth Avenue came up empty again. While I was in the Consevatory Garden, I saw a Red-tail circle around the garden with a pigeon in its tallons. The hawk then took the bird to the roof of the El Museo del Barrio.
After a few minutes, the Red-tailed Hawk flew off in the direction of the Academy of Medicine, and disappeared. Searches of the ledges of the building came up empty.
