Updates:

1. All of the Grant’s Tomb eyasses have fledged.  WINORR is working to capture them since they are without parents.  One was captured on Monday, and one today.  This leaves just one to get to safety.
2. Another hawk joined its sibling at 96th on the fire escape above the Starbucks.  Both returned to the nest by noon.  A rehabilitator examined the hawk that was limping and found nothing unusual with the bird.  It still has a slight limp, but is fine.  The mother is only delivering food to the nest and it looks like she’s in no rush for them to fledge properly.  One of the hawks looks a lot younger than its siblings, so she may be encouraging them to wait and fledge together.
3. The first of Pale Male and Octavia’s brood fledged sometime before 3 p.m. today.

Good News and Bad News

1. One of the eyasses at 96th and Lexington Avenue fledged to the “shed” (the scaffolding with a deck for workman) on the building north of the nest early this morning.
2. A hawk at the Grant’s Tomb nest was involved in an auto accident.  There is concern about the eyasses.  I understand local hawk watchers are keeping an eye on the situation.

The Grant’s Tomb hawk is being treated at the Wild Bird Fund.  It may also have been exposed to rodenticides (rat poison) and is receiving prophylactic treatment. 

Testing of raptors over the last twenty years by N.Y. State has show that many hawk “accidents”, were not really accidents at all.  The hawks got into trouble because they were weakened by rodenticides.

Update: The Morningside Hawks has a good update on the Grant’s Tomb hawks here.

Updates:

1. The 310 West 72nd Street nest has three eyasses.  I had originally thought there were only two.
2. I’ve received sad news that the adult male of the 96th and Lexington nest who had been picked up and sent to the Wild Bird Fund and then to a surgeon had to be euthanized.  The mother, who seemed to be courting a new male, appears to be a single mother again.

We can add two more eyasses for Manhattan now that we can see the youngsters at Tompkins Square Park.  This brings us to a confirmed number of 18 eyasses for the season.  As always, I’m sure we’ve missed a nest or two.  We must be missing a nest or two this year in Harlem and The Heights.

We’ll soon be seeing lots of eyasses leave their nests over the next three weeks.  I suspect we’ll see some fledges late this week.  Hawk watchers who’ve been stuck on a bench for two and a half months are going to get lots of exercise soon!

We can add two more eyasses for Manhattan now that we can see the youngsters at Tompkins Square Park.  This brings us to a confirmed number of 18 eyasses for the season.  As always, I’m sure we’ve missed a nest or two.  We must be missing a nest or two this year in Harlem and The Heights.

We’ll soon be seeing lots of eyasses leave their nests over the next three weeks.  I suspect we’ll see some fledges late this week.  Hawk watchers who’ve been stuck on a bench for two and a half months are going to get lots of exercise soon!

Two positive updates…

1. The Tompkins Square Nest (now with the third female of the season, Amillia) has hatched.  The eyasss are too little to count just yet, but we have at least one youngster.
2. The female at 96th Street is no longer a single parent.  It is unclear if she has a new mate or if the old mate was returned from rehab, but local hawk watchers are seeing two adults now.

Update: After posting this, I was sent photos confirming three, not two eyasses at Grant’s Tomb.  This had been corrected below.