Category: Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Saturday on Central Park South

Saturday was a wonderful day.  The temperture was in the sixties and it was clear that Spring would soon be arriving.

Junior flying near the nest around 7:30 am.
Charlotte with Junior behind, with only his tail is visible, on top of the Essex House sign in the early afternoon.
Junior on his first visit to the nest while I was photographing in the afternoon.
The nest looks great with about double the volume of last year’s nest.
Junior returns, leaves briefly and returns with some paper.
The paper gets wedged into the nest.
Later he returns later. I couldn’t tell if he has brought an addition to the nest.
He looks great.
Charlotte, left and Junior, right on a ledge of the Hampshire House where they spend 45 minutes.
Later he returns with another piece of paper, one he caught in mid-air! He not only helps control pigeons and mice, he collects trash and recycles.
Junior then flies west, and after a few minutes out of sight.
The nest is a little bigger after some Saturday additions by Junior.
927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Other Red-tailed Hawks, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks, St. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

Fordham Hawks make the tree to building nest move

Rob Jett reports on his excellent The City Birder blog, that the Fordham Campus Red-tailed Hawks have made the move from tree nesting to building nesting.

This makes the fourth New York City building nest I’ve heard reports of:

Fifth Avenue
Bronx Fire Escape (2004) (Daily News, NYC DEP)
Central Park South
Fordham Campus

Update: I forgot about the St. John the Divine (200?-?) nest, which would make five.  If you know of other building nests in NYC, please leave a comment.