NYAC on Saturday
A fellow photographer said the male had been making food deliveries all morning, and I saw one be delivered mid-afternoon. So, fingers crossed that these eyasses do well as a single parent family.
A fellow photographer said the male had been making food deliveries all morning, and I saw one be delivered mid-afternoon. So, fingers crossed that these eyasses do well as a single parent family.
The situation at the NYAC remained unchanged on Friday. We’ll see how things progress in the next week.
The situation at the NYAC was good on Thursday. The father brought food to the nest and all three eyasses ate. I’m cautiously optimistic that without their mother there is a good chance these young hawks will survive.
I’m catching up on processing videos from visits to the New York Athletic Club. It has been an interesting few days. An adult female was found with a concussion in Central Park and it now appears it was the mother of the three eyasses on the NYAC nest. She is in the care of a wildlife rehabber and her prognosis is positive.
The father continues to bring food to the nest, and the three eyasses are old enough to eat the food on their own. So, while far from ideal, things could work out for the young ones.
The situation is being monitored by the Urban Park Rangers and wildlife rehabilitators. These situation occur often in the city and I have full faith that everything possible will be done to achieve the best outcome.
You’ll see in posts from Thursday and Friday that the situation continues to be stable.
The New York Athletic Club nest continues to be delightful to watch. They are active in the early evening and oddly there is hardly anyone watching them on one of the busiest streets in New York City. Tonight, as happens most evenings, a Blue Jay harassed them briefly.
I had a great time in both the early afternoon and the early evening watching the New York Athletic Club nest. It reminds me of the Trump Park, 777 Seventh Avenue and Ritz-Carlton nests and the times I spent watching them.
The eyasses look to be the oldest of the nests I’ve been observing. All three eyasses look healthy, and they all did lots of “jump flapping” to exercise their wings.