This year, the fledgling is spending most of its time on St. Luke’s Hospital rather than on St. John the Divine.

The current father arrived when the Cathedral roof construction was in full swing, so he naturally perched on St. Luke’s rather than St. John.  The father’s favorite perch on St. Luke’s also has a view of the large green at Columbia University, which had been home one winter to a young hawk. I think this switch in behavior by the father, is influencing the young fledgling to perch St. Luke’s.

Below are pictures of the fledgling’s first full day off the nest.  A pair of Kestrel’s have been harassing the parents on St. Luke’s and are included in set of pictures.

I visited the St. John nest and saw a relaxed fledgling in the early afternoon.   I missed all of the action that took place later in the evening.  Late in the evening, the eyass fledged and went over to the St. Luke Hospital roof.  (I missed all of the action that took place in the evening. I never thought an eyass would fledge at 7:43 p.m.!, so I went to Astoria!)

For details, see Robert’s Bloomingdale Village Blog.

The St. John eyass continues to enjoy life on the nest and seems in no rush to leave.  I’ve given up trying to predict which day it will choose to exit!

The St. John’s eyass seems in no great rush to become a fledgling.  Hopefully it will be out and about by the weekend.

The surviving eyass looks like it may soon be a fledgling.  I can’t wait!

Here’s a brief video of the surviving eyass, who appears healthy.  Let’s hope it survives and fledges sometime in the next ten days.