The three eyasses at Tompkins Square Park and their parents were all seen this evening.  As the young ones get bigger their parents are leaving the nest unattended more often and feedings are less frequent.  They’re getting grayer and less white with their primary feathers starting to be visible.  It’s great to see the family doing so well.

I was thrilled to see three eyasses being fed by their mother and then their father at Tompkins Square Park this evening. So were many school children who got a look at the young ones having a meal by looking at my camera screen.

If you have a spotting scope, there is a great spot to look at the nest in front of a restaurant at Avenue B just south of 7th Street.

I was thrilled to see the little head of an eyass feeding at Tompkins Square Park this evening.  It’s best seen by very carefully watching the parents feeding the eyass on the video.  This is going to be one tough nest to watch, but I’m happy they aren’t on an air conditioner this year!

The hawks in Tompkins Square Park, copulated, rested and copulated again within an hour today.  They didn’t even bother to fly to another branch.  Spring really is in the air.

Reports are coming in about how nests are doing around Manhattan…

• There is a pair hanging out in Chinatown around Canal Street and the Manhattan Bridge, but no nest has been found as of yet.
• There is a new nest at 116th and Riverside Drive, possibly the pair that abandoned a fledgling at Grant’s Tomb last year. (Update 3/18/16. Grant’s Tomb and the 116th Street might both be active this year.)
• The Sheep Meadow nest blew down over the winter and the pair has been seen bringing twigs to a number of buildings on or near Central Park South including Trump Parc, The Plaza and the Crown Building.
• The pair that tried to nest on the Beresford last year, as been seen bringing twigs to both the San Remo and the Beresford this winter.

It should be a fun year, and hawk watching will get easier after we change to Daylight Saving Time on Sunday.

I visited the park on Sunday expecting the activity I had seen before I left, but instead saw two relaxed hawks one at 1st Avenue and 4th and the other at Avenue A and 3rd.  Maybe it’s some relaxing before egg laying?

I returned to the park on Sunday, and caught two behaviors I had missed on Saturday, copulation and eating.  Looks like all systems are go for the Spring.