Tompkins Square Park continues to provide amusement.  Even thought there is still an eyass on the nest, the two fledglings are providing lots of entertainment.  They were in trees and rooftops keeping us running around.

The parents were also active with lots of views, especially of the male, whose current molt is resulting in tail feathers with a much more narrow sub-terminal band.  Still wider than the females, but no longer so pronounced.

I hope the last eyass finally fledges on Sunday!

I only could spend about an hour at Tompkins Square Park today, but things were similar to yesterday.  Fledglings on the school roof and one eyass still on the nest.

Tonight, the two fledglings and the eyass still on the nest were visible for about an hour from a single spot on 9th Street.  It was great fun to be able to keep track all of them.

In addition, there was an adult eating on 10th Street and a fledgling playing on a roof at 10th and Avenue B, later in the evening.  I always enjoy watching young hawks learn how to do the simple things, like turn around on a pipe.  It takes some getting used to!

The youngest bird is finally getting a long enough tail and darker head feathers.  I would expect the last fledge will be on Friday or Saturday.

Tompkins Square Park still has a reluctant eyass who hasn’t fledged, along with two fledglings.  For a brief moment all three could be viewed at once.  Two in different trees and one on the nest.  All looked just great and well fed, with the fledglings moving between building roofs and park trees with ease.  It should be a fun summer on the Lower East Side.

The second eyass fledged Tuesday afternoon at Tompkins Square Park.  It went to a derelict school roof, which is just east of the building the nest is located.

What was most likely the first fledgling, nicknamed Shaft by the neighborhood, was seen in a tree in the early evening.

The first fledgling from Tompkins Square Park flew off around 10:45 a.m. on Monday.  It was relocated in an airshaft in the early evening across the street from the nest.  Red-tailed Hawks can get stuck in narrow airshafts, so Ranger Rob Mastrianni was called to relocate the bird to a tree in the park.  

Ranger Rob arrived, captured the fledgling, check its health and quickly got it relocated.  The fledgling soon explored the tree it was placed in, while the parents watched over it from a nearby tree.

I love it when a neighborhood gets together to enjoy a fledge and also watch out for a young bird’s health.  This happened today.  Residents of the Lower East Side should be proud of their neighboors who looked out for the welfare of an innocent young bird today.  They’re all real hawk watchers now!