Despite having a few missing primary and secondary wing feathers, the Washington Square Park fledgling is actually a good flier.  It made its way to a number of buildings around the park today, and did a great job of flying to high locations.  It did much better than many new fledglings.

There were no hawks on the nest this evening, and reports are that none were seen today by anyone.  So, we assume the single eyass has fledged.  The parents were spending a lot of time above the Pless building, so the fledgling is most likely on its roof.  A group of us are eager to see how it’s coping with the few primary and secondary feathers that are missing.  It would be nice to see a few normal flights.

Update: 6/15/16  The fledgling has been perched and flying well in the SW corner of the park today.  Reports are nice flights, to perches high on buildings.  So, the wings might not look perfect but they certainly work just fine.

The lone Washington Square Park eyass has yet to fledge.  It has a few wing feather that haven’t grown in properly, but looks a good deal better than it did a week ago.  The eyasses always seem to take their time at this nest and I suspect this hawk will be no exception.

The little fluff ball we saw a month ago has grown up and is almost ready to leave the nest.  It happens so fast!  We should have lots of hawks leaving their nests in the next week around the city.

With the hot weather the lone eyass at Washington Square Park spent the early part of the evening lying down on the cool stone of the library.  I could only see it by walking to 9th Street and University Place.  Luckily, as things cooled off, the eyass became more active and could be photographed.

The only child at Washington Square Park is getting lots of TLC from its parents.  These pictures are from Saturday.