This afternoon, I got to witness a very nice feeding of the single eyass at Washington Square Park.  Both parents were very attentive of their single child.

I finally got to see the head of the eyass at Washington Square Park today.  This was after both parents left the nest for over 45 minutes.  Both of them were all over the park and the buildings to the east, south and west.

It’s looking more and more like only one egg out of three hatched at Washington Square Park.  I was at the nest this afternoon and through the twigs could see only one eyass eating (around the 2:30 mark on the video).

One of the lesser known issues with rodenticides is their effect on fertility in raptors.  We might be witnessing this here.  While the Parks Department has stopped using poisons in Washington Square Park, they are commonly used by NYU properties around the area.

The eyasses are still a little too small to see at Washington Square Park now, but the nest is still fun to watch.  Both parents are more active and Bobby is bringing lots of food.

Thanks to a contact at NYU, news spread that the first of three eggs had hatched at Washington Square Park today.  I went down after work to find fascinated parents, feeding the newly hatched bird, but mostly looking at the youngster.  Great news on Earth Day.

Some slightly out of focus pictures of a nest exchange this evening in Washington Square Park…