The fledgling that has just been returned to the Washington Square Park was seen around 4th Street and Mercer most of the day.  The earliest report I saw was 10 am and there was a report it roosted in a tree there tonight.  It was on the ground briefly at 3 pm, which caused some alarm. 

I arrived around 4 pm, and first saw the new male, and then the mother, on a building a between Broadway and Mercer about 20 stories up.  Then some American Robins alerted me to where the fledgling was, on a street lamp, tucked inside a tree.  After about an hour the fledgling started branching on the tree to a more comfortable spot.  By then both adults were nowhere to be seen.

The fledgling found in a light well behind 15 Washington Place, was returned to Washington Square Park today.  Bobby Horvath and Cathy St. Pierre took great care of it at WINORR.  It was banded on the right leg.  (The previously released bird was banded on the left leg.)

The released bird was very energetic, moving quickly from branch to branch, before changing trees.  It then flew a full block south to 3rd Street. I had to leave the park around 1:30.

The Rogerpaw.com blog has coverage of what happened later in the day.  It will be interesting to see how things work out over the next few days.

I looked for the Washington Square Park fledgling near where it was last seen on Wednesday.  I didn’t find the fledgling but saw an adult circling a building at Greenwich Avenue and Bank Street.  The hawk perched on a few buildings before landing on the roof with prey.  I jumped out of view and I could not relocate it.  The hawk looked similar to the new male, but didn’t have any missing wing feathers.  So, I left more confused then when I arrived. Not what I was hoping for!  In the cell phone photos, the hawk is by the center pipe in the rear of the roof.

While I didn’t see it on Tuesday, it appeared that the Washington Square Park fledgling was somewhere near Sixth Avenue and 8th Street.  The new adult male was going between a building on the park and the Jefferson Market Library.  On Wednesday, the woman behind the Rogerpaw.com blog found the fledgling two blocks further NW on the site of the old St. Vincent’s hospital.

The Washington Square Park fledgling that was found on the sidewalk at Bond and Broadway, was returned to Washington Square Park by WINORR on Sunday.  Bobby Horvath removed the bird from the carrier and Cathy St. Pierre put the bird in a tree located in the southeast corner of the park.  It branched and gained height with ease. 

After about 30 minutes, the new adult male came in and chased the fledgling to Washington Square North.  The fledgling got caught in some netting, but freed itself without issue.  The bird stayed at the construction site for a few hours, with the male checking in occasionally.  It had some fun interactions with a squirrel.  At some point the bird went west, ending up on a tree at Fifth Avenue and Washington Square North.  It moved trees, and then went to window ledges of Two Fifth Avenue.

At some point the fledgling moved to a balcony of Two Fifth.  The new adult male was on top of One Fifth at this point being bothered by an American Kestrel.  After about 20 minutes, the male came down quickly from One Fifth, pushing the fledgling from the balcony railing to the terrace and fought with the fledgling.  I then saw the new adult male go up to the balcony railing.  I could not relocate the fledgling after this.

I didn’t see the mother at any time in the afternoon.

Later that day, another one of the Washington Square Park fledgling was rescued from a light shaft behind 15 Washington Place.  Photographs are on the WINORR Facebook page. So, we now have two birds with rehabbers, since there is still a bird, that was found on the sidewalk in front of 10 Washington Place, at the Wild Bird Fund.

I was walking down Mercer and at 3rd Street heard Bluejays calling at Broadway and walked over.  I ran into the woman behind the Rogerpaw.com blog, who had seen an adult  high on a building.  I then saw the new male on a streetlamp down Broadway.  We then saw a crowd in front of the Face Gym.  There was a fledgling on the ground.  While the woman behind the Rogerpaw.com blog called Bobby Horvath, I called Ranger Sargent Rob Mastrianni.  Both of them gave us the same advice.  Put the fledgling in a cardboard box and wait for help.

I trash picked and found a box.  The bird was placed in the box and we waited.  While we waited, both adults kept watch, changing perches every so often.  The mother had prey.

Ranger Rob arrived, transferred the bird to an animal carrier, and took the bird off to be examined.

An exciting day.  I gave up drinking for June, but I think I’m having a martini tonight.

This means two of the three fledglings are in rehabilitation with one fledgling still in the greater Washington Square Park area.