Morning images of the first eyass of 2012. Screen captures from the New York Times Hawk camera.

The first egg, which had a small pip whole around noon today, hached just after 11:00 pm this evening.  Screen captures from the New York Times Hawk camera.

Bobby caught a pigeon in a tree, and then proceeded to eat it in the NW corner of the park on Easter Sunday.  Nice catch Bobby!

Tonight, I ended up leaving the office late and was worried I would miss any action in Washington Square.  Luckily, the hawks were very active once I arrived.

Bobby appeared soon after I arrived and did a wide survey of the park before landing on the cross.  He then went to the nest and relieved Rosie.

She did some exploring and then settled down to hunting.  She caught a rat, eat it, and returned to the nest.

Bobby then hunted in the same place Rosie had hunted and choose the same tree to eat the rodent.   Both locations can be seen from the nest.  After Bobby finished eating, it was off to roost.

Rosie continue to hunt even though she’s brooding. Tonight she got a rat.  The pictures are Rosie on nest, then Bobby, then Rosie, then Bobby.

I watched the hawks in Washington Square this afternoon before it started raining.   At first it was quiet.  Then Bobby appeared, and eventually relieved Rosie on the nest.  She then went off exploring the park, then the buildings around the park, then went up north and finally returned to the nest.

For a brief period, both hawks were off the nest and on the cross but this only lasted a minute.