While most of us expected the Washington Square fledgling to be coming into the park soon that didn’tt happen today.  Instead, it was a block further east, on top of a building using some scaffolding as a jungle gym.  I wonder if this behavior takes the place of branching, for birds born on a building rather than a tree nest?

The fledgling was harassed by an American Kestrel and later the adult female came in to check on her.   The mother then roosted for the night on a fire escape a block even further east.

I only stayed until 9:10, but it looked like the fledgling was going to roost at the top of the building.

The Washington Square fledgling has chosen a secluded spot atop rooftops on a set of low N.Y.U buildings to spend its first few days off the nest.  It seems like a perfect spot to get used to living off the nest.

At the Trump Parc nest, it took one of the fledglings a week to enter Central Park from its building perches on Central Park South and 58th Streets.  The Washington Square fledgling also doesn’t seem to be in a rush.  It’s parents also don’t seem to be in a rush as they continue to feed the fledgling on the roofs.

I’ll be on vacations for the first two weeks of July, so if you’re depending on me for Washington Square news, I would advise finding alternative sources!

Sunday afternoon, I watched for hours and only got a one minute glimpse of the fledgling after 5 p.m.  Watching in real life, rather than on a webcam takes a lot more effort!

A late afternoon snack of Rock Pigeon for the fledgling at Washington Square.  Hawk watchers saw a feeding earlier in the day, as well.  All seems to be going well and I would suspect we will have the fledgling in the park in a few days.

I was at work with the eyass fledged just before noon, but reports are she had a wonderful long flight to another N.Y.U. building. 

I ended up seeing her later in the day.  She’s ended up in a safe place, and I would suspect she will take her time getting to the park.

Her exact location was posted in some blog posts, and I would recommend that individuals and the media be a little vague in reporting her location from now one.  Now that she’s in public places, she is at risk from people who might accidentally harass her or worse.

At other New York City nests, many hawks watchers privately share fledgling locations with people they know and are careful not to post specifics in public forums, chat rooms, blogs or websites.  It’s a good practice and one I hope will be followed in Washington Square.

The only child at Washington Square fledged just before Noon today.  Andy Newman and Emily S. Rueb have a nice post about the fledge on the New York Times City Room blog.

Good luck kid!