Fordham University, Bronx, New York

By D. Bruce YoltonOther Red-tailed Hawks

The Fordham University Rose Hill campus has a nest on Collins Auditorium.  This is the nest location’s second year.   Both years have been successful with three eyasses last year, and three this year.

Chris Lyons and Dr. Rich Fleisher both work at Fordham and send regular reports via Rob Jett’s City Birder Blog and Dr. Richard Fleisher’s page at Fordham.

The parents have been nicknamed Hawkeye and Rose.  Alan Alda is an alumnus of Fordham, so Hawkeye is named after Alan Alda’s character on the television program M.A.S.H.  Rose, the female is named after the campus.

The campus is a traditional College setting with lawns, gardens and footpaths.  The campus is adjacent to Bronx Park, a 718 acre park home to the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Gardens.

Collins Auditorium.  The nest is located on the left side of the pediment and the eyasses can walk along the entire ledge.
The three eyasses and their mother, Rose.  These are the fifteen, sixteenth and seventieth eyasses, I’ve seen in New York City this season.  Thanks to all of the individuals, who made visiting these sites possible.
Liftoff
They’re doing lots of wing flapping, with plenty of room to practice on the long, wide ledge.
Hawkeye on a lighting fixture, a quarter mile from the nest.
Rose flew to a building across Fordham Avenue in the early evening.
All three keep track of a Monk Parakeet as it flew by, including the eyas at the back who is peaking out on the left.
As it got cooler, more wing flapping.
All three eyasses.