New Male at St. John

By D. Bruce YoltonSt. John/Columbia Red-tailed Hawks

I’ve been troubled all week by the disappearance of the male from the St. John’s pair and the news of his replacement by a younger hawk.  It finally sunk in, when I got to see the new St. John the Divine male this afternoon.

The new male on the left and our successful mother on the right, on a window of St. Luke’s Hospital’s Plant building.
The new male
He has a very light eye color and a cleaner white breast color compared to the female.
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Crows have made a comeback this year in Morningside Park. There are now about six.
The female chased three European Starlings off of the Plant Building and caught one in mid-air.
The male on the Wadleigh school building.
Both hawks visited the nest.  The male is visible on the right.
The female exits on the left.  The male follows her within a minute.

The male in different light.  It’s going to take some practice to tell the male and the female apart.