Tompkins Square Park
The three eyasses at Tompkins Square Park got feed while I watched in the late afternoon. It’s a wonderful nest location and can be watched from a set of benches in the Southeast corner of the park.
102nd and Riverside has Hatched
All signs are the 102nd Street and Riverside Avenue Red-tailed Hawk nest has hatched. The female was sitting high, looking in and there were lots of flies. I didn’t see a feeding but the nest looks like it has hatched. Keep an eye out for little ones!
Wild Turkey
A Wild Turkey first seen on Tuesday is spending its night roosting in a tree on the Park Avenue median at 49th Street on Wednesday night. It was seen on the sidewalks of 49th Street today, and evaded capture.
Robin Nestling Delivered to 93rd Street Nest
Red-tailed Hawks often raid American Robin nests, but today I saw my first robin nestling be delivered to a nest. The eyasses had a hard time dividing it up a the three of them kept stealing it from each other. Young hawks need to be able to feed themselves before they leave the nest, so a nestling robin made a good first do it yourself meal.
I saw similar behavior last year, at the Peregrine Falcon nest at 86th and West End. There the parents stopped feeding the young falcons, and simply dropped off House Sparrows to each youngster a few days before they were ready to fledge.
Governors Island Red-tailed Hawk Nest
A week later and they continue to get bigger! Not a lot of action, but I did get good looks at the not so little ones.
American White Pelican
I went out to Governors Island on Saturday morning to see watch the Red-tailed Hawk nest. On the ferry ride over I ran into Annie Barry. She was leading two walks for NYC Audubon, as part of the inaugural opening of their house on Governors Island which has a new home, 405 Colonels Road, a few houses north of the Pizza Yard.
I said to Annie that there were reports of an American White Pelican in the harbor, and put up my bins and there was the bird! I was able to follow it as it moved further south for about 45 minutes until it was out of sight.
The bird was originally found by Wes Thompson on Thursday with many birders seeing it on Friday. It appears to be using a large amount of the harbor, often being off of Staten Island. Sightings near Governors Island may be correlated with high tide, but it’s hard to know. Hopefully it says a few more days, so more people can see it.
