Sunday After The Rain
Sunday afternoon the rain finally let up for a bit. The light was difficult and I missed getting a photograph of a Yellow Warbler up in the North Woods.
Sunday afternoon the rain finally let up for a bit. The light was difficult and I missed getting a photograph of a Yellow Warbler up in the North Woods.
Doing the math, I’m concerned about the Trump Parc nest. Given when the first egg was discovered and padding very generously for delayed incubation and hatching this is the time line:
First egg discovered, March 13
Possible delay of incubation, add 2 days, March 15
Incubation takes 28-35 Days, add 35 days, April 19
Hatching, up to 4 days, add 4 days, April 23
This is the most generous timeline I can create, 41 days. Given that no one has seen chicks yet, I think we should prepare ourselves for a negative outcome with this first set of eggs.
It rained most of the day in New York City on Saturday. The photographs below are from Saturday afternoon between 1:45 and 2:45 during a break in the weather.
Friday, it was back to dull evening behavior. (I wonder if the flurry of activity on Thursday was due to the unseasonably warm weather with temperatures in the 80s.)
Until today watching the Central Park South Hawks nesting from the street has been like watching paint dry.
All of these behavior changes could be a sign that the eggs have hatched or are about to. We’ll know the answer in a few days.
Update: I received an email from Ben Cacace who was digiscoping (using a digital camera with a telescope) from a nearby hotel at the same time I was photographing from the street. From the higher view, there appeared to be an egg in the nest. So, we’ll need to wait a bit before passing out the cigars.
A young raccoon is living near the hawk bench and appears every evening around dusk. As night falls, many of the hawk watchers are now making a stop to look at him/her as they leave the park for the evening.
I’m late, I’m late
For a very important date
No time to say “Hello”, “Goodbye”
I’m late, I’m late, I’m late
I run and then I hop hop hop. I wish that I could fly. There’s danger if I dare to stop, and here’s the reason why
You see, I’m overdue, I’m in a rabbit stew. Can’t even say goodbye, hello
I’m late, I’m late, I’m late
Lyrics from I’m Late from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland.
Lola has been sitting on her nest longer than any successful year. In years past she has sat on the nest anywhere between 35-41 days before her eggs hatched. This could be a sign of another failure, or just a fluke. Since the Fifth Avenue hawk watchers can’t tell when eggs are laid, they count from when the female starts to stay on the nest. It’s possible, especially with a recently rebuilt nest, that she just started sitting on the nest without eggs earlier and all is fine.