Third fledge for Washington Square Park – June 21st, 2018

One of the fledglings was on the same spot as yesterday’s fledgling was when I arrived at Washington Square Park this morning:

It was playing with the cables. I soon noticed that its sibling was nearby so I got to enjoy them playing, flying, and resting together for an hour on their building (NYU’s Pless).

Fledgling 1 (F1):

The nest baby would display its fine wings too at times:

Attacking and capturing an errant feather:

The Hawk parents would perch above the little ones every now and then. All the Hawk youngsters then settled down out of sight during lunch time. It was their usual nap time. The Hawk adults were gone from the park.

The Hawks then showed themselves a couple of hours later and resumed their play time:

The fledglings started crying and crying and gathered at one of the established ‘dinner tables’ to await their next meal (F1 on the left):

One of the fledglings even flew over that area of the park and the dinner table as if to say, “Hey mom/dad! I’m over here and waiting!”

The nest baby was watching its siblings and scrunched down, looking like it was ready to leap off the nest and join them but then retreated:

The second fledgling (F2) sitting further back from the dinner table:

Both of the kids still waiting together:

F1 rose up and circled above then returned to the dinner table:

Bobby landed at the dinner table area at 6:55PM with what was probably a food delivery because the fledglings stopped their crying after Bobby’s visit.

The nest baby watched everything happening below. It then scrunched down again and at 7:00PM finally flew off the ledge, heading in their direction:

It flew over Pless and tried to land at the top of NYU’s Silver Center building (across the street from Pless) but lost its footing and dropped several feet. I was worried it would fall to the street but luckily it landed on a wider window ledge a few floors down from the roof:

Its siblings were eating on the Pless corner directly across from it:

The new fledgling (F3) walked, rested, and preened on its ledge for 34 minutes. After a few scrunches then retreats it gathered itself and flew across the street to join its siblings:

Eyes fixed on its destination:

It landed perfectly on the railing next to the dinner table:

It sat and waited for its turn to eat. It hopped onto the dinner table 11 minutes later:

Its sibling had finished eating. It stretched then flew to the other side of Pless:

F3 gets its meal:

One of the other fledglings flew off Pless and landed in one of the park tree tops:

It couldn’t get footing so it flew out of the tree and returned to Pless.

F3 ate for about 25 minutes. It then started making its way to its other siblings at the other end of the roof:

F1 and F3 together on the left, F2 on the right:

F1 and F3 appear to have a special bond. It was F1 that returned to the nest the day before and spent the night with F3. F1 spent a while sitting with F3 tonight as well.

All three spent the next 25 minutes flying and walking about the building together. It was wonderful to see them reunited and hanging out together like old times.

Bobby arrived with a rat meal and dropped it off for them:

Leaving the rat on the right-side table:

I thought Bobby was going to fly away but instead he dropped into the rain gutter below the railing and had a few drinks. It had rained last night so I guess the gutter had a nice amount of water in it for him. He then flew south past the kids and disappeared:

I left the park elated that the last fledge went off without a hitch and that the three fledglings were together and nicely fed for the evening.

I encourage you to continue to watch the live nest cam because you can see the fledglings’ activity on the buildings below.

The white Pless building: