The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
The first WSP Hawk baby fledged yesterday afternoon (June 2nd), only a few hours after I had left the park.
I spent all day in the park today to see how the fledgling was doing and to see how the other bird still in the nest was faring.
The nest Hawk was peacefully preening when I arrived:
Continue to the full post… “First WSP Fledging – June 3rd, 2014”
Updated April 19th. Tips have been coming in fast and furious over the last 24 hours. 🙂 I’ve now been informed that the first egg hatched on Tuesday the 15th and that the 2nd egg hatched either late on the 16th or the morning of the 17th. Basically, both eggs have hatched!
Fledging is said to usually occur 42 – 46 days after hatching but interestingly, all of Rosie and Bobby’s offspring in the past fledged at least two days later than ‘expected’.
If all goes well, the 2014 hatchlings will probably fledge the last week of May.
I updated my WSP brooding data to reflect the latest:
Now that it appears Rosie and Bobby may have at least one egg in their nest since Friday March 14th, I was inspired to calculate how long it may be before the first egg hatches then how long it may be until the first fledging.
Continue to the full post… “Timeline of the Washington Square Park broods – March 16th, 2014”