Pale Male

[Donna]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/pale-male-red-tailed-hawk-yorks-avenue-father/story?id=13643583 Story, videos and pics.

Pale Male, New York's world-famous Central Park hawk, appears to be back in the paternity business.

After six years in which he and his then-mate Lola produced eggs every year, only to have to abandon them in early summer long after they should have hatched, Pale Male suddenly switched to classic red-tailed-hawk fathering behavior on Thursday. He brought captured Central Park prey to his new mate, Ginger, at their fabled East Side penthouse on New York's Fifth Avenue.

[valhalla]

 

[Dumpsterkitty]

Posted by Bruce Yolton on his Urban Hawks blog

Joy On Fifth Avenue - May 22, 2011
5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks

In my post two days ago about signs that show a nest has hatched, I forgot about another way hawk watchers know there are eyasses on the nest.  The eyasses "slice", or in layman's terms defecate.  I recorded this twice on Sunday afternoon, so absolutely, positively the nest has hatched.

[Dumpsterkitty]

Posted on several blogs...Marie Winn...Palemaleirregulars...the first eyas has been photographed!

[margaret]

YAY for PaleMale if that is the first eyas!    Celebrate the city's celebrity and his bebe!

[Dumpsterkitty]

Looks like Lincoln finally got to the apartment down the block that can almost see into the nest...pictures of 2 eyases posted on his site Palemale

Be sure to scroll down past the large picture to the 2 videos he posted!

[Dumpsterkitty]

Some excellent pictures of the eyases on Bruce Yolton's blog Urban Hawks

Check out the one hiding under Momma's tail 

[Dumpsterkitty]

OK-not Pale Male-but I really didn't want to start a whole new thread just for one post.  This nest is at Fordham University in the Bronx...found via Palemaleirregulars

IT'S A NYC FIRST IN HAWK WATCHER MEMORY! FOUR EYASSES HATCHED AND ABOUT TO FLEDGE! COUNT 'EM!

Update from the Fordham nest from Richard Fleisher:

Finally we got a nice, bright sunny day and I thought I would use the opportunity to check on the Fordham nest. When I got there I was very surprised to find four youngsters walking on the ledge of Collins Hall (see attached photo). They all seem to be doing quite well. This breeding cycle is obviously behind other Red-tail nests in NYC in that none of these youngsters are close to fledging. I went back and compared their development with pictures from previous years and this year's nest is running about ten days to two weeks behind. Based on the minimal amount of flapping and jumping, I would guess that we are at least a week away from the first one leaving the nest. I will try to get back to observe in a few days. I took lots of photos today and as I process them I will post them on flickr -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/profman_wildlife_photos/

Rich

[Donna]

Very nice Ei, I forgot all about the irregulars. 4 healthy little hawks. 

[Dumpsterkitty]

The first one fledged this morning! 

Reported on Marie Winn's blog

Stay safe, little one!

[Dumpsterkitty]

No pictures yet at palemale.com, but there should be soon!   

[Donna]

No pictures yet at palemale.com, but there should be soon!   

YAY!!

[margaret]

No pictures yet at palemale.com, but there should be soon!   

YAY!!

 
Yay! YAy!  Yay!   for Pale Male!   His picture is in my classroom!   Along with Mariah and Kaver and offspring, and Alex - the amazing African Grey  of Dr. Pepperberg.  And my own Winnie and Doc-bird!  We all can learn  so much from our avian friends!

[Kris G.]

Palemale chases away one of his babies from his territory. 


http://palemale-store.stores.yahoo.net/

[Donna]

Palemale chases away one of his babies from his territory. 


http://palemale-store.stores.yahoo.net/

He means business!