Field Notes: Pale Male Sr. and Jr.

Field Notes 6-14-05

Sunset 8:29PM (NYT),
Temp. 94F,
Heat Index over 100F,
Humidity 64%,
Mostly sunny,
Slight breeze,
Prey Tally-pigeon.

All times PM unless otherwise noted.

[Elizabeth reports two RTs perched on the sourthern
most Beresford Tower, 81st St., one presenting a twig
to the other.]

927 Nest:
[Mark reports that around 2PM Lola was seen sitting the
Fifth Ave. nest. Yesterday, Pale Male ate a Mourning Dove(?) above the
Hawk Bench.]

3:54 Pale Male lands on Oreo Antenna, alert, hunting
mode, actively looking.
4:01 Pale Male dives down, lost in tree line.
4:02 PM appears in front of Ship Shape, then Octogon,
flushes pigeons from roof. Herds pigeons in front of
Woody, circles in front of Woody, pigeons bank and
wheel to W side of M.B. Pond.
4:04 Pale Male flies behind The Crows, immediately
flies back into view with small bird chasing him.
Kestrel dives at him repeatedly as he flies up Fifth
until Pale Male gets to the Octagon Building.
4:09 Pale Male lands on Stove Pipe railing.
5:01 Lola on Oreo Antenna, Pale Male up and off Stove
Pipe.
5:26 Lola on back corner of Oreo grate, Pale Male
lands back on Stove Pipe railing.
5:36 Lola leans over in copulation position. Then
looks back at PM on railing.
5:50 Lola up and flies towards Ramble.
5:51 Pale Male up flies same direction.
5:52 Pale Male appears above Oreo circling, continues
to do so, higher and higher until out of sight.
5:54 Exit, walk to Little Hill.

Trump Parc Nest:

6:21 Charlotte on the nest, panting, on right S end.
6:26 Charlotte mantling, Eyass head pops into view,
beak open slightly, then down.
6:31 Charlotte standing nest center mantling, eyass
heads periodically pop into view.
6:55 Charlotte rips pieces off prey, chews. Eyass pops
us beak open. Charlotte holds prey pieces in her beak,
eyass takes them from her and swallows. The bigger
eyass may be off to the next developmental stage of
rising periodically from her haunches as she seems to
be suddenly taller now and again and walking with a
different bobble. Charlotte mantles for awhile.
6:59 Charlotte feeds more bits.
7:00 Eyass head and partial body comes into view, she
toddles past Charlotte who is mantling large and
panting.
7:01 Charlotte works beak, alert to sky.
7:03 Charlotte stares along 59th toward west. Breeze
freshens.
7:31 Eyass stands sheltering under Charlottes mantled
wing.
7:36 Jr from W, circles in front of nest once, then
lands on nest w/ prey(?).
7:37 Jr. and Charlotte stare at eyasses.
7:38 Jr off.
7:44 Charlotte rips prey for eyass, perfect complete
view of feeding. Eyass eats a pigeon foot handily.
7:52 Charlotte off the nest with pigeon portion
towards Columbus Circle.
As luck would have it, Trump Parc Hawkwatcher Veronica
happens to be in Columbus Circle and environs walking
Molly and Emma her Bassett Hounds therefore could see
what the hawks were doing when we at Little Hill
couldn't.
RT appears (probably Jr.) and perches on old Biography
sign, then scaffolding.
Sometime around 7:45 (it's tough to take picky notes
and walk two big Bassetts) a second hawk appears,
Charlotte, as she left the nest at 7:52, and attempts
to perch on apartment building on CPW (Charlotte
attempting to eat in peace?) Charlotte is dive bombed
by small birds (possibly the Kestrels that have been
disputing with the pair.). Both RTs now circle above
Columbus Circle together.
8:00 Little Hill watchers see RT fly behind the Essex.

Veronica sees an RT on the other side of the Essex
land on the Essex sign.
(Earlier Veronica saw an RT, described by her to be
attempting to perch repeatedly on the all glass Trump
International. That may well have been what was
happening but it occurred to me, having seen Pale Male
rush windows in which he was reflected, that Jr. may
have been after a reflection of himself.)
8:04 Charlotte returns to the nest, picks up pigeon
carcass moves it to the concave of the nest. The
smaller Eyass bobbles partially into view. Charlotte
beak down in concave, feeds.
8:07 Charlotte pulls bits off carcass, both eyass
heads pop up to left of her, N. She feeds.
8:40 Exit.

Submitted-Donna Browne