Pale Male Jr. Field Notes

Note from Marie: Donna includes the following description of the best viewing spot for the Trump-Parc nest, where she watches most afternoons with the Swarovski scope, and others join her:

Little Hill [where the PM Jr. hawkwatchers gather] is just inside Central Park's wall at Central Park South [59th St.] across from the Essex House, between the Sixth and Seventh Avenue entrances. No bench. Bring a towel, or even better because of the angle, a reclining beach chair. Nest Neck, though less intense than its cousin Warbler Neck, has been mentioned.

Field Notes --Trump Parc nest-- 6-12-05

Sunset 8:28PM (NYT),
Temp. 88F,
Humidity 98%,
Wind variable,
Prey Tally-Pigeon.

All times PM unless otherwise noted.

5:45 Charlotte on nest panting slightly.
5:47 Head in concave.
5:50 Head up looking into concave, watching.
5:56 Charlotte alert to Park.
6:01 Charlotte stares at Little Hill.
6:03 She stands in concave, tail to point of corbel,
pants with tongue and mantles.
6:08 Eyass head pops into full view of Little Hill,
half under her mother's tail as Charlotte seems to be
watching something else, the other eyass (?), fixedly.
6:13 Charlotte has moved further to the parkside of
the nest, looks at eyass near point of corbel, leans
down and places her beak near her. (A ploy of
Charlottes to get the eyass to come toward the beak,
dispenser of food and away from the edge? If so it
does not work.)
6:14 Charlotte resituates to sit on point of corbel,
hence sitting on eyass, intentionally or not keeping
the eyass from the edge.
6:15 Charlotte does full extent mantle, head toward
wall.
6:16 Eyass wing flips up and down, very quickly in the
space below Charlotte's head. She looks at it. The
wing seems to ever so slightly continue flopping
toward the wall and away from Charlotte.
6:22 Charlotte very alert to sky above park.
6:27 Charlotte stands, preens from base of tail.
6:39 Mantles, wide pant.
6:44 Hawkwatcher calls from CPW sidewalk, she's
attempted to enter the park at Sixth Ave. and though
the parade is long over, a policeman won't let her
enter as he says they are clearing the park. He seems
to be misinformed because a number of others have just
entered using the Seventh Ave. entrance. To save the
walk someone takes her binocular bag and she traverses
the wall. All are happy.
6:54 Charlotte changes position, more perpendicular to
wall, wing stretch.
7:00 Breeze springs up and ruffles Charlottes
feathers. She looks staight down and then looks
straight up at sky.
7:02 Focus to concave.
7:04 Shifts head to S, then down, head up with beakful
of grey pigeon feathers. She eats them. Head in
concave, leaning down.
7:10 Feeding motions.
7:19 Charlotte off the nest and immediately down, 58th
street side.
7:26 Charlotte returns from 58th, lands on S side of
nest.
7:27 Junior circles in front of nest, gains altitude
circles over scaffolding.
7:28 Junior lands on N side of nest, stares into
concave at eyasses. Charlotte preens.
7:29 Junior off nest to behind Hampshire House/Green
Roof.
7:31 Charlotte, N side of nest, perpendicular to wall,
preens back and under mantling wing. White fluff
feather stuck to her forehead, wafting.
7:34 Panting.
7:44 Leans into concave, head disappears.
7:46 Head back up, scans.
7:48 Head back into concave, pulling bits off prey,
fleas shoulder.
7:53 ?
7:56 Junior suddenly appears and onto the nest, N end.
Charlotte head scrunches down as he comes in. He then
bows his head lower than her head level and she then
stares at his feet/prey. His weight shifts from one
foot to the other, several times. She continues to
look fixedly.
7:57 Junior walks across nest to S side. Charlotte
moves to his previous N spot but tail to observers.
7:58 Junior up and soars over Little Hill, looks down.
8:08 Charlotte stands in center of nest looking into
concave, then preens tail.
8:12 Exit
Submitted-Donna Browne.