Thursday at 5:45 found the two cathedral red-tail nestlings again standing side-by-side, but this time on the south side of the nest.
They stayed in their respective spots, seemingly joined at the hip, for the next 15 minutes. The only variation was what direction they were looking.
Look forward.
Look up.
Look down.
But at 6:00 they sat back in the rear of the nest. So once again, while they rested, time to check on the Morningside Park pond. One of the goslings actually sat still for whole 5 seconds when I took pix.
It looks like the goslings' feet grew first.
Back up to Morningside Drive to check on the red-tails. Still no sign of a parent, and it looks like just one nestling is fussing around on the south of the nest.
At 6:30 the nestling was standing up. Hmmm, eying the scaffolding again? It stretched its wings.
Stretched some more.
Step forward a bit.
Yow! Too close to the edge of the nest!
And step back in.
Three minutes later it repeated the sequence, but this ended up backing up onto the top of the cross held by the statue of St. Andrew.
Look closer. The second nestling can be seen underneath the first's right wing. Taking notes?
Keep on stretching.
And then sit back and think about it.
ANd then get back in the nest.
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