Morningside Hawks

Red-tail fledgling One revealed himself Monday evening by screeching for food and/or attention. I found him perched atop a lamp post on the middle walkway through the close on the south side of the cathedral.

But a few moments later, he (and I do mean "he" — the bird looks a bit smallish and so likely male) flew over to the pulpit in the center of the lawn.

Where he stayed for quite a while, staring intently here and there, although mostly at things on the ground.

If he hasn't made his first hunting attack yet, he's working himself up to it.

Last view from over by the Peace Fountain.

Although mama Maddy was perched in plain sight, it took obsessive chirping from a single robin to reveal the location of red-tailed hawk fledgling One at St. John's on Monday evening. The young bird had been lurking about the rooftop of the old orphanage building, but moved to a perch on the corner of the roof where it could be seen from the driveway below.

But both fledgling and mama seemed to be done with the day. Both remained on their respective perches as long as I continued to watch.

Sorry, but no recent news on the status of fledgling Two.

Red-tail fledgling One at St. John's was easy to find on Wednesday, perched atop a gable of the Cathedral School, in the same general area where he has spent much of the past week.

Moments later he switched over to the other side of the school, perching atop a chimney.

There he kept watching the sky and screeching occasionally, so I wondered if he was hungry and possibly catching sight of a parent.

But after several minutes, he parachuted down into the trees alongside Morningside Drive.

If he was investigating a robin's nest or similar, I couldn't see any sign of it.

Robins in the area were, of course, having a mass freak-out, with one or two taking a dive at the fledgling.

After a bit, the fledgling began moving about, shifting up higher, but still looking around.

Moving again, then again.

And finally getting out of the trees and making a nice flight with a hair-pin turn. And returning to the school chimney.