Brooding at the red-tailed hawk nest in Riverside Park at 102nd St. has been in progress for four or five days now, as I saw the parents switch off egg-tending duty back on Wednesday. When visiting the area now, you're likely to see the female's tail feathers just poking up above the edge of the nest, and the male off doing his thing in the general area. But there are times like Saturday afternoon when the female will take a short break off the nest without the male showing up to fill in.
Sunday afternoon about 3:00 looked like it was going to be a boring one. The female's tail was just visible. But oh, hey someone is soaring way high above the area.
That's not the male. That's a bald eagle on its way toward Central Park.
The male, it turned out, was close by. He was perched way high on the scaffolding at the top of The Master apartment building, which just a few visits to the area has suggested is a preferred hangout.
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