Famed Fifth Avenue Red Tail Hawks Return to Central Park Digs
- From: "jimoran" <jimoran@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 12 Mar 2006 00:36:35 -0800
New York falls for latest love nest
Paul Harris in New York
Sunday March 12, 2006
Observer
New York's best known love birds, the famous Fifth Avenue Hawks, have
returned to the city after winter and come back to their plush address
overlooking Central Park. The pair of hawks, known as Pale Male and
Lola, are one of the city's top tourist attractions. Their arrival back
in town - and news that they had laid a clutch of eggs - has sparked a
tabloid frenzy of the kind usually associated with Britney Spears and
her on-off pregnancy rumours.
'Nest & Nookie' blared the New York Post alongside a picture of the
nesting birds. Not to be outdone the rival Daily News announced the
birds' return with the cringe-worthy: 'Great egg-spectations'.
The pair of predatory birds have been a feature of New York life for
more than a decade. They have inspired a documentary, a book and
countless reams of newsprint. Bird-watchers flock to Central Park to
watch them hunt amid the concrete skyscrapers of Manhattan, bringing a
touch of genuine wildlife right into the heart of one of the most urban
landscapes in the world.
The red-tailed hawks hit the headlines last year when the residents of
the plush apartment building where they usually live pulled down their
nest amid complaints that it was dirty and dangerous. That triggered a
firestorm of bad publicity that eventually saw protests mounted outside
the building. The residents were eventually forced to back down.
But it seems Pale Male and his mate have not entirely forgiven the
inhabitants of 927 Fifth Avenue for trying to evict them. Though they
have rebuilt their nest on the same building the pair have been
spending a lot of time at a new location just across town.
Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006
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