Tag: red-tailed hawk

"Pale Male, the Famous Central Park Hawk, Is Dead at 32. Maybe," read the headline of The New York Times obituary last Wednesday.

"Hope is the thing with feathers," wrote Emily Dickinson. It

By Dennis Paoli My wife and I woke up on a bright winter morning in 2013, and there he was: a hawk, perched on the top rail of the fire escape outside our west-looking window.

Upper West Siders are surrounded by nature, but really most of the nearby natural world is tightly controlled, sectioned off, paved and fenced in (aside from some nasty exceptions like sewer mosquitoes and rats). Yet sometimes the animal kingdom announces its presence in a big way. And while we tend ...

August 22, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 81 Degrees. Notices: This week, get ready for an outdoor film series in Central Park dedicated to films about music, a free screening of the Motorcycle Diaries, and the two year anniversary of Whole Foods in Columbus Square, along with tons of other ...

July 5, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 91 Degrees. Notices: I took some so-so fireworks photos from Riverside Park last night (below), which couldn't hold a candle to the sunset beforehand (above). Did anyone get any good shots of the exploding half-spheres toward the end? Check out our list of ...