Pale Male

[Donna]

http://www.palemale.com/

Great shots here

[valhalla]

Very Cool!

[Paul Hamilton]

You can do some decent home improvement work with just your feet.  No beaking required. Let Riverside Dad show you how:

http://www.palemale.com/march22010.html

Paul

[Carol P.]

Ty Hawkington in action.   

Amazing pictures!  I just love Pale Male.   

Thanks for posting this link Paul.

[valhalla]

I love the faces, but I must confess my ignorance...
I thought that the BYF were the primary contruction tools.  Learn something new every day 

[Annette]

Very nice pictures of the Hawks.

[MAK]

    Absolutely gorgeous shots!     

[Donna]

   Absolutely gorgeous shots!     

As always, a morning dose of fulfillment. 

[Dumpsterkitty]

The Legend of Pale Male will be opening in NYC November 24 and San Francisco December 10

[Donna]

The Legend of Pale Male will be opening in NYC November 24 and San Francisco December 10

Wow, just from the trailer, it looks like a winner! Hope it comes here too!

[Donna]

http://www.examiner.com/culture-events-in-national/red-tailed-hawk-conquers-manhattan-legend-of-pale-male-documentary-review



The Legend of Pale Male tells the true story of how a bird became a celebrity in New York, New York.

While Frank Sinatra sang, “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,� Manhattan’s most famous red-tailed hawk appears to have no intentions of ending his 5th Avenue run any time soon.

Our story begins in Central Park in 1993, where Frederick Lilien found himself searching for a life path that would lead as far away from a career at his family’s Belgiun law firm as possible.

He meets up with photographer, bird watcher, butterfly expert and unofficial guardian of Cental Park, Francis Kennedy, who befriends Lilien. (Continued)

[Dumpsterkitty]

Does no one do due diligence anymore?  (Not you, Donna.  You're just reporting the report)
The caption on the photo...

Pale Male & Lola at their nest on 927 Fifth Ave.
Photo: Birdjail Producitons

That photo is actually the 2 eyases of Pale Male Jr. & Charlotte on the Trump Tower nest.  Taken by Bruce Yolton, if my memory serves me correctly.  I don't recall the year. 

AAARRGGH!

Ei

[dbishop]

I've been following this RT for years.

http://www.palemale.com/

The woman who runs this site post new pictures almost every day.

I remember the old PBS special was one of my introductions to the birding world.

[Dumpsterkitty]

I've been following this RT for years.

http://www.palemale.com/

The woman who runs this site post new pictures almost every day.

I remember the old PBS special was one of my introductions to the birding world.

I've been following them for years too.  I think many of us were first introduced to raptors through Pale Male & Lola. 

Ei

[Donna]

Lola and Pale Male, Manhattan's most famous red tailed hawks, have been living on a window at 927 Fifth Avenue since 2002. But recently Lola has vanished, and worried birders believe she has met the end of the natural cycle of life. Or she got poisoned. Lola was last seen on December 18th, and hawk expert John Blakeman told the Post, "It's pretty clear that Lola has met her demise, probably from a poisoned prey animal [such as a rat or pigeon] or by injury." However, Pale Male seems to have a new lady in his life.

It's not as if things were happy in the Fifth Avenue nest; Lola and Pale Male had not had a successful nest since 2004. Pale Male has also been on the city's hawk scene since the 90s and has had many partners. "It's astonishing how long he's been around," said naturalist Bradley Klein. Still, some birders aren't giving up on Lola.

Lincoln Karim wrote on Palemale.com, "I feel if I give up looking for her that I would have failed her, and yet I feel if I probe too much I may be dishonoring all the beauty she brought throughout the many years she spent with us. But I shall never stop looking and I will continue to hope that one day one of those bends in the branches or one of those clusters of leaves will turn out to be the return of my beautiful friend Lola." In the meantime, here's a video of Pale Male's cute new mate, thought to be a cradle-robbing four years old and hanging out at one of Lola's favorite spots on 79th Street and 5th Avenue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwdB2t1vlg4&feature=player_embedded New love interest

Poor Lola!