NYC pair of Red-tailed hawks, Buteo jamaicensis. Pale Male (left) and Lola (right).
Photo Courtesy of Lincoln Karim.
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Spring is in the air and, as of 8 March 2006, Pale Male and Lola are incubating eggs on their Fifth Avenue Penthouse overlooking Central Park! The eggs should hatch approximately 28 days from now.
Here is a NYTimes story about our celebrity birds.
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I wonder how their kids fare in the wider world?
A (way too short!) study of the fate of Florida's urban eagle fledglings showed their post-fledging survival was lower than that of their country cousins. A small sample over a too-short time; I'd hope for a longer-term and larger study.
I think that nest is bigger than my house. ;-)
Niobe i have asked several people this very question but no one knows the answer because no one bands the chicks. weird, huh? but the few of their offspring that do stick around the area have not done well, at least, not according to those who keep track of them.
Eli oh, so your "house" is a manhattan studio apartment?
You were the first to introduce me to this couple, before the press even started in. I will always things of you when I read about them. I am glad they are still enjoying sex!
These has been a similar event in Ann Arbor.
oh, those peregrines are great, joseph!
there is a wild pair of peregrines nesting in downtown seattle on the washington mutual bank building. they have a monitor on the birds that runs 24/7.
am i the only one who feels as though us mere mortals have been somehow blessed when raptors nest on our buildings?
Pale Male and Lola are great. We have a pair of peregrine falcons on our flour mill annualy. See them at - horizon milling - We are the birthplace of water skiing. Lake City, Mn. 35 miles north of Rochester.