I would not be suprised to learn that red tails are the most common raptor in North America.
Posted on 12/16/2004 6:29:59 AM PST by presidio9
Mary Tyler Moore has been pecking at her co-op board and neighbors for evicting the renowned hawks from her posh Fifth Avenue building — but yesterday they crowed back, accusing her of orchestrating the pro-bird campaign as a personal vendetta. "She has a big ax to grind," said a board source. "A lot of her activism is bent on vengeance after the co-op board turned down a potential buyer for her apartment."
Moore was the most vociferous of the residents of 927 Fifth Ave. to oppose the board's decision to take down Pale Male and Lola's nest, even joining the protesters in their spirited picket line.
The sitcom pioneer has two apartments that have been on the market since the summer; one on the eighth floor for $18.5 million, and a first-floor studio apartment — used primarily as an office by her husband, Dr. Robert Levine — for $2 million.
Moore was thrilled when she found a buyer willing to pay roughly more than $2 million over the asking price for the eighth-floor residence.
But the potential purchaser, a Russian citizen, was perceived by the board to be a person of questionable reputation.
"She tried to push someone on the co-op board that no co-op board in the city would've accepted," said another building insider. "He traveled with bodyguards. He was just what you don't want in a family building."
The 12-story prewar building is populated mostly by families with children. During a co-op board meeting about six weeks ago, the applicant for Moore's apartment was turned down in a quick and decisive vote.
"Mary went ballistic," said the board source. "It was a messy turndown."
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Well there's her problem!
I would not be suprised to learn that red tails are the most common raptor in North America.
Something tells me none of these nutjobs attended a candle light vigil held for the children of Belsan in Central Park last month.
Your dad is my kinda guy ~ Bump!
What's up with candle light vigils and these libs? Kid dies horribly, candle light vigil. Vote don't go your way, candle light vigil. Bird can't sh!t on you, candle light vigil. They ought to do some thing real.
Very interesting about the squirrels.
That's my take: NIMBY rich liberals. . . who scream the loudest about global warming, etcetera.
No one, to my knowledge, has claimed that red-tails are endangered. Huh? This is about a specific, unique situation in Manhattan.
You're an Audobon Society member but call the Central Park fans of Pale Male "obsessed wackos". . .? When what they are doing is classic birding.
It appears you have a particular dislike of red-tails.
I live in a large urban area on the Left Coast and I always welcome a sighting of red tails as a messenger of wildness. In the case of Pale Male, he brought a different pace and focus to those who chose to notice him and his 200 lb. nest. There's a touch of romance in the urban legend.
Anyway, his 5th Avenue habitat is being restored.
~birdie ping~
That is fascinating. I have a squirrel family and I can set my clock by when they are out amazing.
I like the hawk also, but that picture is ridiculous. I am sure that Pale Male will do just fine elsewhere. After all hawks have lived for centuries without a Fifth Avenue Address. As far as animal stories go I am far more concerned with people who are starving, mutilating and beating their dogs and cats to death than this.
Did you see the picture I posted of these nutjobs holding a candlelight vigil? Did you know that one of them was arrested for physically threatening Zahn's 14 year-old son? These are not normal people, and this is not birding. It is artificially controlled. Redtails are not natural clif-dwellers like peregrines. The Audobon society runs birding events in Central Park all the time and north of the city. Hundreds of people see redtails and more exoctic species in their natural enviornment there. What you have in this situation is a bunch of lazy liberals who were taken in by a documentary, but are too lazy to to actually go where they can see the birds in thier natural enviornment. Even though retails are as easy to find as sparrows once you get 45 minutes north of the city. Love nature? Unless you have a gem like Central Park, you need to LEAVE THE CITY to find it. Plus there's a lot of good old fashioned class jealousy thrown in for good measure.
It appears you have a particular dislike of red-tails.
Really? Did you take the time to read my inquiries of their prey and hunting behavior? Didn't think so.
should have been: "As the sun gets lower, the shadow moves farther and farther away, and the squirrils know it's time to call it a day."
But I think you both got it.
Yes, thanks
Nevertheless, red-tailed hawks are far from being endangered.
"He traveled with bodyguards. He was just what you don't want in a family building."
I say we should pass a bill in Congress to reintroduce all the species that once populated Manhattan, before the humans arrived and paved it.
What's the problem?
Actually I don't understand why they removed the birds since there has been a nest there for 10 years. Why now?
The documentary "Pale Male" was released in 2002, and amateur naturist have been camped out across the street with binoculars ever since.
I read every entry in the thread. I really don't know why you're peeved about the Pale Male situation, or why you're taking the time to write about it. I guess we're on different wavelengths. Maybe we can understand each other on another topic some other time. Have a great day! And, enjoy birding.
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