Posted on 07/14/2007 5:18:58 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
July 14, 2007 -- The Upper East Side's beloved hawk, Pale Male, was the target of a cruel attack yesterday when a construction worker pummeled him with rocks - and now bird lovers are fearing for Pale Male's life.
The famous fowl was struck and likely wounded with at least one thrown object in an incident that one steamed cop called "a crime against nature."
Witnesses said the bird was perched on a piece of masonry on an upper floor of 1040 Fifth Avenue at E. 85th St. at 3 p.m. when the worker, standing on the roof above, started chucking rocks at him.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Just a thought...is it really that smart to be trying to plink a hawk? I mean, I’ve gotten dive-bombed by smaller birds trying to protect their nests, and that’s bad enough. If that thing goes after him, it’s gonna leave a mark.
I saw the most wonderful huge marsh hawk/harrier today. It was sitting on a bridge and as we went past, it flew. Wonderful.
Moron!
Legal?
Withdraw in defeat from the war against fanatical Islamists? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
Throw open the border to millions of invaders? SURE, WHY NOT.
Throw rocks at some stupid bird? WHY, THAT'S INTOLRABLE! WE'RE INCENSED! SPARE NO EXPENSE! EXECUTE THE PERPETRATOR!
I drop bricks on raccoons who fuss with my garbage cans. Is that bad? They tend not to return. On ground level, I knocked one cold by throwing a baseball that hit him in the head. Man, was he staggering after he woke up.
There seems to be some confusion between ‘drop’ and ‘throw’ in this article. Or did they do both?
Have you seen this bird? This is no stupid bird. He single-handedly destroyed the environmentalist wackos notion that man-made structures brings trauma to natures beasts and are unable to survive in that kind of traumatic environment, and therefore must be protected by providing them with untouched-by-human-hands environment in order for them to survive. Then comes Pale Male to Manhattan Island and .........pufffff.........the myth is destroyed....forever!! ........
Get a rope
How smart can he be if he chose to live in NYC?
Mind you, this is a bird of prey. He fits in NYC quite nicely.
Sure, but homosexual sodomy and abortion aren't crimes against nature, they are constitutional rights. So let's focus instead on those filthy criminals who toss a rock at a bird, because that's a real crime against nature. You listening, Frank Purdue, the charges against you for committing fowl genocide are being written up; better leave town.
The man and his buddy look like illegal aliens. He looks like the type that gets a thrill out of harming pets.
Great appartment view.
According to the NY Post article, a federal protected bird.
Neat! This is the first I’ve heard of this little guy.
Where is instant karma when it’s needed? It would just be a real shame if the portion of NYC’s population that enjoy this bird were to catch up with the rock tossing idiot(s) and return the favor.
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