NYT: Hawks Inspect (Fifth Avenue) Renovation

[DeepModem Mom]

Hawks Inspect Renovation
By JENNIFER 8. LEE

Published: December 29, 2004


Three weeks after they were evicted from their home of 11 years on Fifth Avenue, two famed red-tailed hawks returned to their old perch above Central Park yesterday to survey the elegant stainless steel structure that was installed so that they might rebuild their nest.

The hawks, Pale Male and Lola, who attracted worldwide attention during their tussle with the co-op board at 927 Fifth Avenue, both landed at least twice on the arched 12th-floor cornice - much to the delight of fervent bird-watchers....

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About 45 minutes later, Pale Male and Lola arrived and stayed between 5 and 10 minutes, said Frederic Lilien, a Belgian cinematographer who flew in after hearing about the controversy and now goes to Central Park daily to observe Pale Male and Lola....

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The birds left but returned hours later: first Lola by herself. Then Pale Male by himself. ...

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It remains to be seen if the hawks will rebuild their nest - which had stretched to eight feet wide. They have several weeks to rebuild before Lola is ready to lay her eggs, typically at the beginning of March....


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/nyregion/29hawk.html

[Cocoa]

1. take that, Paula Zahn!

I thought this story was going to be about Perle and Wolfowitz, etc., but it's about a different villain, and this time the villain lost!

The public battle over the hawks began when Richard Cohen, the chairman of the co-op board and the husband of Paula Zahn, decided to remove the nest, citing safety and privacy concerns. The eviction ignited a worldwide furor, including protests from two of the building's most prominent residents: Mary Tyler Moore and Bruce Wasserstein, the Wall Street magnate. Daily demonstrations spurred the co-op board to negotiate with environmental advocates, landmark preservationists and government officials, leading to the decision to install a cradle.

[xultar]

2. I can't stand her effin ass n/t

[indigobusiness]

3. I told you so. Man, I dislike that phrase. This is good news...!!!

When everybody was freaking-out, I tried to be reassuring that the hawks would be back, and rebuild. Nazis sometimes get their comeuppance. I felt sure they would this time. That is the good that came from this: Paula Zahn has been clearly exposed for the elitist creep she is.

You go, Pale Male, etal.

[xchrom]

4. pale male is the man! er bird --

whatever -- pale male you rock!

and paula zahn -- you and your husband suck ass!

[donheld]

5. I love this picture

[okasha]

6. Beauty and courage.

Put Pale Male and Lola on the cover of TIME. Better the Birds of the Year than the Birdbrain.

Okasha

[TahitiNut]

7. Gives a whole new meaning to "Flipping The Bird"

Or is it Flip-Flopping the Bird? :silly:

[Pithy Cherub]

8. The regal hawks made Cohen/Zahn global villainous vermin!

Fly high & free, Pale Male & Lola! :yourock: