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Pale Male (1990 – May 16, 2023), or Palemale, was a red-tailed hawk that resided in and near New York City's Central Park from the 1990s until 2023. Birdwatcher and author Marie Winn gave him his name because of the unusually light coloring of his head.
A 2003 New York Times article focused on appreciating the birds in art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an idea he got when taking a break from birding in Central Park, where the museum is situated. [116] Jonathan Franzen (b. 1959), novelist and essayist who was one of the main characters in the documentary, Birders: The Central Park Effect ...
The eastern bluebird is New York's state bird The following list of birds of New York included the 503 species and a species pair of wild birds documented in New York as of August 2022. Unless noted otherwise, the source is the Checklist of New York State Birds published by the New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) of the New York State Ornithological Association. These species ...
The Central Park mandarin duck, also known as Mandarin Patinkin or the Hot Duck, is a male mandarin duck seen at the Pond in New York City's Central Park starting in late 2018. His colorful appearance, which contrasted with native waterfowl, combined with his presence far outside of the species' native range of East Asia , led to media ...
Barry, a barred owl which took up residence in Central Park until she was killed in 2021 The Central Park mandarin duck, also known as Mandarin Patinkin or Hot Duck Taxidermied Cher Ami, a war pigeon, in the Smithsonian Institution Jimmy, a raven, appearing in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life Martha, the last known living passenger pigeon, 1912 photo (Martha died in 1914) Old Abe, mascot of ...
In 1890, Schieffelin released 60 imported starlings from England into New York City's Central Park. [10] [11] He did the same with another 40 birds in 1891. According to an oft-repeated story, Schieffelin supposedly introduced starlings as part of a project to bring to the United States all the birds mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.
A Wilson's warbler bird in Alaska. The American Ornithological Society said it is trying to address years of controversy over a list of bird names that include human names deemed offensive.
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States.. It is the sixth-largest park in the city, containing 843 acres (341 ha), and the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually as of 2016