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There was hope this weekend that fancy co-op 927 Fifth Avenue and advocates of red-tailed hawks Pale Male, Lola, and their kin could come to a resolution. The apartment building had unceremoniously dumped Pale Male's 11 year old nest last week, stirring up that time old match-up: Man vs. nature. Richard Cohen, president of 927 Fifth's co-op board (and husband of Paula Zahn), spoke to the NY Times over the weekend, saying the eviction was "a last resort" because the situation (with the carcasses and the bincolar wielding bird watchers, we guess) had become "problematic." "It takes a week to 10 days to rebuild a nest. Trees fall in nature. They lose nests. They are resilient animals." Cohen, you saying stuff like this is why your 7 year-old son is being harassed with people yelling at him "Bring back the nest!"; Gothamist isn't saying it's right for protesters to bother a helpless little kid whose dad might be a dip, but when you destroy the home of protected animals... Gothamist imagines that 927 Fifth and advocates from the Parks Department and Audobon Society will continue to discuss various ways everyone can be happy.
Frederic Lilien, who made the first documentary about Pale Male and Lola, Pale Male the movie, was on the scene yesterday to shoot its sequel. And WhatISee took some photographs at the protest, including the one above (he says the costumed protesters are Red Tails in Love author Marie Winn and "Rebecca"). There are more photos of the protest and Pale Male at Ingrid Spangler's site. And see the latest at PaleMale.com.
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i wonder what "death threats" the guy is talking about. I read another story on this over the weekend where someone, maybe Cohen, I can't recall, said that he had received a "death threat" which consisted of a message that said "We will do to you what you did to the hawks" now, that does sound like a threat--a threat to destroy the anti-hawkite's home-- and such a threat is not ok, but it's not a death threat. I think this guy is full of crap about his kid getting death threats. People shouldn't harrass this kid--and should refrain any real heated yelling at Cohen or Zahn if their kid is with them (ie, it;s ok to yell out "hey, cohen bring the nest back!" but not "hey, you bastard, you are an elitist, selfish piece of crap" unless the guy is NOT with his kid.) Threats are never ok with or without the kid present, but again, I really doubt he's received an actual death threat-at least not from a bird-lover---birders are not violent and not stupid.
Newsday quotes John Flicker as saying the spikes are going to return. I haven't gotten confirmation on that--Audubon says EJ will make an announcement at the 4:30 vigil today. Hope the Newsday story is accurate.
I'll post more details as I get them.
-Jo
p.s.- I don't believe the "death threats" for a minute. Unless you take literally the guy at Sunday's rally who quipped "Eat the rich." Shmulewitz (who equated "they should do to you what you did to those hawks" with a "death threat" even though the hawks were evicted, not murdered) is a pussy who thinks the sky is falling, and whoever thought Lincoln's crossing the street and shouting in the doorman's face amounted to a "death threat" is either deliberately distorting the truth or is perhaps a bit too wigged out by angry dark-skinned men. Clearly Lincoln shouldn't have crossed the street chanting "Bring back the nest" while a child was around, and apologies were immediately made, but he did not threaten to harm anyone (I was there). Lincoln loves children, and no one has brought more delight to children in Central Park than he.
More great photos taken by Anthony Congiano at the Sunday protest.
Ooh, I do love that "Honk 4 Hawk" picture on Anthony's site. Thanks, Jo.
I made this print in protest of Pale Male and Lola's eviction. It's titled "St. Francis Weeps for Pale Male".
http://edonart.jrmhost.com/images/st-francis-crys-for-pale-ma.gif
Please feel free to use it during the reports of Pale Male.
best wishes marie
The other costumed hawk in the WhatISee photos is Rebekah Chreshkoff. She's been tirelessly dancing for days with a twelve-pound bird-head on her shoulders. I think we need to chip in and get her a gift certificate for a nice massage when this is all done.
Newsday was slightly misquoting John and they've since amended their story. Bloomberg has a post-meeting update, and I will keep updating the blog with what I hear and see, for what it's worth.
Jo
very cute chickens :) i would like take photo with them :)
Good article! I even mailed it to my mom. She said that these chickens are very cute :)