December 24, 2004
Pale Male and Lola Get Fancy Nest
Bird lovers, rejoice! Pale Male and Lola now have a new place to call home. Workers installed a fancy new home for the most famous hawks since...ever. Their new home is a stainless steel basket (better for all the blood of their food and subsequent poop) that weighs 300 pounds. Despite the new home, bird experts are unsure if Pale Male and his mate Lola will return to their perch above 5th Avenue. Pale Male was spotted in the area even as workers installed the basket.
The design by Dan Ionescu/Architects in conjunction with the Audubon Society is 8' x 3' with a curve that conforms to the cornice it is attached to. With pigeon spikes on the structure, Pale Male and Lola will be able to build a nest again and additional structure will prevent the carcasses of their prey from falling to the ground below.
While Gothamist hopes this will be the last we hear of the Pale Male saga, we're sure there will be at least one more piece of news in the future. Either a "Pale Male Returns Home" or "Pale Male Moves to New Digs" piece. Sigh, all we want for Christmas is for this story to be over.
Gothamist on Pale Male and his nest.
Nest image by Dan Ionescu/Architects
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You know, if you want this story to be over, you could consider not posting daily updates on it.
Word to the wise, the collective "Gothamist" "we":
"Despite the new home, bird experts are unsure if Pale Male and his mate Lola will return to their perch above 5th Avenue."
Hey! Pale Male and Lola don't even care anymore! So please, stop posting this junk around.
Please do post if/when this nest is installed and "bird experts" forcibly remove Pale Male and Lola from wherever their new home is to this "better" home.
This stuff has gone too far on all levels. Please stop it and learn to move on. Like the birds themselves.