Two New Yorkers whose sex lives have been an open book are red-tailed hawks Pale Male and Lola, whose fight for their Fifth Avenue digs was closely watched by New Yorkers. The latest bit in their saga: Some nest renovation work to make sure they can successfully procreate! Since moving into their fancy nest at 927 Fifth Avenue in the spring of 2005, the pair have failed to hatch a chick. The NYC Audubon Society......

Gothamist reader luzer took some arresting, very "Wild Kingdom"-like photographs of a hawk snacking on a squirrel in Central Park, near the American Museum of Natural History. luzer posted photographs on Flickr and writes that some of the humans who gathered to watch the spectacle "guessed it was Pale Male. I am not convinced (we saw another one later in the park)." While New York is very urban, there are still many places where......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a dead body in the water off of Houston St. on the west side of Manhattan, a shooting at Lincoln and Classon in Brooklyn, and a water rescue off Coney Island's Surf Ave. in Brooklyn. A young woman from upstate was crowned Miss New York last night. "An exhausted"-looking Miss NJ looked on, after two weeks of scandal and intrigue. Famed Central Park red tailed hawk Pale Male is......

The saga of red-tailed hawk Pale Male on Fifth Avenue continue! Lincoln Karim, one of Pale Male's most passionate advocates, witnessed a construction worker on the roof of 1040 Fifth Avenue spitting and throwing rocks at Pale Male. Karim detailed the incident on his website, PaleMale.com, and wrote:A most despicable display of human behavior on 1040 Fifth Avenue (the Jackie O Building). At 2:48:50PM I saw two men appear at the top of the......

Reader Spencer sent us these photographs of a red-tailed hawk who frequents a terrace outside his Brooklyn apartment. And if we could fly, we would too, because that's some sweet view. These photographs are particularly well-timed, as the NY Times' FYI column explained that there are many hawks all around the city, though Manhattanites Pale Male and Lola are the most famous. Some good hawk-related websites: PaleMale.com, Marie Winn's Central Park Nature News, and......

From shelter pets to sheep updates, there are many animals in the news: 1010 WINS listeners helped donate a year's worth of Viagra pills to help a dog. Ingrid, a mixed-breed who lives at Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center in Huntington, has a severe and advanced case of heartworm; the Viagra helps dilate her blood vessels so more blood can flow to her heart. And even though she has about a year's supply, she'll still......

Was this baby lamb a little too eager for the city's Farm Aid concert? Because she was found wandering around the Bronx yesterday morning. Julio Rivera, who saw her near his car, chased her in order to get a hold of her, but then the lamb chased him back! Newsday reported, "The spectacle lasted half an hour until Rivera got the upper hand and corraled Lucky Lady in a parking lot. Responding police officers......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: Reptiles on 39th Avenue and 111th Street in Queens, a person shot at Boyland and Sumpter in Brooklyn and police are searching the water near Battery Park City because a woman threw a baby carriage into the Hudson; it's unclear if a baby was in it, but dietrich on Flickr has pictures of the search Apparently police are investigating whether the children - including a 22-year-old Parsons grad -......

A new showdown between bird lovers and building owners may be brewing. Apparently the Shelburne Hotel in Murray Hill is taking down some vines that are supposedly eroding the building. But the Post reports that neighbors are concerned because American songbirds nest in the vine. Alberto Acosta said that when workers started to take down the vine (see this picture at the Post), "The birds were in a panic. They were screeching. My children started......

There are many things that can be attributed to ruining a marriage. Infidelity. Mistrust. Abuse. But word that news anchor Paula Zahn and husband Richard Cohen are headed toward divorce has an added twist: An insider told Page Six, "Things really started going downhill for Paula and Richard during the Pale Male and Lola incident." Pale Male and Lola? You mean the lovable redtail hawks that Cohen and Zahn's co-op evicted from a perch, causing......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a double shooting in East New York, an escaped psych patient in Queens, and hazmat condition on 39th and 6th in Manhattan. Rosie vs. Trump has entered into its most troubling phase yet: free verse! Our favorite Brooklyn pastime: stalking Steve Buscemi on the F-Train. Did you know that New York State sets "recommended milk prices"? If a store wants to sell milk for more than that, they've got......

Screw Paula Zahn. The city's most famous bird couple, red-tailed hawks, Pale Male and Lola whose living arrangements were a hotnest of controversy a year and a half ago, are now nesting at the swank Beresford at 211 Central Park West. Right in front of Helen Gurley Brown's apartment, and though the legendary Cosmopolitan editor loves the birds, her husband, producer David Brown, is not a fan. It turns out that Lincoln Karim, who photographs......

Besides that 70°+ weather yesterday, would you like some further proof that we're at least moving towards spring? Well, would you? How's about this then? This week, New York's most famous birds, Pale Male and Lola, have begun making house again at their Fifth Avenue penthouse perch! After spending the winter months hanging around the trees in Central Park, nibbling on pigeons and squirrels, the couple has returned to higher ground to lay, hatch......

The not-so-private life of everyone's favorite avian poster children for friendly coops, red-tailed hawks Pale Male and Lola, after they - okay, their human advocates helped them - moved back to their 927 Fifth Avenue digs is revealed. And it's been a barren nest. The NY Times gets nosy about the birds' year without a chick. It seems that even with a super fancy nest, baby bird making isn't a sure thing: Lola's eggs went......

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Just when we thought we were over our Pale Male fatigue, a new red-tailed hawk-related story comes out. Luckily, this one is about a lawsuit! Lincoln Karim, the Pale Male advocate who runs PaleMale.com, as close to an official Pale Male website as one will get, is suing 927 Fifth Avenue co-op owners Paula Zahn and her husband Richard Cohen for "maliciously, purposefully and intentionally" caused him to be "falsely arrested and falsely imprisoned", according......

A four month old red-tailed hawk was found with a shattered wing at the Cypress Hills National Cemetery. The hawk was shot by a BB gun and what kills us was that she was "lying next to a tombstone" (sure, she would have to be near a tombstone at a cemetery, but it's just sad) and she was named "Ruby" because the tombstone was for "Rubin." Animal Care and Control doubts she'll be able to......

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......

After a whole lotta drama, New York City's most famous couple, red-tailed hawks Pale Male and Lola, will get their Fifth Avenue digs back - and they'll be better than ever. For starters, an actual human architect, Dan Ionescu (assisted by Beyer Blinder Belle) has designed a 8 foot by 3 foot stainless steel basket that will attach to 927 Fifth Avenue. Of course, the Audobon was also consulting on the project to make sure......

There are many stories that inspire and then tire us (Pale Male, we love you, but we're looking at you; the murder trial of Daniel Pelosi; Guy Velella), so it's tough to chose ones with staying power. Right now, Gothamist is loving the unfolding mysteries wrapped within riddles, hidden in enigmas in Bernard Kerik's life. It puts the pulled-from-the-bootstraps mythology of his rise next to the realities of patronage and what-Rudy-wants. Gothamist finds it amusing......

The co-op board of 927 Fifth Avenue and the Audobon Society have agreed on an arrangement that would allow NYC's new favorite family, Pale Male and his red-tailed hawk brood, to return to the posh Fifth Avenue building's perch. After many days of protest and media coverage, 927 Fifth agreed to the construction of a protectivestructure that would prevent debris from the nest from falling. The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission must approve the design, but......

Eager to be rid of the zealous media attention, 927 Fifth Avenue co-op board is nearing an agreement to allow protected red-tail hawks Pale Male, Lola, and others roost at their building, if the Audubon Society designs a structure for them. However, the building's architect must agree to the design, and some hawk supporters are calling this a stall tactic to wait for the hawks to give up and find somewhere else to live. Many......

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......

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The debate about whether or not a Fifth Avenue co-op should have removed the nest of red-tailed hawks, which are protected species, rages on. Co-op board members, including Paula Zahn and her husband Richard Cohen whose the president (list of co-op board members from Curbed), were faced with protesters across from the apartment building, some holding signs saying "Ebenezer Zahn." Many tenants refuse to comment about the situation that has booted out beloved hawk Pale......

The decision by 927 Fifth Avenue to remove the nest of red-tailed hawks Pale Male, Lola, and others has suddenly turned into a war between cold-hearted, wealthy co-op owners and free-spirited, generous nature lovers. A vigil/protest rally was held across the street from 927 Fifth yesterday; of course, it was organized by the Audobon Society, so it wasn't all hellfire and damnation. According to reader Jo, co-op president Paula Zahn refused to comment about the......

Yesterday, a construction company removed the 11 year-old nest of red-tailed hawks from a Fifth Avenue apartment building, upsetting both residents, bird lovers, and city officials. Mary Tyler Moore, a resident at 924 Fifth Avenue (at East 74th Street) where hawks had roosted, told the NY Times, "These birds just kept coming back to the edge of the building, and people kept coming back to see them. This was something we like to talk about:......