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The day ended well for midtown Manhattan's visiting Wild Turkey. It wandered, looked around, and eventually flew up into a large tree (as turkeys do) near Park Avenue and 49th Street, where it can safely spend the night. 🦃
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1) Leash laws in the Central Park Ramble are essential for protecting birds and other wildlife. Yet they are too often flouted by habitual offenders. 2) We know the birder who filmed this for his politeness and civility, and are relieved that he was unharmed.
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We are heartbroken to report that Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl has died tonight "after an apparent collision with a building on West 89th Street in Manhattan."
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Great Blue Herons eat plenty of fish, but they won't pass up a meaty and filling New York City rat—this morning at the Central Park Pond.
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We are saddened to learn that our beloved BARRED OWL died last night in an accidental collision with a
@CentralParkNYC
maintenance vehicle. We will miss her wondrous and beautiful presence in the park.
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The SNOWY OWL on a west ballfield of the Central Park North Meadow, perhaps the first-ever documented record of this species in the park, with its new buddy, an American Crow.
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The feisty MANDARIN DUCK often chases down and nips at the larger Mallards when they invade his space or otherwise annoy him 📷
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We will remember Flaco at the peak of his powers, on top of the world—an owl who inspired so many as he went from living in a tiny enclosure to owning the Manhattan skyline in less than a year. 🦉 ❤️
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🎉🎉 Tonight at 4:54 pm we saw Flaco fly from a Fifth Avenue building into Central Park somewhere east of the Reservoir to begin hunting. Though he likely was back in the park as early as Monday night, this makes it official: Flaco has come home! 🎉🎉
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl showing his talons and looking mighty on a sunny day in Central Park.
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We are suggesting a temporary memorial for Flaco at his old favorite oak tree on the west side of East Drive at 104th Street, a place to lay flowers, leave a note, or just be with others who loved Flaco. 🦉 ❤️
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Joy in Central Park today as Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl has returned to reclaim his favorite oak tree, standing his ground despite visits from a hawk and some crows. 🦉 ♥️ 🌳
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Listen 🔊 to one of Flaco's hooting sessions in Central Park's North Woods. We always found his hoots reassuring, a way for him to make his presence and vitality known—and in recent months the only way to find him at night. Hoot on, Flaco! 🦉 ❤️
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Central Park's Bow Bridge on this snowy day.
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Imagine the thrill of seeing Flaco show up on your windowsill and look back at you. Thanks to Nan Knighton for sharing this video she took on November 14 at her Fifth Avenue residence across from Central Park. 🦉 ♥��� 👀
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl found this fire escape on West 85th Street to be a comfortable and quiet daytime resting place last week. Thanks to a friend for the photo.🦉 ❤️
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Flaco looking gorgeous and at ease in the warm morning light of February 6 on an Upper West Side fire escape. Thanks to Elizabeth Rodman for sharing her extra footage of Flaco at his best. 🦉 ❤️ 👑
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl seen *tonight* on the Lower East Side!
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On Saturday night Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl hooted from over twenty stories high and for more than two hours, broadcasting to all the news that Manhattan's Upper West Side now is *his* territory. 🦉 ♥️
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To honor the impact Flaco had on New York City, The Bird Safe Buildings Act will be renamed the FLACO ("Feathered Lives Also Count") Act.
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl returned to a favorite West 74th Street courtyard on Wednesday and did plenty of stretching. 🦉 ❤️
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One question we have about Flaco is why, if he remained close to his usual roost on the Upper West Side as reported, was he not hooting for the previous four nights? He generally hooted for hours nearly every night. Perhaps he was ill. The necropsy may provide answers.
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Congratulations to the Reservoir's Wood Duck + Mallard couple who appear to have done the improbable: produced a hybrid offspring, perhaps Central Park's first ever of its kind, an energetic little duckling swimming with them today.
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Our favorite
#Superb_Owl
Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl visited a fire escape on the Upper West Side last week, and Elizabeth Rodman filmed this delightful video and shared it with us. 🦉 ❤️ 👑
#SuperbOwl
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Flaco had a relaxing Saturday afternoon in a spot he has visited often before (as early as March), the Central Park Loch, where he slept peacefully and then woke up to do his stretches and fly off after sunset for a night of hunting. 🦉 ♥️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl has begun a new chapter of his life after having left Central Park, looking out early this evening at new surroundings in Kenkeleba House Garden on East 2nd Street in the East Village. 🦉 ♥️
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Flaco continued to enjoy his sunny life on Fifth Avenue earlier today, just across the street from Central Park, where perhaps he will go hunting later. Thanks to Sarah Bramwell for sharing this photo. 🦉 ♥️
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Central Park's Belvedere Castle in today's snow.
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Happy thirteenth birthday 🎂 to Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl, his first as a free bird! Here he was last evening in the Central Park Loch, and he is back there again today. 🦉❤️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl continues to enjoy life on the Upper West Side, resting on a fire escape in the West 80s today, a well-hidden, private location with no view from the street and no birds to bother him.
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Duck leaders of the Central Park Pond, including the MANDARIN DUCK, convene to discuss issues of concern to the community 📷
@IAMASONFLOWER
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We are relieved and overjoyed that Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl, who had spent his entire roughly 13-year life in captivity, has learned to obtain prey and feed himself after a week in the wild of Central Park.
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Some sad news tonight: Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl was found alive but ill or injured this evening in an Upper West Side courtyard and taken for treatment to the Wild Bird Fund. We hope the best for him and will await news from the WBF.
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Central Park's Belvedere Castle after today's snowfall.
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Flaco's final necropsy results reveal "two significant underlying conditions .... a severe pigeon herpesvirus from eating feral pigeons ... and exposure to four different anticoagulant rodenticides ...."
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Seeing eye-to-eye with Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl as he enjoys a quiet afternoon on an Upper West Side fire escape in late November. 🦉 ❤️ 👀
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl, his ear tufts flapping in the wind, returned to a favorite place on Friday night, scaffolding atop a building on Broadway at West 90th Street, to hoot for hours and assure everyone that he had made it to the first anniversary of his freedom. 🦉 ❤️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl on the ground shortly before grabbing a rat on Saturday night in the Central Park North Woods.
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Flaco enjoys his night job doing rat abatement for the Harlem Meer Restoration project in Central Park. (Long exposure at distance in darkness using only ambient light.)
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Watch Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl stretch his wings, hoot 🔊, and take flight from Central Park's Rumsey Playfield on Wednesday evening. ❤️🦉
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Our last look at Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl on Monday evening. In a show of flying power he lifted almost vertically from his tree and stuck his landing on the roof of the building across East 3rd Street. Then he looked back at us. 🦉 ♥️
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Flaco set on "extra fluffy" prior to a recent flyout in the Central Park North Woods.
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From living in a tiny enclosure to ruling the entire Upper West Side in less than a year. Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl hooted from atop this water tank on Monday night, near Riverside Drive and 90th Street. 🦉 ❤️ 👑
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Welcome back, Flaco! Our favorite Eurasian Eagle-Owl is resting south of Huddlestone Arch over the Loch today, his first known daytime appearance in Central Park in nearly two months. 🦉 ❤️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl enjoyed a restful if somewhat rainy Wednesday on a fire escape in a private courtyard west of Broadway on 74th Street today. 🦉 ❤️
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Central Park's Belvedere Castle and Turtle Pond in the snow today.
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl hoots 🔊, announcing to all in the Central Park North Woods that this is his territory now. 🦉♥️
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Good morning to Central Park's distinguished new visitor, this majestic GREAT HORNED OWL resting high above the Ramble southwest of Tupelo Meadow. The American Crows already are onto it, so listen for the cawing.
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A year ago Flaco was able to fly only three blocks before having to rest on the sidewalk. Tonight Flaco ranged over two miles by 10 pm, hooting from the tops of tall buildings and then quickly moving along, with plenty of night left for hunting and more flying.
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Our favorite "snowy" owl today was the BARRED OWL, who slept through snow heavy enough that you can hear 🔊 it landing—in the Central Park Ramble.
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It's been awhile since we have viewed Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl's flyout routine—preening and stretching. Glad to see that it has not changed, Wednesday on a West 74th Street fire escape. 🦉 ❤️
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By the light of the Moon we watched Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl undergo a swift and astounding transformation, from a captive bird to a wild owl ruling the Central Park night. 🦉 ❤️ 🌙
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl went to the ground shortly after flyout this Saturday evening, giving some amazing views in the Central Park North Woods. In minutes he had a rat and was off to dinner.
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl is in good view and hooting over the northwest corner of Central Park West and 86th Street.
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"Flaco was in good body condition at the time of death, with good muscling and adequate fat stores."
Trauma to the body was noted, but "no evidence of head trauma." It may take "weeks" to finish testing for toxicology and infectious diseases.
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This was Flaco on Tuesday, window-peeping over a Fifth Avenue backyard across from the Central Park Reservoir. Thanks to John Breglio for the photo. 🦉 ♥️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl in his Monday resting place in an East Village sculpture garden. He may find that similar places, gardens enclosed by buildings or fences, offer him peaceful sleep amidst a noisy and chaotic urban environment. 🦉 ♥️
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It was great to see Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl in a new area of Central Park for him, the North Woods, this Monday evening.
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After many appearances recently on fire escapes and windowsills, Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl opted for a good, old-fashioned tree on Thursday. Though crows found him, he mostly enjoyed a quiet day in a courtyard off West 82nd Street. 🦉 ❤️
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As the zoo staff played recorded hoots and tried to capture Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl, he went about his usual business of hunting rodents in Central Park on Thursday night.
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We pay our respects to Pale Male, the world-renowned Red-tailed Hawk who brought to many a connection with nature and who had a legion of devoted admirers. We will miss the presence of this beautiful Central Park legend.
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Flaco does some owl yoga to prepare for his nightly hunt, in the Central Park North Meadow. 🦉 ♥️
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Flaco aglow in the light of the setting sun in October. 🦉 ♥️ 🌇
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After a spirited hooting performance before flyout, Flaco went on a sequence of long flights to explore and hunt new territory, eventually landing on the lawn on the north side of Central Park's Sheep Meadow on a dark, moonless Monday night. ❤️🦉
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Tuesday Flaco Update, Part III: With confirming details, we are more confident now that Flaco was on a Fifth Avenue building across from the Central Park Reservoir today and likely has flown back into the park this evening.
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🧵 We think that Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl left Central Park in search of a mate. It's the time of year when these owls look to pair up if unattached. Flaco's hoots have gone unanswered for a long time now. He is unaware that no mates are anywhere in the region.
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl gave his fans the present they wanted: plenty of hooting and some good views late on the night of December 24 on this 86th Street water tower east of Columbus Avenue. 🦉 ❤️ 🎅
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A wink from Flaco before he does some pre-flyout self-care, cleaning his talons and his feathers before his nightly hunt in Central Park. 🦉❤️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl picked a new daytime resting place today, well east of his most recent ones but still in Central Park's North End, in a pine opposite the A.H. Green Bench.
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Thanks to a private tipper for this photo and report of Flaco snooping around the East Village on Saturday evening at 6 pm on East 13th Street between First and Second Avenue. 🦉 ♥️
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The east side of Central Park's Lake in today's snow.
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl returned on Tuesday to enjoy a restful day in this wooded Upper West Side courtyard (where he visited last week), our first look at him in 2024. 🦉 ❤️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl brought joy to many who had not seen him since November, as he rested in good view on Saturday in the Central Park Loch. Afterward, just as he used to, he went hunting at the Harlem Meer Reconstruction area. 🦉 ❤️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl opens wide before flyout in the Central Park Loch.
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This morning's Central Park BALD EAGLE, perching high, north of the West 81st Street entrance to the park.
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl was hooting in the moonlight tonight in Central Park.
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The memorial service for Flaco will be Sunday, March 3, from 4 to 5 pm near Flaco's favorite oak by East Drive near the 102nd Street Crossing in Central Park. 🦉 ❤️
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Flaco a year ago—on March 1, 2023, he rested by Central Park's Green Bench, an area that later would become a stop on his nightly flight to the Harlem Meer Reconstruction zone. 🦉 ❤️ 👑
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl does a favorite stretch before flyout from an Upper West Side courtyard last week. 🦉 ❤️ 👑
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Shortly before Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl caught a rat, he was playing shallow right field—on the Heckscher Fields of Central Park on Saturday night. What a thrill to see Flaco adapt so quickly to living in the wild!
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Flaco takes on a feline appearance as he cleans his foot and displays his talons in the Central Park North Meadow.
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A close visit with Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl in his usual tree by the Central Park Compost Heap. 🦉 ♥️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl found a new resting place 😴 late this Saturday morning in the fenced-off woods east of Central Park's Huddlestone Arch. 🦉❤️
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Geraldine the Great Horned Owl, the Queen of Central Park's Cedar Hill. 👑 🦉❤️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl before flyout in the Central Park Loch. 🦉 ♥️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl climbs a tree and does other owly things during a Jan 13 visit to his old resting place, the Central Park Loch. 🦉 ❤️
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The SNOWY OWL of the Central Park North Meadow was not much bothered by the crows that gathered around it earlier and that have now returned. People are staying behind distant fences and being quiet and respectful.
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl hoots 🔊 and stretches in his favorite oak tree in Central Park in October 2023, the site of today's memorial service for him. 🦉 ❤️ 👑
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl on his hunting perch at the Central Park Compost Area after sunset. He looks great, flies frequently, and catches 🐀 prey—living his best wild-owl life. 🦉 ♥️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl by Rumsey Playfield in Central Park today, giving his admirers some of his best-ever daytime views in warmth and sunshine.
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl hooted for over an hour from a favorite water tower on 86th Street east of Columbus Avenue on Tuesday night. 🦉 ❤️ 👑
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl continued to claim the Upper West Side as his own, hooting for nearly three hours from over twenty stories high on Saturday night on scaffolding of the Beresford building above West 82nd Street. 🦉 ❤️
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One of two Long-eared Owls visiting Central Park today in a pine south of the Nursery. 🦉 ❤️
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Tonight's nearly full Moon reminds us of a friend who loved to hoot and hunt by the bright moonlight. We miss you, Flaco! 🦉 ❤️ 🌙
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl shortly before flyout in Central Park on Wednesday evening. 🦉❤️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl giving a last glance before he takes off from an Upper West Side courtyard for a night of hunting and hooting. 🦉 ❤️ 👑
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Imagining Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl in his first appreciable snowfall Monday night as a free bird. 🦉 ❤️ ❄️
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An Eastern Cottontail in the Central Park Ramble. 🐇
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Officers from the
@NYPD19Pct
rescued a family of a dozen ducklings this morning that had wandered past Lexington Avenue. They put the ducklings in a carrier and mom heard 🔊 their peeps and followed them back to Central Park, by Conservatory Water!
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The highlight of the day, a dolphin swimming on the East River, mostly staying within a block of East 95th Street, seen from the Manhattan shoreline this Sunday afternoon. 🐬 ♥️
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Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl hunting at night near the Central Park Compost Heap. 🦉 ♥️
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