Getting a book review from the New York Times is a dream come true for us and a testament to how much Flaco meant to so many. The review (link below) includes some fun stories we haven’t shared before.

Just remembered this tweet from a few years ago. A dream that came true. 🐺❤️🐺.

A recording of our brief interview is here in case you are curious:

Central Park coyotes Romeo and Juliet howling in response to a siren—still photo and audio. @jacquelineUWS and I were interviewed about the coyotes by Michael Hill at @WNYC this morning. Part of this clip played at the beginning. Cont’d. #birdcpp #wildlife #CaptureCoexistence

This photo shows one of the two Central Park coyotes reentering the park after leaving from another entrance / exit and crossing the street. It is a very rare thing for them to do. However, they are smart enough to look for traffic and wait until they have the light. It’s not.

Central Park coyote months ago w/ a timeless message on a Central Park Conservancy sign: “Central Park is your backyard - your actions help to create a safe and welcoming environment for everyone,” [including the wildlife]. Cont’d. #birdcpp #nature #wildlife #CaptureCoexistence

Last day to enjoy the Amazon Prime Day discount for Finding Flaco! Prime Day ends tonight at 11:59 Pacific Time.

Needless to say, birds of prey face very serious challenges in the city. I will post an update if I find out what the owl’s ailments are. I wonder if it has at least some degree of secondary rodenticide poisoning, which has an accumulative effect until it becomes fatal. While we.

A barn owl was found roosting on a fire escape in the UWS today. Given the rarity of the species here, it’s likely the one I’ve seen in Central Park for months. The owl was sadly lethargic, requiring rescue. Thank you to the finder for getting it help. Cont’d. #birdcpp

After intensely scanning the ground below the perch pictured, the owl pounced on a medium to large sized rodent and carried it away on labored flight. I suspect the owl is roosting outside the park and hunting here very inconsistently. Found as usual by chance, without the use.

It was a great privilege to see this stunningly beautiful barn owl in Central Park again Sunday night. It had been about a month since we last saw it very briefly. This time, I was able to observe it hunting for ~10 minutes. Cont’d. #birdcpp #birds #birding #nature #wildlife

In May 2023, @jacquelineUWS and I were observing Flaco the owl at the Compost Heap when he suddenly flew towards the ground. While scanning for him with my thermal monocular, I spotted the shape of a canine walking through. I initially thought it was an off-leash dog, only.

A favorite Central Park coyote experience that is memorialized in our book Finding Flaco: Our Year with New York City’s Beloved Owl, on sale right now at Amazon for Prime Day while supplies last. Cont’d. #birdcpp #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #urbanwildlife

@jacquelineUWS @SmithsonianMag We are particularly pleased that so many readers have the same great respect of and admiration for these remarkable, pioneering animals that we do. That was our goal in writing the article! Coyotes are among the most hated and persecuted animals in human history. Whether the.

One of the Central Park coyotes walking across the frozen Turtle Pond in the winter. @jacquelineUWS and I appreciate all the kind words people have shared about our @SmithsonianMag article. Cont’d. #birdcpp #nature #wildlife #urbanwildlife #CaptureCoexistence

RT @jacquelineUWS: Central Park coyotes trotting along a path this past spring. I got lucky when the pair decided to pause long enough so I….

Romeo and Juliet enjoyed sitting in the theater’s empty bleachers while it was being renovated. The rest of the seats were reinstalled / replaced in the spring and the Delacorte Theater renovations are all but complete, so they’ve found other places to hang out. Smithsonian.

Romeo and Juliet, the Central Park coyote couple, enjoying the cheap seats in the Delacorte Theater (home of Shakespeare in the Park) last winter. This is one of the photos in our new @SmithsonianMag article. Cont’d. #birdcpp #nature #wildlife #urbanwildlife #CaptureCoexistence

RT @jacquelineUWS: @davidlei and I wrote an essay about the Central Park coyotes for @smithsonianmagazine that celebrates these canids and….

RT @SmithsonianMag: A pair of coyotes named Romeo and Juliet have made their home in the giant green space in the middle of New York City.….

Link to article: Ethical statement: We wrote this essay after determining that Romeo and Juliet have not had pups. They are also more elusive now, ranging all throughout the park late at night. All photos taken in the past year, under ambient light only.