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Lifer
Pale Male the city hawk was evicted from his nest on Tuesday, and the flap has already begun.
So said aggrieved bird-watchers and neighbors after workmen _ under cover of a dismally rainy day when almost no one was looking _ raised a scaffold to the top of a Fifth Avenue apartment house, ripped out the famous red-tailed hawk's nest and carted it off in a van.
The act appeared to end an urban drama that has fascinated long-time bird-watchers and recruited many more to their ranks over the past nine years, as Pale Male and a succession of mates raised 25 chicks _ the last trio of fledglings last June _ on the narrow 12th floor ledge.
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So said aggrieved bird-watchers and neighbors after workmen _ under cover of a dismally rainy day when almost no one was looking _ raised a scaffold to the top of a Fifth Avenue apartment house, ripped out the famous red-tailed hawk's nest and carted it off in a van.
The act appeared to end an urban drama that has fascinated long-time bird-watchers and recruited many more to their ranks over the past nine years, as Pale Male and a succession of mates raised 25 chicks _ the last trio of fledglings last June _ on the narrow 12th floor ledge.
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