and hey tweets,

i rounded up a bunch of my colleagues so they all could see
him. pale male got bored with our admiration so he made a
fairly serious attempt to attack a rock PIGEON (thanks, ian),
and disappeared in a cloud of feathers.

but i threw open my office window as he disappeared from sight,
and i could hear "merry christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

hohoho,

Devorah A. N. Bennu, PhD
work page http://research.amnh.org/ornithology/personnel/bennu.htm
personal pages http://research.amnh.org/users/nyneve/

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Devorah A. N. Bennu wrote:

>
> hi tweets,
>
> i have been lurking a lot but today, i decided to break my
> sileance because RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND IN TIME, i am sitting
> in my office less than 3 feet away from the famous male
> central park red-tailed hawk, pale male. he is a celebrity,
> did you know? he starred in his very own film, a biography.
> i have never been so close to a famous movie star before.
>
> he's scoping out fat rock doves right now and he is worried
> about me being so close to him. i am not sure if i can
> hold my breath any longer, though, i feel weak ...
>
> happy holidays from your "NYC tweet",
>
> Devorah A. N. Bennu, PhD
> email:nyneve at amnh.org or nyneve at myUW.net
> work page http://research.amnh.org/ornithology/personnel/bennu.htm
> personal pages http://research.amnh.org/users/nyneve/
>
>