The New York Times

Marie Winn, Who Wrote of a Famous Central Park Hawk, Dies at 88

She chronicled the melodrama of Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who became an avian sensation as it took up residence atop a Manhattan apartment building. By Michael S. Rosenwald Marie Winn, the author ...
Untapped Cities

The Story of NYC Hawk Pale Male Lands Onstage in "Pecking Order"

New York is what novelist Jack London once called "a story city," a place so full of stories, legends, and myths that its very name conjures visions and memories. Of New York's innumerable recent ...
Wall Street Journal

Marie Winn, Who Chronicled New York Wildlife—and the People Drawn to It—Dies at 88

One rainy afternoon in December 2004, workers ascended the facade of a 12-story luxury apartment building overlooking New York’s Central Park, tore out a dense buildup of sticks and other material ...
Chicago Reader

The Legend of Pale Male

This clunky but charming video documentary focuses on Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk that has nested in New York City’s Central Park since the early 1990s. The nature footage is hit-or-miss, but the ...