{"id":16486,"date":"2023-05-30T21:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T01:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogeardiary.com\/?p=16486"},"modified":"2023-05-30T22:31:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T02:31:39","slug":"pale-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogeardiary.com\/2023\/05\/pale-male\/","title":{"rendered":"Pale Male"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had forgotten that when I saw this book on another blog years ago, it <em>was<\/em> identified as a children&#8217;s picture book. Forgot and didn&#8217;t notice that when I came across it in the library catalog and put in a request. Pulled it off the hold shelf, had a moment of surprise and decided to read it anyway. It has lovely (if a bit loose in style) watercolor illustration and the text isn&#8217;t dumbed-down. About the red-tailed hawk of unusually pale feathers that took up residence on a ritzy apartment building in NYC and hunted squirrels, rats, pigeons etc in Central Park nearby. Most of the details about the hawk&#8217;s life in a big city were familiar to me, from having read <a href=\"\/2020\/11\/red-tails-in-love\/\"><em>Red-Tails in Love<\/em><\/a> earlier. I did find one piece of info that felt new- this hawk living in the city was remarkable because most red-tailed hawks are too shy to live in such a busy, populated location. I thought he was just notable for his coloration and the decision to build a nest on a building instead of in a tree. Since Pale Male&#8217;s first successful nesting (initial clutch failed), other red-tailed hawk pairs have begun living in the city- one on another building not too far from Pale Male&#8217;s preferred roost, and others in the park trees. People suspect that one of the second hawk pair that nested on the other building, is Pale Male&#8217;s offspring, and so too might be the others that live in the surrouding area. I was curious how the hawks fare with competition from peregrine falcons? do they have conflicts? but the book didn&#8217;t mention anything about this.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed this book because I like artwork and reading about animals, even though I&#8217;m well into adulthood! I&#8217;m sure any kids who are interested in animals and how they adapt to live among people, or just birds of prey in general, would find this a great read too.<\/p>\n<p>Borrowed from the public library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had forgotten that when I saw this book on another blog years ago, it was identified as a children&#8217;s picture book. Forgot and didn&#8217;t notice that when I came across it in the library catalog and put in a request. 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