red-tailed hawk

Recounts the true story of Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk living in New York City who has become one of the city's most-watched celebrities and bird watchers, tourists, and residents admire the bird and his nest, built on a Fifth Avenue apartment building.

The Walligs acquire a four-month-old "baby" hawk from a pet shop, raise him to maturity, and teach him to fly and hunt. When the time comes for Bucket to go to a new home, he escapes to freedom and finds a mate.

Follows the lives of a family of red-tailed hawks in New York's Central Park, beginning with the courtship of a young male and his future mate, the building of their nest on a Fifth Avenue apartment building, to raising their offspring.

Pale Male and his mate Lola, a pair of red-tailed hawks, build a nest on the ledge of an apartment building and raise their chicks in downtown New York City.

Introduces red-tailed hawks and describes their physical characteristics, habits, and life cycle.

Tells the true story of two red-tailed hawks, Pale Male and Lola, who made their home atop an apartment building in New York City and sparked a protest by those who loved them when the apartment board had their eight-foot-wide nest cleared away.