A male Eurasian Eagle-Owl, named Flaco, escaped from the Central Park Zoo on Thursday. The zoo is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society. The owl made its way south, and after being on the ground on Fifth Avenue for some time, eventually made to the trees on the south side of Grand Army Plaza across the street from Bergdorf Goodman on 58th Street just west of 5th Avenue.

Wildlife Conservation Society staff were on hand monitoring the situation and waiting for the bird to perch in a location where they can recover it.

Thanks to Twitter users, Edmund Berry/EspressoBird (@EspressoBird) and David Lei (@davidlei) for sharing information about the bird.

Update: Sadly news reports are that this owl was released by vandals from the Zoo. The owl is inside the park, as of noon on Friday, and being monitored.