Pale Male at the Obelisk (also know as, Cleopatra’s Needle) in Central Park today.  He loves this area in the fall, and patiently waits until the rats come out at dusk.

Pale Male continues to eat and hunt in the late afternoons east of the Great Lawn in Central Park.  He’s not there every day, but he’s there often, as he has in past years.  I caught up with him on Friday and Sunday.

Pale Male was in one of his favorite late summer/fall eating spots on Saturday.  He likes a tree with a wide flat branch that makes a great picnic table in a triangle shaped lawn that is north of the Polish statue and south of the Obelisk.  He was eating a rat.  After he was done, he flew over to the Met.  He should enjoy now before the roof reopens to visitors.

Frederic Lilien has generously made his film The Legend of Pale Male available to watch for free during the Covid-19 outbreak.  Enjoy the film!

Pale Male and Octavia continue to show me how dull it is to watch a brooding nest.  Not much happens when I’m there.  I have hours of the same footage.  But here’s some more of the same!

It will be interesting to see if the eggs hatch this year.  Low levels of rodenticides may led to infertility.  If this year’s eggs don’t had, should we worry that Octavia has repeated the problems Lola had?

I saw Octavia roll her eggs on Saturday afternoon, while Pale Male stood guard on the Carlyle.