Pale Male was on a security camera late on Sunday afternoon when I caught up to him.  He caught a rodent and ate it in front of a crowd of admirers.  After over twenty years, he continues to draw an audience.

Pale Male, continues his evening schedule of hanging around west of the Met.  This may continue well into the fall.  Watching Pale Male during nesting season is any easy way to see him from afar, these late summer evenings with him are an easy way to see him up close.

Pale Male continued his nightly habit of hunting before roosting yet again tonight.  He’s hunting in area he’s used year after year during the fall. 

He’s caught another rat.  To those who’ve postulated that Pale Male’s longevity is somehow connected to “a preference for pigeons”, the facts just don’t add up!  Pale Male loves his rodents.

I spent a few hours late this afternoon and early evening observing Pale Male.  I found him first on the Beresford Apartments and then later east of the Great Lawn.  As he has been doing fairly regularly, he had a rat for dinner and then roosted.

Pale Male in the late summer and early fall seems to fall into a routine in the late afternoon.  Hunting near the Great Lawn, eating a meal, and then going to roost.  He’s begun that pattern once again.

Today, I went looking for hawks in Central Park and was only able to find Pale Male.  I found him on his favorite antenna twice, before following him to a Met security camera, and then the area just north of the Polish statue.

He patiently hunted, caught and ate a rat.