Despite all of time I’ve spent looking at owls, I have been keeping an eye out for Pale Male.  Today, I started my birding near Pale Male’s nest.  My first views were of a Cooper’s Hawk chasing some European Starlings. 

Then Pale Male arrived.  He broke off a tree branch and took it to the nest.  He then perched a little south of the nest on a fence, then a water tank and then a railing.  He kept looking south.  I think his new mate may be spending her time below 72nd Street.