Snowy Owl Is Spotted in Central Park, for First Time in 130 Years
The hordes came running and the snow-white raptor became the latest celebrity bird of Manhattan.
A snowy owl in Central Park drew flocks of people (and crows) on Wednesday.Credit.Maryté Mercado
Jan. 28, 2021
In the winter of 1890, a snowy owl was spotted in New York City’s Central Park, part of what a contemporary account called an “unusual abundance” along the East Coast of the large, strikingly beautiful predators that make their home in the Arctic tundra.
“Unusual” is right. A snowy owl, according to birding records, did not show its fluffy self in Central Park for another 130 years.
A tiny owl has enjoyed a lucky escape after he was discovered by a worker helping to prepare the giant Rockefeller Centre Christmas tree in New York.
The bird, now named Rockefeller, was discovered on Monday dehydrated and hungry but otherwise unharmed, said Ellen Kalish, director and founder of the Ravensbeard Wildlife Centre where the bird was taken.
Ms Kalish said the bird is an adult male Saw-whet owl, one of the tiniest of the species. It was taken to a vet on Wednesday and got a clean bill of health.
The 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 75-foot tall Norway Spruce (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Oliver Jeffers commissioned for holiday public art presentation at Rockefeller Center
Jeffers work can be seen in thirteen public locations throughout Rockefeller Center. Photo by Emma Rose Milligan courtesy of Art Production Fund.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Brooklyn-based artist Oliver Jeffers has been selected as the commissioned artist for the 2020 holiday public art installation at Rockefeller Center. Jeffers large-scale printed vinyl murals are being displayed throughout the Rockefeller Center campus indoor and outdoor public areas. A free Rockefeller Center holiday map featuring Jeffers celebrated illustrations is available to all who work at and visit the Center.
This presentation is the latest iteration of the Art in Focus public art program presented in partnership with the non-profit Art Production Fund. The public mural installation and free holiday map will be on view until January 11, 2021.
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A woman wearing a MAGA hat allegedly refused to wear a face mask on board a plane before hurling racial abuse at fellow passengers. The incident happened at a Frontier Airlines plane that was going from Seattle to Denver, Colorado around three weeks ago and because of the woman in question, other passengers also had to deboard, The Sun reported.
The whole episode was reportedly captured on camera by another flyer named Alex Barkley, who shared the video on TikTok. The clip showed the unidentified woman wearing a Trump hat and without a face covering while her friend wore a blue cap. Barkley posted the clip on the video-sharing social networking service with a caption that read, âno way lmao . In the video, the pilot was heard instructing passengers to de-board the plane. âLadies and gentleman, I m sorry. I ve got to take this a step further. The two passengers who we need to remove from the airplane are refusing to do that. We can resolve this