ok, so this story is upsetting....NEW YORK (Reuters) -- He was a movie star who resided on Manhattan's tony Upper East Side, drawing a devoted crowd of followers who gathered daily to catch a glimpse of him.
But on Tuesday, that star -- a famous red-tailed hawk known as Pale Male who built his nest above a cornice of an apartment building overlooking Central Park and was the subject of a documentary movie -- was evicted.
The nest where Pale Male and his companions had resided since 1993 was removed along with the metal spikes that provided support for the nest and protected it from the wind.
The action outraged bird lovers, including actress Mary Tyler Moore, who lives in the same building as the hawk.
"I am just amazed at the insensitivity ... of people who have torn away a nest that had been used for 10 years by an extraordinary red-tail hawk," Moore said.
Moore attributed the decision to complaints over "the occasional bird droppings" that the hawks produced.
The building's management company said of the nest removal, "It was a researched and thought-out decision on the part of the building."