Famed New York Hawk to Regain His Perch十年香巢今朝忽傾覆 紐約紅尾鷹好想有個“家”
Pale Male tried to rebuild his nest with twigs
A celebrated red-tailed hawk evicted last week from his upscale New York digs can move back to the ritzy apartment building where his nest was perched following an agreement on safety arrangements, building management said on Tuesday night.
Pale Male"s nest was abruptly removed from its Upper East Side site last week after complaints from building residents about falling debris, including gnarled remains of pigeons.
The removal sparked noisy protests from fans who had watched the hawk and his mates raise more than 20 chicks in the spot overlooking Central Park since 1993.
Late on Tuesday, New York City Audubon Society and the building"s board said they had agreed to restore the metal spikes supporting the hawk"s nest and erect a guardrail around its 12th-floor roost to safeguard residents and passersby.
An architectural firm was retained to consult on design and construction.
National Audubon Society President John Flicker said the arrangements would "help create a secure and stable environment that should enable the birds to return to their home of more than a decade."
Building resident and hawk supporter Mary Tyler Moore said she expected that the spikes would be put up on Wednesday.
"I"m hopeful that the birds will be peaceful enough to make another nest," the actress said, standing outside her apartment.
On Monday, bird lovers met with managers of the exclusive building to ask them to restore the nest and the metal spikes that supported it. The building"s architect had examined how the nest could be rebuilt in a way that would satisfy bird lovers and eliminate the possibility of falling debris.
Pale Male"s unusual decision to take up residence in Manhattan and raise his young 12 stories above the park has captivated bird watchers for the past decade and inspired a book and documentary film. Pale Male even has his own Web site, .
Moore said the real reason the nest was removed was because residents didn"t like the bird droppings or occasional pigeon carcass that would fall to the ground.
Bird lovers had urged the nest be reconstructed in its original spot as soon as possible to avoid interrupting Pale Male"s mating ritual. The hawk and his current mate, Lola, have tried to rebuild, but without the metal spikes to support it, the twigs they have gathered would likely blow away.
一隻著名的紅尾鷹上週被人們逐出了它居住的“紐約高級公寓”。本週二(12月14日)晚，該公寓大樓的物業管理機構表示，隨着改善安全設施協議的達成，它現在可以重新搬回建在這座豪華大廈裏的“小巢”了。
紅尾鷹“小白”的鳥巢建在大樓高層東側，上週，鳥巢突然被拆除了，起因是公寓住户們抱怨上面總是往下掉各種垃圾，包括老鷹吃剩的扭曲的鴿子殘骸。
但是“拆巢”事件激起了“鷹迷”們的大聲抗議，他們從1993年起就看着這隻鷹和他的配偶們在這塊能夠俯瞰中央公園的“寶地”上養育出20多隻雛鷹。
週二晚，紐約市奧特朋協會和這座大樓的董事會共同表示，他們同意重新安裝支撐鳥巢的金屬長釘，並在位於12層的鳥巢周圍豎起護欄，以保證住户和路上行人的安全。
他們還請了一家建築公司，徵詢他們對鳥巢設計和建造方面的意見。
美國奧特朋協會的主席約翰·弗裏克説，這樣的安排將“有助於創造一個安全穩定的環境，讓鳥兒回到已住了十多年的.家園”。
大樓住户瑪麗·泰勒·摩爾也是一位愛鷹者，她説她希望那些釘子能在星期三之前安裝好。
“我希望這些鳥兒能夠在平靜的氣氛中重新築巢。”這位女演員站在她的公寓房門口説。
本週一，愛鳥者們和這座高級公寓的管理人員會面，要求他們修復鳥巢，重新搭建支撐鳥巢用的金屬長釘。大廈的建築師認真考慮了重建鳥巢的方案，既要做到讓愛鳥人滿意、又不會經常往下掉垃圾。
“小白”當初選擇在曼哈頓定居，並決定在公園上空的12樓高處(築巢)撫育自己的小鷹。這個非同尋常的決定十多年來吸引了不少鳥類觀察者，還為一本書和一部記錄片提供了靈感和素材。“小白”甚至還有自己的個人網站。
摩爾説，拆除鳥巢的真正原因是公寓住户們不喜歡從天而降的鳥糞和偶爾掉到地上的鴿子殘骸。
愛鳥者們迫切要求在舊有的巢址上儘快重建新巢，以免擾亂“小白”的婚配佳期。“小白”和他現在的伴侶“洛拉”曾試着重新築巢，但是由於沒有金屬長釘的支撐，它們收集的樹枝多半會被風吹跑。
Vocabulary:
ritzy: elegant; fancy(豪華的;時髦的)
Audubon: Haitian-born American ornithologist and artist whose extensive observations of eastern North American avifauna led to the publication of The Birds of America (1827-1838), a collection of his engravings that is considered a classic work in ornithology and American art.[奧特朋(1785-1851), 海地裔美國鳥類學家, 畫家及博物學家。他對北美東部鳥類的廣泛觀察促成了後來的《美洲鳥類圖譜》(1827-1938)的出版，這部著作被認為是鳥類學上最優秀的作品及美國藝術]
retain : to hire (an attorney, for example) by the payment of a fee(僱請)
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