I really liked that the author of this book chose to write about something that is not found a lot in nonfiction books. This book was about a red tailed hawk that made its home in Central Park. This was rare to see in Central Park and according to the book this hawk made big news and became a celebrity. I like that the author incorporated facts on red tailed hawks throughout the book as well as told the story line on this famous hawk. The author also provided an authors note which gave us a little more insight into red tailed hawk behavior and the possible reason behind this particular hawk living in Central Park. I feel like this author was very knowledgeable because she visited Central Park and learned all about the legend of this bird while on a bird tour there. I found this book to be a good read and I would love to share it with a class. I think it is fascinating to experience the life of a bird through this book. I also noticed on the credits page that there is a number of research done on this hawk and the author used that research in her book. There is even a website dedicated to this bird. All of these resources makes this book even more reliable in terms of information. This book was written in 2008 and I was just very curious to know if the hawk is still around or what ever happened to him. He was first spotted in Central Park in 1995 and the book did not really mention how long a red tailed hawk usually lives but it did not mention anything about the hawk's death or anything. It did mention that many of his babies have grown up and have nests just like his nearby. I have to admit that I've never heard of Pale Male before - I simply wanted to find a book featyring a hawk for our youngest. But we were thrilled by this story and we were amazed by the wildlife diversity in Central Park. The narrative is entertaining and the watercolor illustrations are very realistic. We realy enjoyed reading this book together and I thought the author's note was very informative.
Beautifully illustrated true life story of a red-tailed hawk moving to and thriving in NYC.
—darkunicorn
Wonderful book. Is on the Bluebonnet list. Never knew hawks lived in Central Par
—Ria
long but a really good story line
—tomtom
Loved the illustrations.
—james
nice
—Tin
