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An Eurasian eagle owl ‘Flaco’—who escaped the Central Park Zoo—is no more. According to the New York Times, the bird became a local celebrity after he fled the Zoo after someone tore down his mesh. He had made Manhattan his new home.
Flaco died on the night of February 23 after ‘striking’ a building on the Upper West Side. The Wildlife Conservation Society released an official statement and informed that Falco was found on the ground, following which the building residents reached out to the Wild Bird Fund—who declared him dead.
The necropsy report found that the 4.1-pound celebrity bird suffered “substantial hemorrhage under the sternum and in the back of the body cavity around the liver”, the New York Post reported.
Soon after his death, Flaco’s fans flooded social media with their tributes and mourned his death. Sharing a magnificent video of Falco on X, Manhattan Bird Alert wrote, “Listen to one of Flaco’s hooting sessions in Central Park’s North Woods. We always found his hoots reassuring, a way for him to make his presence and vitality known—and in recent months the only way to find him at night. Hoot on, Flaco!”
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Another fan shared a series of photos from Falco’s memorial on 104th and East Drive and wrote, “02/24/24 Today at Flaco’s Memorial on 104th and East Drive.”
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“Before his untimely death, my mom (@doreenkassel) memorialized Flaco on one of her hand-painted ceramic pinch pots,” the third fan wrote. “At the Flaco Memorial! What a stunning photo of Flaco by JacquiUWS,” yet another fan mourned Falco’s death.
Falco rose to fame after he was spotted on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk the night after he escaped the Central Park Zoo.
