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New York City wildlife photographer and writer. Co-author of photo book Finding Flaco: Our Year with New York City's Beloved Owl.

Central Park coyotes

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Smithsonian Magazine: In a Milestone for Manhattan, a Pair of Coyotes Has Made Central Park Their Home
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WNYC: A pair of coyotes named Romeo and Juliet have made Central Park their home
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West Side Rag: Central Park’s First Coyote Couple Comes Into the Limelight
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NYT: An Evening With the Central Park Coyotes

Finding Flaco photo book

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Buy at Amazon.com
 
Buy at The New York Historical
Buy at The International Owl Center
Recording of free webinar held on 2/2 at the International Owl Center: Flaco the Eurasian Eagle Owl panel presentation with David Lei & Jacqueline Emery, Marjon Savelsberg, Lisa Owens-Viani and Karla Bloem (moderator)
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IBPA: For the Birds – Sharing Their Love for an Owl, Photographers’ Publishing Journey Takes Flight
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IBPA: The 37th IBPA Book Award Winners Celebrate Unique Stories and Diverse Voices in Indie Publishing
Petapixel: How Photographers Celebrated Flaco the Owl's Year of Freedom
Hyperallergic: Finding Flaco Lovingly Details Owl’s Year of Freedom
NBC News: Exhibit explores life and impact of Flaco, New York City's beloved owl
West Side Rag: Flaco the Owl’s Year of Freedom and Upper West Side Story Honored in Book and Exhibition
NYT: Flaco, Manhattan’s Beloved Celebrity Owl, Gets His Close-Up

Store

Owls of New York - Flaco Patches
Fine Art America Store
Fine Art America Store - Flaco Photos

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Press

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‘She Is Such an Athlete’: Astoria the Wild Turkey Is a Manhattan Celebrity (NYT)
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“The Year Flaco the Owl Roamed Free” (NYT)
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"Who freed Flaco? One year later, celebrity owl's escape from Central Park Zoo remains a mystery" (Associated Press)
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"Flaco the Central Park owl has been free for a year. An NYC photographer looks back." (WNYC / Gothamist)
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“A year later, Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl is still a free bird” (NY1)
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"Flaco, the owl that escaped from Central Park Zoo, still roaming free a year later in NYC" (USA Today)
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"Flaco, le rapace qui fascine New York" (La Presse)
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"Owl has left Central Park, possible search for mate" (PIX11 News)
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“Everyone Loves Flaco the Escaped Owl. But Why, Exactly?” (NYT)
"Flaco the Owl Spreads His Wings, Devours Rats and Learns to Survive" (NYT)
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"Flaco the Owl Caught on Camera After Leaving Zoo Enclosure" (NYT)
"Barry the Owl Brought Us Together. What Will We Do Without Her?" (NYT)

Other

The 2022 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100 (See #50)

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