My parents live in crazy world.

Sure, Manhattan has its share of birds, but this is just bonkers.

"Now showing up on a regular basis due to the bird feeders. Yesterday it was 'raining' bird feathers, as he must have nailed somebody."

Kudos on the quality shot. Count me out when it comes to shoveling the brick walkway out back.

Pepsi-drinking hawk update!

NYMag is reporting [via And I Am Not Lying] about the recent hawk infestation taking place in neighborhood eateries, something I touched on yesterday. I highly suggest reading the blog post linked above.

Best line of the story:

The counter guy, the delivery guy and I heard a few pots clanging as we debated calling animal control versus just trying to shoo it back out the door, when one of the cooks who was back there caught the hawk with his bare hands, and walked it back outside.

And the name of the restaurant? BIRDIE'S. Yup.

That's what she said.

Michael Scott would appreciate this picture from a parking deck in midtown:

That's what she said.

In completely unrelated news, Saturday's hawk is storming around the neighborhood, dining out on barbecue chicken, and pretty much scaring the bejesus out of East Village residents. Check out this picture sent to me by a loyal reader:



Yes, the hawk is inside a restaurant on 1st Avenue (believed to be Paquitos). One small question remains. HOW THE @#*& DOES THIS HAPPEN?! That is a hawk - a living breathing HAWK - inside a restaurant meant for you and me. Here's a few things we can learn from this picture:

• Paquitos is pet friendly.
• Hawks prefer Pepsi over Coke.
• I am never going back to Paquitos.

It is still unknown if hawks are respectable tippers.

Not just another East Village tourist.

Weekends in the East Village typically involves laundry, mimosa brunches, and tourists. Lots of tourists. Three wide, .02 steps a minute, they're simply in the way. But this visitor was above the rest. Literally.



What I can only describe as a bad ass hawk, this neighborhood passerby was seen on building adjacent to mine. Welcome! Please good sir, help yourself to the rodents in Tompkins Square Park.