Pale Male Fly-out on the day of the Christmas Count

Lincoln Karim took this photo yesterday [12/16/06] as Pale Male was settling into his night roost in an Oak on the west side of the Great Lawn.

I was there this morning, together with Lincoln, to see the famed redtail wake up and fly out from the same tree. Sunrise was at 7:14 a.m today. Pale Male took off at 6:56 a.m. just as the day was getting lighter. He flew to another tree just a little to the west and stayed there for about ten minutes. Then another adult redtail came into view and Pale Male took off in pursuit. Was it Lola? No. A quick look up at the S. tower of the Beresford showed that Lola was still there at her favorite night roost. The other bird must remain unidntified. Pale Male escorted him out, but rather politely, we thought. Perhaps it was Charlotte or Junior.