NEW YORK -- New York City's most popular owl is still flying free one year after escaping the Central Park Zoo. Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl, escaped on Feb. 2, 2023, and to this day, birders are ...

He's been all around New York City, leaving admirers gawking at his iridescent coat and spellbound by his orange eyes. He's been pecked at and screeched to by rivals, even becoming a subject for ...

The Eurasian eagle-owl Flaco, who flew the coop after his exhibit was vandalized at New York’s Central Park Zoo, died Thursday after flying into a building. Flaco escaped on Feb. 2 and was found dead ...

NEW YORK -- When he first escaped from his vandalized enclosure at New York City's Central Park Zoo, handlers of Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl, doubted he could survive on his own after spending most of ...

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo), born in 2010 at a bird zoo in North Carolina, died on Feb. 23, after striking a building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Flaco, the only free-flying, ...

In the birding community, the moment an owl embarks upon its day is known as “flyout.” Flyout is a devout time, akin to “wheels up” in the Presidential schedule. Observers wait for hours with heavy ...

A tragic fate befell a Eurasian eagle-owl earlier this year when it flew away from its handler during a demonstration at the Minnesota Zoo. The incident, which occurred in April, was outlined in an ...

"He's beautiful," said one birdwatcher. When he first escaped from his vandalized enclosure at New York City's Central Park Zoo, handlers of Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl, doubted he could survive on ...