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Marie Winn, Who Wrote of a Famous Central Park Hawk, Dies at 88

Marie Winn, Who Wrote of a Famous Central Park Hawk, Dies at 88

Marie Winn, the author who chronicled the avian sensation Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk that took up residence on the overhang of an Upper East Side apartment building only to be evicted in 2004, sparking protests by birders who had been thrilled to watch him woo lovers with disemboweled rats, died on Dec. 25 in Manhattan. She was 88. Her …

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