Famed bird feeds nest atop Fifth Avenue apartment. May 20, 2011 — -- Pale Male, New York's world-famous Central Park hawk, appears to be back in the paternity business. After six years in ...

Pale Male had never been banded and had no identifying tag. If the hawk was indeed Pale Male, he had lived to be over 32 years old. A red-tailed hawk’s average life span is about 20 years.

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who brought a touch of the wild to swanky Manhattan as he nested above Fifth Avenue for three decades, has died.