Tributes poured in Saturday for Flaco, the beloved Eurasian eagle-owl who became a feel-good New York story after escaping his Central Park Zoo enclosure and flying free around Manhattan.
Flaco was found dead on a New York City sidewalk Friday night after apparently flying into a building. It was a heartbreaking end for the birders who documented the owl’s daily movements and the legions of admirers who eagerly followed along.
“Everybody feels the same, they’re devastated,” said Nicole Blair, a New York City artist who devoted much of her feed on the X social media platform, formerly Twitter, to photos and memes featuring the celebrity
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