Red-Tails in Love - (Vintage Departures) by Marie Winn (Paperback)

About the Book

A "Wall Street Journal" contributor presents a foray into the secret world of New York's Central Park, a natural wilderness that turns out to be surprisingly rich in wildlife.

Book Synopsis

Updated Edition--Ten Years Later

The scene of this enchanting (and true) story is the Ramble, an unknown wilderness deep in the heart of New York's fabled Central Park. There an odd and amiable band of nature lovers devote themselves to observing and protecting the park's rich wildlife. When a pair of red-tailed hawks builds a nest atop a Fifth Avenue apartment house across the street from the model-boat pond, Marie Winn and her fellow "Regulars" are soon transformed into obsessed hawkwatchers. The hilarious and occasionally heartbreaking saga of Pale Male and his mate as they struggle to raise a family in their unprecedented nest site, and the affectionate portrait of the humans who fall under their spell will delight and inspire readers for years to come.

Review Quotes

"Enchanting." --The New York Review of Books

"An amazing drama, as good as any soap opera and all the more remarkable since it is a true wildlife story." -- Birding

"A sublime lesson in adaptability, hope, and wild-bred devotion. It'll make you look to the skies, no matter where you live." --Carl Hiaasen, Mirabella

"Astonishing. . . . If you don't believe that the Central Park of Stuart Little has always existed, read this book and open your eyes." --Mary Tyler Moore

"Engaging . . . Dr. Zhivago with feathers. . . . That such simple pleasures can be savored today, in the heart of frantic New York City, is a bit of a miracle." --The Boston Globe

"'Give your heart to the hawks, ' the poet Robinson Jeffers wrote. Marie Winn certainly has, and so will readers of this delightful book." --The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Marie Winn wrote a column on nature and birdwatching for the Wall Street Journal for twelve years. Among her previous books are The Plug-In Drug: Television, Children & the Family (twenty-fifth anniversary edition 2003), and Children Without Childhood. Married to the filmmaker and palindromist Allan Miller, she spends part of every day in Central Park.