HAWK Low life: Cops seek
Aquatic Technician Marty
Woess spotted the bird unable
to take fl ight near the park’s
Le Frak ice-skating rink on
March 26.
It was touch and go for
a few days as the Horvaths
pumped the bird full of fl uids
and Vitamin K, but the hawk
managed to survive the weekend,
and is now eating and
ornery, according to Bobby
Horvath, who said the bird’s
combativeness is a sure sign of
good health.
“He doesn’t want to be bothered,
restrained, or medicated
anymore,” he said. “He’s putting
up much more of a fi ght
than he did before.”
The bird is a young male,
and fortunately not part of
a breeding pair, meaning it
hasn’t staked out a territory
and can be released anywhere
that isn’t already occupied by
other hawks.
And that, coupled with the
fact that another hawk died
under similar circumstances
in 2017 , means the animal rescuers
probably won’t return
the predator to Prospect Park,
and will likely seek out some
other city greenspace, potentially
outside of the borough.
“This bird isn’t married
to that territory, it could be
released anywhere,” said
Bobby Horvath.
The Parks Department
suspended use of Rodenticide
in Prospect Park following
the 2017 hawk fatality,
and currently utilizes snap
traps and dry ice — which are
not harmful to the meadow’s
avian occupants — as the
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park’s only anti-rat devices,
according to spokeswoman
Maeri Ferguson.
However, hawks can
range far and wide in search
of four-legged snacks, and
poisoned mouse traps remain
a common sight on the
stoops of nearby row houses
surrounding Brooklyn’s
Backyard, according to
Bobby Horvath.
BY COLIN MIXSON
Cops are hunting for the
creep who allegedly slapped
a woman’s butt inside the
Atlantic Terminal subway
station in Park Slope on
March 15.
The victim, 34, told
police she was on her way
to the D train at the station
near Flatbush Avenue
at 10:30 p.m., when
the skuzzball helped
himself to a feel, before
scampering off.
Police are sharing surveillance
images of a suspect
between the ages of 25
and 30 years old. Tips leading
to the arrest of a suspect
may be compensated
with an award of up to
$2,500 through the NYPD’s
Crime Stoppers program.
The public can phone
tips to (800) 577-8477, log
into the Crime Stoppers
website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.
com , tweet
@NYPDTips, or text tips
to 274637 (CRIMES) then
enter TIP577. All calls are
strictly confi dential.
ONE SICK TURKEY: This hawk was discovered poisoned in Prospect
Park, and remains in critical condition. Bobby Horvath
CREEP: Cops are hunting for this
man who they suspect of groping a
woman inside the Atlantic Terminal
subway station. NYDP
Continued from cover
Slope subway groper
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