He may be the most unifying force in NYC right now.”įlaco was held in captivity at the Central Park Zoo for 12 years, taken there when he was just a little owling, less than one year old. “I have to say, this is all more fun than I could have imagined. is absolutely heartwarming,” Herbst said. “The amount of relief it seems to have brought people to know he’s okay, playfulness to ignite imaginations about his travels, joy just to come together around tracking him, etc. ![]() (Photo by Robin Herbst)įlaco fans were just happy to see that the Internet-famous avian is all right. Maybe the famous owl - which has a massive following - is used to being photographed at this point. I then posted to Twitter, responded to a group that is tracking him, and the post caught on pretty rapidly with people sharing, posting funny comments, seeming to also believe it was him.” Hoo, hooooo you lookin’ at? Flaco poses for a photo on Grand Street. I didn’t realize he was such a celebrity - I just thought it was wild to see an owl here. “I posted this pic to our community Facebook page last night and they were so happy to see him,” Herbst said. “I was only 85 percent certain it was an owl, I’m ashamed to say.”īut after she uploaded a photo of the free bird to social media, people immediately said it was Flaco. “My partner and I are not Flaco experts,” she said. ![]() Initially, though, she wasn’t sure if her new feathered friend was even an owl. Robin Herbst, a psychologist who lives at the East River Houses, at Grand and Lewis Streets near East River Park, said the escaped Eurasian eagle-owl landed on her air conditioner. BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Flaco - New York City’s favorite celebrity owl - touched down at the Grand Street co-ops on Wednesday night.
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