After escaping from a Central Park Zoo enclosure, Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, has eluded various rescue attempts. Zoo officials were once uncertain about his survival in the wild, but Flaco has ...

Flaco left his home at the Central Park Zoo on Feb. 2, 2023 after someone opened his cage.. A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in Central Park in New York, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

The zoo will be suspending recovery efforts for the wayward bird, who has been seen flying around the iconic 1.3-mile park ever since escaping from its habitat more than two weeks ago.

Flaco, the Eurasian owl that flew his coop at the Central Park Zoo after someone tore open his habitat will remain a free bird — at least for now, zoo officials said Saturday.

FILE - A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in New York's Central Park, Feb. 6, 2023. The owl, who resided at the Central Park Zoo, flew the coop after someone vandalized its exhibit by ...

At the edge of the Central Park Zoo, just past the more prominent penguins and seabirds, a small owl enclosure sits empty. A few brown feathers are the only sign of its previous occupant.

This is Flaco. He used to live in the Central Park Zoo. One year ago, someone set him free. “He’s doing things he never did before,” said Richard Prum, a bird expert at Yale. Supported by He ...