'We observed him successfully hunting, catching and consuming prey,' zoo officials said.
he first escaped
After he escaped, Central Park Zoo officials said a major concern was whether Flaco would be able to fend for himself in the wilds of the asphalt jungle. "That is no longer a concern," zoo officials said. Zoo officials said that while Flaco "faces potential challenges in this environment on a daily basis," they have scaled back in their attempts to recover him.
Meanwhile, Flaco has quickly become the city's latest celebrity bird, drawing huge crowds in the park over the weekend that rivaled those attracted by the Mandarin duck, a brilliantly colorful fowl who mysteriously appeared in the park in 2018, stayed in the area for several months before vanishing without a trace.
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