Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️

🏃‍♀️🏊‍♀️ trail & adventure ultrarunner, swimmer, cappuccino camper, dreamer. Taco enthusiast. 1 of 2 finishers of first-ever Wasatch Front 100M in 1980.

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

Makes me smile❤️

[Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @GurdeepPandher]

@CanadianForces and @GurdeepPandher collaborated to create this #Punjabi #Bhangra dance video to celebrate #diversity and #inclusion in The #CanadianForces. Soldiers from different backgrounds make “One Force” with “One Love” for #Canada and #Canadians.

[Stella Hamilton @StellaH07773809]

At the Flaco Memorial ! What a stunning photo of Flaco by JacquiUWS ! #bordcpp

[Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark]

Listen 🔊 to one of Flaco's hooting sessions in Central Park's North Woods. We always found his hoots reassuring, a way for him to make his presence and vitality known—and in recent months the only way to find him at night. Hoot on, Flaco! 🦉 ❤️

[David Lei @davidlei]

Flaco spent his first 13 years primarily living for the benefit of people. As much as his story of survival and adaptation touched all of us, he was finally able to live for his own benefit in the past year.

(Cont’d)

[David Lei @davidlei]

It was wonderful to see Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl back in Central Park yesterday!

#birds #birding #nature #birdcpp

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

@adamstatonsmith Yikes

[Parameswaran Ponnudurai @ParamClicks]

10 months after fleeing a Central Park zoo, Flaco is demonstrating his Eurasian Eagle-Owl resilience & appears set to mark his first (white?) Christmas as a free bird. His warrior-like pose @ New York Central Park. (2023-03-21) #BBCWildlifePOTD #ThePhotoHour #IndiAves #birdcpp

[David Lei @davidlei]

Today marks the 10th month of freedom for Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl. He’s been full of surprises from the start. The first time I saw him on a building was weeks after his escape, when he flew to Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell. Now he can’t get enough of buildings!
#birdcpp

[David Lei @davidlei]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have a lot for which I’m thankful this year. Here on social media, I’m thankful for a lovely and encouraging community.

As you may know, I photograph many subjects but have a soft spot for urban owls. These are my most cherished urban owl experiences:

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[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

@davidlei What a gorgeous shot of Flaco!

[Parameswaran Ponnudurai @ParamClicks]

Sunbathing! Eurasian Eagle-Owl Flaco spreads his wings against sunrays penetrating through leaves of an elm tree at New York's Central Park, his new residence following a Feb 2 zoo getaway. (2023-08-30) #birdphotography #BBCWildlifePOTD #ThePhotoHour #IndiAves #flaco #birdcpp

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

@RoppityPhotos Fantastic photo of Flaco!

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

@davidlei Wow - fabulous photo of Flaco

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

@jacquelineUWS Absolutely gorgeous!

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

Flaco, the Central Park Eurasian Eagle-Owl, looking handsome as ever

[Flaco4ever @Jon__Zachary]

Flaco at his elm yesterday
#birdcpp

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

@davidlei Hi David - though I pretty much had given up on Twitter for lent, I just had to let you know how gorgeous your photos of Flaco are ... your comments & perspective are always so respectful. Thank you!

[David Lei @davidlei]

I took this photo in the dark but the subject was radiant as ever.

Flaco, the Central Park Eurasian eagle-owl, late at night.

#birds #birdwatching #nature #birdcpp

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

Besides being a handsome lad, Flaco is also completely adorable, especially in the last 10 seconds ...

[David Lei @davidlei]

Flaco, the Central Park Eurasian eagle-owl, tearing into a rat the other night. He glances around between bites—typical behavior for an owl on the ground with food to watch for approaching competitors / predators. Something delightful in the last 10 seconds…

#birds #birdcpp

[minna-kaisa mäkinen @minnakaisamakin]

What a Great Story! This is the story behind the name of the Finnish Football Team #Huuhkajat - Eagle Owls. #OnThisDay #EURO2020 #WeAreFinland #MeOlemmeSuomi

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

@MLovesDemocracy Do it!

[Laurie Staton🏃‍♀️ @ljstaton]

@Above96th Wow - Flaco's floof is magnificent🦉