Birds
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HOLY GRAIL The editor in chief of Living Bird magazine, Tim Gallagher,gives a slide presentation based on his new book “The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker” (Houghton Mifflin). Mr. Gallagher’s 2004 sighting of the supposedly extinct bird touched off a massive search for the so-called Lord God Bird throughout the Louisiana bayou. A signing follows. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
THE FALCONER The Urban Park Rangers host the annual Falconry Extravaganza, which includes watching the flying acrobatics of condors, a Eurasian kestrel, a bald eagle, and a red-tailed hawk. Saturday, noon-4 p.m., Central Park, East Meadow at East 99th Street and Fifth Avenue, call 311 for information, free.
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