Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature and New York

A groundbreaking new book, Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature and New York brings into conversation diverse and intriguing perspectives on the relationship between nature and America’s most prominent city. The volume’s title derives from a telling observation in Robert Sullivan’s contribution that considers how a hawk in the city is perceived so much differently from a hawk in the countryside.

Yet it’s still the same hawk.

How can a hawk nesting above Fifth Avenue become a citywide ph...