He camps near a cliff for several days to learn the location of a peregrine falcon nest, and steals a chick from the nest while the mother bird attacks him.
Up on the Throgs Neck Bridge, the rare peregrine falcon nests among beams and girders while traffic rumbles nearby.
A number of peregrine falcon nests on the mainland have already been raided to supply the illegal falconry trade to the Continent and the Middle East.
The hawks are not the only birds of prey in the area: a peregrine falcon nests under the M in the MetLife building, not far from the park's northeast corner.
Human persecution has caused the failure of over 50 peregrine falcon nests in Scotland and Wales this year.
The specific name taken from the fact that juvenile birds were taken while journeying to their breeding location rather than from the nest, as falcon nests were difficult to get at.
Two Middletown men were arrested for stealing an egg from a peregrine falcon nest earlier this month.
Every city with peregrine falcon nests has a different approach.
Medallion One displays a scene of two men gathering eggs from falcon nests, which is popularly seen as a symbol for Umayyad power or legitimacy.