Gay birdwatcher threatened in Central Park gets his own TV show
Extraordinary Birder, at the end of last week. It said it would follow Cooper explore the “wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds.”“Whether braving stormy seas in Alaska for puffins, trekking into rainforests in Puerto Rico for parrots, or scaling a bridge in Manhattan for a peregrine falcon, he does whatever it takes to learn about these extraordinary feathered creatures and show us the remarkable world in the sky above,”Related: Racially profiled gay Central Park birdwatcher opens up about “Karen’s” downfallCooper, 59, is an avid birdwatcher who, before May 2020 was best known as a respected comic book author.
He was Marvel’s first out, gay writer and editor.However, that all changed when he took a walk in Central Park and came across a White woman, Amy Cooper (no relation) and her unleashed dog.
She was in a wilder part of the park where owners are asked to keep their dogs on the leash to protect birds and other wildlife.Cooper, who is Black, approached her and spoke to her about violating park rules.
In response, Amy Cooper called the police and told them, “I’m in the Ramble. And there is a man, African American — he has a bicycle helmet.
