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2018-03-03:

A cheep slut has come between a hawk and her hubby.

 

For the last five years, two red-tailed hawks named Christo and Dora have ruled the roost at Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, mating and raising 10 chicks together.

 

But three months ago, Dora had to leave and go to rehab for an injured wing. And while hawks usually mate for life, an opportunistic bachelorette named Nora soon arrived and began flapping her feathers at Christo.

 

“She swooped in the second Dora left,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting the tryst on her blog.

 

To some bird watchers, Nora is nothing more than a rust-colored nest-wrecker.

 

“It put a bad taste in our mouths to see him with a mistress,” said local Helen Stratford, 60, who has watched the avian affair unfold with a heavy heart.

 

While Dora recovered from a bone infection in her left wing, Christo even invited Nora to spend time in his and Dora’s nest, Goggin said.

 

“He kept trying to get Nora interested in the nest and calling out to her, but she preferred to mate away from Dora’s territory,” said Goggin.

 

On Monday, the soaring soap opera reached its crescendo — Dora returned.

 

The three lovers met beak-to-beak in the center of the park, where the plumage hit the fan.

 

“The three of them flew around each other screaming,” said Goggin. “It was chaos.”

 

Moments later, Christo and Nora dashed off together.

 

“My heart sank knowing Dora saw Christo taking up with another female,” said Goggin.

 

It turns out Christo might be doing double time as a Don Juan.

 

Every morning since Tuesday, bird watchers have spotted the golden-headed hawk bringing Dora sticks to help weave into her tree nest near East 8th Street and Avenue B. He also leaves her dead rats to feast on.

 

Then, in the afternoon, Christo flies back to Nora — who prefers to nest around the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D between East 10th and East 13th Streets — to mate.

 

“He went from monogamist to polygamist!” Stratford said.

 

Though red-tailed hawks normally stick together forever, it’s normal for New York City hawks to find a new mate within 24 hours if one of them dies, said Bobby Horvath, a wildlife rehabilitator who nursed Dora back to health.

 

He said threesomes are rare but possible.

 

“There have been prior documented cases where it has worked out,” said Horvath. “As long as the females are kept apart.”

 

Locals are confident Christo is up to the task.

 

“He’s a really stand-up hawk and father,” said Stratford. “If anyone can make it happen, it’s him.”

 

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2018-04-14:

Tompkins Square Park’s claw-sanova is now servicing not two, but three chicks at the same time.

 

The red-tailed stud named Christo made the front page of The Post in March for dipping his, um, beak in the nests of two different female hawks. His supposed mate-for-life Dora had gone to an animal hospital for an injured wing and returned a few months later to find her paramour had taken up with a flewzy named Nora.

 

But over the last month, the pair seemed to be patching things up, even though Christo would still make the occasional booty call at Nora’s nest.

 

Then two weeks ago Dora re-injured her wing, believe it or not, fighting off an unknown female hawk. And it was off to rehab again.

 

That’s when Christo’s wandering eye reappeared — along with yet another side chick.

 

The new nest-wrecker is named Amelia.

 

“She was there within ten minutes,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting the ménage à quad on her blog. “I think she had been keeping an eye on the situation since she saw Dora was in a weakened state and took her opportunity.”

 

The cheep slut even made herself at home in Dora’s nest near East 8th Street and Avenue B.

 

“Amelia started bringing twigs to it and spending time in it right away,” said Goggin. “And Christo completely accepted her and brought her a rat, which is a nice gift.”

 

Meanwhile, bird watchers say Christo still has the energy to visit his original feathered mistress Nora at her nest around the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D between East 10th and East 13th Streets.

“She never liked to be in Dora’s nest,” said Goggin.

 

Bird lovers — who have watched Christo and Dora rear 10 chicks and rule the roost at Tompkins for the last five years — are broken up by Christo’s fowl lust.

 

“We are all shocked and stunned that this is happening again,” said Goggin. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster.”

 

Taking up with three lady hawks is also “extremely rare,” said Bobby Horvath, a wildlife rehabilitator who’s nursing Dora back to health. “Two happens, but I’ve never heard of three.”

 

Christo (right) with his new lover SLUT Amelia

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2018-06-09:

Tompkins Square Park’s biggest tail chaser has gone from sugar daddy to baby daddy.

 

The red-tailed Romeo named Christo — who was servicing three lady hawks at once — is now the proud father of at least two hatchlings with his second and most recent SLUT, Amelia.

 

The babies are Christo’s first with a new lover since raising 10 over four years with his first and erstwhile mate-for-life Dora — who was shipped off to rehab after re-injuring her wing in April.

 

Birders first caught a glimpse of the baby birds poking their heads out of their nest — originally built by Dora — near East 8th Street and Avenue B on May 25.

 

“We saw them take food up to the nest and tear little pieces off and drop them down into the babies’ mouths,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting Christo’s exploits on her blog. “It was a very happy event.”

 

Christo is no deadbeat dad.

 

“He takes his role as a hunter for his new family very seriously,” said Goggin. “He’s only taking up small mice now because he knows what food is appropriate for the babies.”

 

The claw-sanova also spends his days fending off the park’s blue jays.

 

“Other birds don’t like raptors, so the blue jays have all teamed up to go after the hawks,” said Goggin.

 

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Amelia sits on a branch as Christo approaches her.

 

Christo seems to be slowing down his extracurriculars, no longer visiting his first mistress, Nora.

 

“Christo always stays close to the nest now,” said Goggin.

 

When Dora was first whisked away for a hurt wing in December, a lonely Christo took up with Nora and continued to visit her nest even when Dora returned in March.

 

But right when he seemed to be patching things up with up with Dora, she was shipped off to rehab again after defending her mate against an unknown female hawk.

 

And she likely won’t be coming back to Tompkins.

 

“If [Amelia] stays there, she can’t go back because there would be a battle,” said Bobby Horvath, the wildlife rehabilitator who’s nursing Dora back to health. “It’s too much of a risk. It would be [Amelia and Nora] against one.”

 

Loyal birders are crying fowl over Christo and his parade of flewzys.

 

“We’re still sad,” said Goggin. “We miss Dora and Christo together. They were such a great pair and it’s just a very different relationship with Amelia.”

 

The chicks will likely stick around at Tompkins until September or so, Goggin said.

 

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Amelia (left) and Christo, in Tompkins Square Park

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