Feathers keep flying at a posh Manhattan co-op, already in turmoil over the removal of a hawk's nest, the New York Post reported Thursday.

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TV sitcom actress Mary Tyler Moore apparently went "ballistic" when the Fifth Avenue co-op's board refused to let her sell a $2 million studio to a Russian who travels with bodyguards and seemed an unsuitable tenant in the family oriented facility.

Moore has been one of the most vocal critics of the board's decision to remove the nest of Pale Male and Lola, two red-tailed hawks whose droppings irritate residents. The raptor's ejection has sparked weeks of animal-rights protests, some of which Moore has very publicly joined.

Now her complaints over the failed studio deal appear to be creating some blow-back from wealthy neighbors.

"She has a big ax to grind," said a board source. "A lot of her activism is bent on vengeance after the co-op board turned down a potential buyer for her apartment."

Said another building insider: "She's trying to be this virtuous Mary Richards. But she hasn't worked in ages. She just needs the money. And if she loves the hawks so much, why is she leaving?"