Hi Barry, That's an interesting question about the deer. I know there is an established group of 24 or so on Staten Island and that they are occasionally seen in Van Cortland Park and Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. I would imagine that more will wander down to the Bronx Parks eventually. It would be nice. I know they eat a lot of vegetation and can carry the lyme disease ticks, but I hope they will be welcome. There are ticks in the parks already carried by other wildlife.
I love the Barnard NYC Trees book - I'm going to use it later this week when I go to check out Alley Pond Park in Queens - but I don't know the Wild New York Book. I'll see if they have it at the library. I ordered a book that is published by the NYC Tree Trust called Great Trees of New York City. I hope it's good. I'll let you know. Jenny On Mar 31, 9:55 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jenny, > I've been meaning to ask you, Do you know if there are any deer in any of the > big parks in any of the 5 boroughs of NYC? I'm very curious. I know you have > big birds such as hawks in Manhattan, so I'm wondering about deer in any of > your parks. > > Also, there are a couple of books about NYC that I'm curious if you have > seen, or if you have read them. For example, > "New York City Trees", by Edward Sibley Barnard, and published by The City of > New York, Department of Parks and Recreation. > The other book is "Wild New York, A Guide to the Wildlife, Wild Places, and > Natural Phenomena of New York City", by Margaret Mittelbach & Michael > Crewdson. > > I own both of these books and enjoy them. I'm wondering if you own them too, > or if you've seen them before. > > From my reading through the first book, it seems that NYC has a lot of great > trees. > > Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
