Their color! All that black attracts lots of solar rays which they can then store for at least some time after the sun goes down.
________________________________ From: Carolyn Summers <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 8:30:28 PM Subject: Re: [ENTS] Central Park Wildlife Funny you should mention the crows; I was just thinking about them when we had that bad cold snap and we were in the Catskills last week. A small flock of them was perched high in trees overlooking a hilltop cemetery; no cover at all, and I was just wondering what kind of insulation does a crow have? -- Carolyn Summers 63 Ferndale Drive Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 914-478-5712 > From: Lee Frelich <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:26:10 -0600 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Central Park Wildlife > > Jenny: > > Raccoons in Minneapolis are asleep until the Arctic Oscillation reverses > and gives us temperatures above zero. They sleep for 1-2 weeks during > outbreaks of arctic air, along with squirrels. We do have about 8,000 > crows in Loring Park every night. If they are so smart, why do they > perch in windy tree tops all night when its -15 degrees? During the day > they go somewhere down by the Mississippi River, and return here at > about 6:00 pm. The pigeons have left the neighborhood (I assume because > of the crows). Smaller birds like chickadees are staying within the > crowns of conifers where windchill factors are not so low. Bobcats are > out at night--they are well insulated and don't care how cold it is. > > Lee > > [email protected] wrote: >> Yes, I was there at day break. I was so surprised to see the raccoons. >> I hope nothing was wrong. Oh, now I'm worried! I take this walk a lot >> so I'll check the same spot tomorrow. It was right by a stream, so I >> assumed they were getting a drink before heading to bed. But I don't >> really know much about raccoons at all. These guys were so cute. I >> couldn't believe the variety I was seeing that morning (I saw >> cardinals, chickadees, and red-bellied woodpeckers as well and lots of >> squirrels, of course). The pigeons and house sparrows were hanging >> out at the edges of the park where people were putting out seeds for >> them. Taking walks in the park in the early morning is a new thing >> for me, so all this animal activity in CP is so fascinating. >> >> Jenny >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Carolyn Summers <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 2:43 pm >> Subject: Re: [ENTS] Central Park Wildlife >> >> Fantastic! How did you find the racoon? In Hastings, they only come out at >> twilight. Occasionally I have spotted them hanging around just after the sun >> rises. Is that when you took the photo - at daybreak? Racoons are my very >> favorite animal. >> -- >> Carolyn Summers >> 63 Ferndale Drive >> Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 >> 914-478-5712 >> >> >> >>> From: JennyNYC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Reply-To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 07:49:13 -0800 (PST) >>> To: ENTSTrees <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Subject: [ENTS] Central Park Wildlife >>> >>> ENTS, >>> >>> An unbelievable morning of wildlife in the middle of NYC on a freezing >>> cold early morning. It's about 2 minutes. It's a good one. >>> >>> http://www.vimeo.com/8544987 >>> >>> Jenny >>> >>> -- >>> Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org >>> Send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en >>> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> -- >> Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org >> Send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > -- > 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] -- 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]
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