Lee,
The more you tell me about Minneapolis, the more I think it is actually on a different planet. 8,000 popsicle crows in a park? Wow. They must be the Twin Cities' heroes if they displaced the hated pigeons... or do the pigeons migrate? I wonder how many of these birds perish in the winter? How can I know so little about all these common animals? I guess they just don't come up much in opera libretti. Jenny -----Original Message----- From: Lee Frelich <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 6:26 pm 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]
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