Here the Turkey Vultures use their dark color to their advantage. I've seen them over in Egg Harbor City many times, either on the roof or tower of the Moravian Church (but not other churches!) or on the city water tower. I've seen them spread their wings and hold them that way, I guess getting some warmth from the sun. Barry
--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Christine Schadler <[email protected]> wrote: From: Christine Schadler <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENTS] Central Park Wildlife To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 5:36 PM 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] -- 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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