Dear All, Thanks for the interest. The two gentlemen (Simon and Tripper) who were birding at the same time as me, and who were the first people I showed the animal too also thought Kinkajou. I also would agree that it is a Kinkajou from the descriptive pictures online. The prehensile tail was the first feature I noticed on this animal, it really stands out. Quote "The rangers at the refuge are aware of the situation and are on it. Stella Miller"Yes, I had pointed the animal out to the Rangers at the Refuge. I wasn't sure how they would ever find that again once it moved on. Hopefully the traps suggested by some on the list serve would be successful. César Una tarde la princesa vio una estrella aparecer; la princesa era traviesa y la quiso ir a coger. La quería para hacerla decorar un prendedor, con un verso y una perla, una pluma y una flor. A princesas primorosas se parecen mucho a ti; cortan lirios, cortan rosas, cortan astros. Son así. -A Margarita Debayle (To Margarita Debayle) by Ruben Dario
On Friday, August 14, 2015 12:49 PM, Gabriel Willow <gabrielwil...@yahoo.com> wrote: Yes, Paul is correct, it appears to be either a Kinkajou or Olingo (both are neotropical cousins of raccoons and ringtails) - notice the prehensile tail, which only opossums have around our parts. Who would have one for a pet, and if they did, why would they toss it at a temperate wildlife refuge where it surely wouldn't survive the winter? I hope someone can tempt it down with some bananas or something and send it to a zoo or animal rescue. You really never know what you'll see in NYC parks! - Gabriel Willow On Aug 14, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Nadine Scarpa <nadinescarpaho...@gmail.com> wrote: Could it be a mink? From what I understand, they sometimes use trees to escape from predators. On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Cesar Castillo <czar3...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi all, Yesterday I found this mammal resting at the top of trees to the left of the blind at Big John's Pond. It seems to be a an escaped or released illegal pet. Does anyone have any idea what it could be? Check out the Flicker link. Escaped/Released Animal | | | | | | | | | | | Escaped/Released Animal | | | | View on www.flickr.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | César Una tarde la princesa vio una estrella aparecer; la princesa era traviesa y la quiso ir a coger. La quería para hacerla decorar un prendedor, con un verso y una perla, una pluma y una flor. A princesas primorosas se parecen mucho a ti; cortan lirios, cortan rosas, cortan astros. Son así. -A Margarita Debayle (To Margarita Debayle) by Ruben Dario-- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --