Chicago reporting here: A gorgeous male Golden Pheasant that took flight
in front of me at 26th and California. A full-grown Red Fox patrolling the
Ogden Slip for rats. A large Silver Fox in the Jewish section of Oakwoods
Cemetary on 63rd St. Best of all--a Great Snowy Owl that perched on
a pilon of that same Ogden Slip for a full day.
C'mon New Yorkers! You have to do better than possums and raccoons.
in front of me at 26th and California. A full-grown Red Fox patrolling the
Ogden Slip for rats. A large Silver Fox in the Jewish section of Oakwoods
Cemetary on 63rd St. Best of all--a Great Snowy Owl that perched on
a pilon of that same Ogden Slip for a full day.
C'mon New Yorkers! You have to do better than possums and raccoons.
I once saw a baby possum coming out of the 1 train station at Houston Street.
Actually didn't know that Deer eat dogs & cats....will definitely avoid meeting them face to face.
Methinks you should go back and reread the column!
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I live on the third floor of a walk-up and one morning I was baking pies -- apple, pumpkin, pecan. The apartment was toasty warm so I opened my front door and a very large, well-fed raccoon was sitting right outside.
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Deer vasectomies? Really? That's one reason I left New York.
So we're out there in the wind & drizzle and it's in the low 40s but Izzy, the BBC (Brooklyn Border Collie's having fun and a friend warned that there was a ripped up Pigeon and to look out for the dogs. Just as I was explaining that it was probably a hawk kill, a red tail hawk came zooming down, plucked up a sparrow and zoomed up to a tree. They look very big when they're on the ground near you! Whitman Park in Brooklyn Heights.
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raccoons are rampant, six on the block, tearing up our garden, destroying tomato plants and digging up other plantings. New pairs of babies yearly.
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SIGN OF THE CRIMES
You know you've found a steal
In black-and-white or braille
When you come across a deal
That says "Pre-Fire Sale."
E-MAN
The guy looked homeless,
Yet folks said bye-bye
On seeing his placard:
"Will work for wifi."
You know you've found a steal
In black-and-white or braille
When you come across a deal
That says "Pre-Fire Sale."
E-MAN
The guy looked homeless,
Yet folks said bye-bye
On seeing his placard:
"Will work for wifi."
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Well the forecast for today is cloudy with a chance of death. Thanks for this uplifting outlook on today.
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We've had a possum living in our community garden for years. and we used to have a groundhog further down in the park but we think the construction on a new playground caused it to disappear - even though the workers were very careful to fence off its favored hole.
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Canadians canuck Islanders
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Racoons and possums visit the back yard behind our building sometimes when they can't find enough food elsewhere.
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A skunk and a wild turkey in Hudson Heights - not at the same time fortunately!
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Don't forget racoons! I have also seen pheasants in Inwood Hill Park (though it's been a few years).
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Raccoons now and then, and a possum once in the green space in front of my apartment building in Forest Hills, Queens!!
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I run along the East River (Queens side) pretty regularly, and usually see quite a number of ducks and geese. One morning last week though, I saw a horseshoe crab that was probably 3 feet long, skittering along the shore line near Socrates Sculpture Garden!
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Most exotic animal?? I live in Williamsburg.
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What my neighborhood lacks in 'exotic' north american animals we make up for with semi-domesticated street kitties. And raccoons.
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Last month a bat wedged itself between our bedroom window and screen for a few days. Unfortunately we couldn't let it stay for Halloween.
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Most exotic wild animals we have seen are the flock of wild monk parakeets that come into our backyard on occasion.
Straight out of Goodfellas:
http://brooklynparrots.com/why-are-they-here/
Straight out of Goodfellas:
http://brooklynparrots.com/why-are-they-here/
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This morning I went out to warm the car and it was raining---but I wasn't getting wet? Go figure? Then I realized that it was hail, not rain. I looked at the potted plants/flowers on my lawn and said "bye fellas". This will be the end of their line.
I try not to think of winter as covering 6 months, November thru April, when winter is but three months--but that is often how it seems. That is how long the trees will be bare, and wearing outerwear will be required. And oy vey, now it begins! Goodbye cruel world!
I try not to think of winter as covering 6 months, November thru April, when winter is but three months--but that is often how it seems. That is how long the trees will be bare, and wearing outerwear will be required. And oy vey, now it begins! Goodbye cruel world!
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Most exotic animal was a southern flying squirrel.
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Rocky?
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How bout a black bear and a bobcat.....however I live 100 miles north of times square.
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It is so common to use the phrase "Indian Summer". Would you consider not usuing it. I believe the phrase came from many years ago when the colonists were farming in the fall. Sometimes the weather got warmer after they harvested their food and so they were often out in the fields in October. I believe they were more vulnerable to being attacked by Native Ameeicans since they were not out in the fields in big numbers . That is why a warm fall is called Indian Summer. It is very derogatory.
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Etymonline has the first usage dated as 1778.
"spell of warm weather after the first frost," first recorded 1778, American English, perhaps so called because it was first noted in regions inhabited by Indians, or because the Indians first described it to the Europeans. No evidence connects it with the color of fall leaves or a season of Indian attacks on settlements. It is the American version of British All-Hallows summer, French été de la Saint-Martin (feast day Nov. 11), etc. Also colloquial was St. Luke's summer (or little summer), period of warm weather occurring about St. Luke's day (Oct. 18).
"spell of warm weather after the first frost," first recorded 1778, American English, perhaps so called because it was first noted in regions inhabited by Indians, or because the Indians first described it to the Europeans. No evidence connects it with the color of fall leaves or a season of Indian attacks on settlements. It is the American version of British All-Hallows summer, French été de la Saint-Martin (feast day Nov. 11), etc. Also colloquial was St. Luke's summer (or little summer), period of warm weather occurring about St. Luke's day (Oct. 18).
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Makes sense. But hoping for a moderate Halloween
Tune of White Christmas
Since my pharmacy has the December stuff out already
I'm reading of this cold air mass
And the confusion that it brings
But the weather service
Says don't be nervous
It's the norm to have these crazy swings
I'm reading of this cold air mass
I'm sure the trends can't be controlled
Can't we put this air mass on hold
So our Halloween won't be too cold
Tune of White Christmas
Since my pharmacy has the December stuff out already
I'm reading of this cold air mass
And the confusion that it brings
But the weather service
Says don't be nervous
It's the norm to have these crazy swings
I'm reading of this cold air mass
I'm sure the trends can't be controlled
Can't we put this air mass on hold
So our Halloween won't be too cold
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Did see a deer in Ft. Tryon park a couple of weeks ago. Probably not good for the Heather Garden.
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One evening in Manhattan I saw a raccoon up a tree on 69th Street between 1st and 2nd. Don't know how it got away or where it could possibly be living, but that's the bandit life.
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Tune of Downtown
Progress is steady and the subway is ready
But you cannot get
Downstairs
Everything's running and the stations are stunning
Just you cannot get
Downstairs
We promised to be finished by the last day of December
Nothing is diminished just as long as you remember
You can't get in yet
So give us some time til spring
You waited so long ten weeks more will not mean a thing
Once you're downstairs
It will be great when you're downstairs
Don't say we're late when you're downstairs
Q will be waiting for you