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Tails Of The CityAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.comBlogger526125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202726033273850824.post-75909743086950090082020-06-19T11:56:00.004-04:002020-06-26T11:54:08.047-04:00Terrorist Tots Torment Squirrels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anti-squirrel sentiment has simmered for years at Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town. When legislation was being considered a year ago to criminalize feeding squirrels in New York City parks, these two apartment complexes decided to jump on the bandwagon and ban squirrel feeding on their properties. Ultimately the NY state legislation did not pass, but at PCV and Stuytown they cited "the law" as they proceeded to ban squirrel feeding on their private property. <br />
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It's been a year now since the feeding ban went into effect. The other day I took a walk through the park in the north-east corner of PCV, a place where I used to spend a lot of time before I started to focus my efforts on the area where Lady Gray and Lady Black currently reside. I hadn't been over there for a long time, and I'm sorry to report that I did not see a single squirrel in an area that had once been bustling with squirrels. Where were they? Were they all on lockdown? Or were they all gone? I'm afraid that this is what the majority of PCV residents want: a beautifully landscaped dead park, devoid of living creatures.<br />
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One of the main arguments for the externination of the little animals has been that they're a threat children. You see, "squirrels bite babies". The argument goes that by feeding squirrels we encourage them to be aggressive towards children. This meme is a perfect example of how of wild animals don't stand a chance when they come up against the well-being and comfort of humans. The animals never win.<br />
But I have rarely seen an aggressive squirrel. It's not in their nature to be aggressive.<br />
In fact squirrels, who are vegans, are themselves prey rather than predators. As natural prey, they normally keep their distance. In fact they invented social distancing.<br />
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The other day I watched a group of young children ganging up on a black squirrel. They were surrounding a few squirrels, screaming at them and chasing them up trees.<br />
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But I noticed that one squirrel was standing its ground as they closed in on it. I got closer for a better look and realized to my horror that the squirrel was my own Lady Black. She was getting so aggravated that I feared she might strike back if they got any closer. I attempted to run interferance but the kids paid no attention. <br />
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However, Lady Black finally came to her senses and ran off. I could envision a scenario in which she might have clawed or bitten her tormenters if she felt trapped. But this would only have been under extreme provocation and by an unusual squirrel like Lady Black, because most squirrels would instinctively run away. Even when squirrels approach humans for a peanut they tend to be skittish and not get too close. Squirrels are afraid of their own shadows. They will jump two feet in the air at the rustling sound of a plastic bag. So would a squirrel really bite a kid? If that did happen, it would be very rare, not a regular occurrence like they try to claim.<br />
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Survivor: The Unsinkable Lady Black </div>
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Squirrels have always practiced social distancing, both with themselves and with humans.<br />
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Christmas has long since come and gone, taking the Christmas spirit with it, and leaving in its place a mean spirit that's hard to fathom. Some residents have been really snarky and snarly recently. Why? Could coronavirus fears be somehow to blame? After a long respite, the guards have been harassing me more intensively than ever. I had to remind one to keep his distance. But while some of the residents have been downright nasty, others still say things like "God bless you!" and "Thank you for what you're doing." I guess a lot of them wouldn't dare do it. One woman even wanted to shake my hand, but I refused, referring to the need for social distancing. But I thanked her for the kind thought. <br />
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As I walked around I saw very few squirrels, when I expected them to be out enjoying the nice weather. Where were they? They all seem to be practicing social distancing. <br />
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But I'm happy to report that Lady Black and Lady Gray were both there and doing fine. <br />
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And to my absolute delight, I ran into the black and white beauty pictured above for the first time since last May when the no-feeding rules went into effect. I was so happy to see that squirrel pop up alive and well, out of nowhere! How do I know it's the same squirrel? This little bunny is one-of-a-kind! And someone somewhere has been caring for it.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Many creatures were stirring </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of a big Christmas meal!</span></div>
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In true holiday spirit, PCV has relaxed the rules against feeding squirrels!<br />
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Two guards walked right past me, calling out "Happy Holidays!" Those words never sounded so good. I had started taking bigger risks when the cold weather arrived, feeding them more openly, and I expected consequences. But none came. Apparently word had gone out from the top to not harass the squirrel feeders, because all of a sudden I felt invisible as guards walked by and said nothing. Even those nasty cracks coming from some of the residents have been replaced by nice salutations like "God bless you!" </div>
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The squirrels are all wearing heavy fur coats now, along with mittens and earmuffs. </div>
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Lady Gray has even grown a hat to keep her head warm!
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Whee! This is fun! <br />
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Peter Cooper Village apparently forgot that squirrels like pumpkins?<br />
So far they've resisted going for the gold, so as not to spoil the scenery, we're guessing. <br />
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And they've been limiting themselves to nibbling on leaves.<br />
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But we're sure it's only a matter of time before we'll be seeing jack o' lanterns -- surely by Halloween! <br />
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This expecting squirrel has found her own gold mine <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two who starved to death at Peter Cooper Village?</span><br />
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And then there was one. Who stole the skeleton? Did any heads roll? <br />
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Monarchs at the Miss Violet Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)<br />
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End of Summer Assessment </h3>
So how are the squirrels doing? A lot of them seem to be missing. Sometimes when I go for a walk around there I don't see a single squirrel.<br />
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Bad Humor Man: The Case of the Grumpy Guard</h3>
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A lot of the guards are <em>with me -- </em>they tell me almost apologetically that the only reason they bother me is because someone called up and complained, and it's their job to follow up on every complaint. It's their duty to recite the <em>no feeding</em> mantra. Not this guard, though: this guard is <em>out to get me</em>. He'll ride his scooter up and down the sidewalk, buzzing me. He seems to think it's his mission to not just enforce the rules, but to wipe out the squirrels of PCV. <br />
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He doesn't think I have the right to feed them even on the city sidewalk, because "they bring those nuts back and bury them on the property." Well we can't have that. Why not? Because that's <em>the letter of the law</em>, not <em>the spirit of the law</em>.<br />
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<br />The Old Feeding Grounds</h3>
This is our home, where we played and slept and ate and raised our babies. It's where we used to get fed.<br />
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Missing Squirrels </h3>
Sometimes when I go out there, I don't see a single squirrel. The bottom line is, there are a lot of missing squirrels. That's what many of them wanted, apparently. And they won.<br />
I think the ultimate objective is to exterminate the squirrels at Peter Cooper Village in a humane way . What does the word humane even mean? It has roots in the word "human". We have the Humane Society. The connotation of that name is that we treat animals with compassion. Anyone on Facebook has seen horrific examples of the opposite. Just recently I posted a picture of dolphins huddling in fear before being slaughtered by a Japanese hunting crew. Mankind in general, has not been kind to animals, except for a select few that were domesticated as pets that mirror our narcissistic view of ourselves.<br />
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My Squirrels</h3>
My squirrels are doing okay. They each have completely different personalities. Lady Gray acts like a cat. She is shy and standoffish. She never shows emotion but I know she must love me. Lady Black is all over me, like a dog. If I throw peanuts she runs to retrieve them (although she never brings them back!) She jumps onto my cart and loves taking a ride while ferreting for peanuts. One night when I was there waiting for someone, Lady Black stayed nearby, even in the dark. <br />
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Lady Black</h3>
I call her Lady for short. While other squirrels come to eat, Lady comes to play. I receive a lot of harassment, but will I ever give up on feeding squirrels? As long as she's out there, so am I.<br />
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In the years that I've known her, Lady Black has produced several generations of healthy, beautiful black babies.<br />
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Her nickname is Waddles, but she doesn't waddle much these days, having become much sleeker on her new diet. She produces those lovely orange babies so maybe I should call her Lady Orange. Her coat is a mix of orange and gray. Basically she's a common gray squirrel, but an uncommonly beautiful one. <br />
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I'm always worrying about her when I don't see her for long periods of time, but she always shows up eventually. I've often thought someone else could be feeding her. But recently she hasn't bee been looking so good, so maybe they stopped. I was told by a squirrel-loving couple who live there that they've been threatened by Management with fines if they feed the squirrels, so many residents have no doubt been scared off. <br />
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There's a big acorn harvest this year. <br />
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<strong>Honey Locust</strong><br />
The fruit of the honey locust is a long, flat legume (pod) that matures in early autumn. The young, unripe pods, with their sweet, sticky, and aromatic pulp, are edible and contain about 12-42% sugar. </div>
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As they ripen, the seed pods produce a strong smell. The sticky pulp inside the pods is edible. <br />
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<strong>Sweetgum</strong> <br />
The large deciduous hardwood tree, sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) also goes by the names redgum, sapgum, starleaf-gum and bilsted. <br />
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Up to 50 seeds can be found within each spiky ball.<br />
They bloom with inconspicuous, yellowish-green flowers in the spring that turn to seedpods -- which are often called gumballs -- in the fall. The spiky clusters are actually balls of fruit with tiny seeds inside that birds and squirrels snack on. <br />
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Some of the squirrels are definitely having a hard time finding enough to eat. I just found this little guy yesterday and he doesn't look so good. He has a bad case of what's known as <strong>mange</strong>. I'm seeing more and more cases like this now that the new regime of not feeding squirrels has been in effect for a few months. I fed him a lot of nuts and it was as if he couldn't get enough. He just kept eating and eating! Will I ever see him again? <br />
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The squirrels are magical creatures who seem to come out of the woodwork, then disappear again. Sometimes I get the feeling that there's a whole world of squirrels all around us that we know nothing about. <br />
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She had disappeared for more than a week. She would do that in the past, but I think there were others feeding her then. This time she looked like she hadn't eaten in a while. I found her wandering out on the sidewalk all by herself, obviously looking for me. I've considered the possibility that she may be molting, but nevertheless, her fur looked bad and her tail looked terrible. </div>
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So I went out to feed her for 3 days in a row. And she managed to find me 3 days in a row. She knew she was in trouble. Now only 3 days later, I think she looks a lot better.</div>
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She ate everything I fed her: avocado, fresh coconut, walnuts, pecans and hazelnuts -- and, of course, peanuts. The peanuts won out over everything -- no doubt about it, eating a peanut is pure bliss for a squirrel.</div>
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Once the playground of squirrels, the lawn at Peter Cooper Village now looks pretty empty much of the time.<br />
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Except for the occasional human, that is. The other day I overheard a woman telling her friends: "You know how I feel about squirrels!" I could only imagine what her friends knew, but the same day I heard another woman telling her kids to watch out for nasty squirrels. <br />
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At Peter Cooper Village, dogs are pets, squirrels are pests </h3>
The squirrels are being systematically replaced by animals that folks feel more comfortable with: dogs.<br />
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A Squirrel Purge?</h3>
Along with the "no feeding rule" there are now lots of these scary-looking black boxes placed around the property.<br />
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So it's past the mid-summer mark now and the proposed New York City Parks Dept. rule that would ban the feeding of squirrels and other wildlife is still not in effect. However, a similar ban has been in effect at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village for three and a half months now. <br />
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So what are we seeing?<br />
Well the main thing I've observed is scanty tails on squirrels that aren't being fed. When you understand the importance of a tail you realize that a squirrel with a tail that's not in tip-top shape has a pretty serious deficit. A squirrel's tail is its crowning glory, and holds its power. Where the tail goes, so goes the squirrel. <br />
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Here's what a squirrel's tail should look like<br />
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This poor little female squirrel has actually lost part of her tail. She also has some kind of skin condition where she is losing her fur. <br />
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This poor little guy has a swollen eye.<br />
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So these are the kinds of things we've been seeing. To those who are advocating just letting squirrels eat what nature provides, you can see that for squirrels in city parks, nature just isn't providing enough to keep them healthy. <br />
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New York City's proposed prohibition on feeding squirrels has not yet gone into effect, but it seems to be already having an effect. According to a recent article in the Gothamist:<br />
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According to a Parks official, there's been a string of squirrel attacks recently, which would indicate that there are lots of hungry and angry squirrels out there. Well, I've seen some hungry squirrels at Peter Cooper Village, but I have yet to see any angry squirrels. Only sad and scared squirrels. And I've noticed something curious: some squirrels appear to have almost internalized the new ban on feeding them there, and skulk around as if eating a peanut is a punishable act. Somehow they know. So sad.<br />
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Trash Can Diving </h3>
Some squirrels have taken to diving into the trash cans. <br />
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This squirrel dove in again and again, each time coming up with a little nugget in its mouth. Wondering what it was, I looked in and saw a bag of chips! <br />
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Making Do </h3>
I saw a squirrel eating an entire sandwich right through the saran wrap. Another squirrel was chewing on a napkin.<br />
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I found my precious pet Lady Black with this plastic cup around her neck. God knows how that happened. She could have been wearing it for several days before I found her. She wasn't able to get it off herself and seemed very agitated. I quickly helped her and she now loves me even more.<br />
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<br />Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202726033273850824.post-64225579731087936442019-06-07T10:02:00.002-04:002019-06-07T10:02:56.355-04:00Happy National Donut Day!<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalDonutDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NationalDonutDay</a> 😊🍩 Sprinkles make everything better! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/notmyphotobutitsagoodone?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#notmyphotobutitsagoodone</a> <a href="https://t.co/4hLMCRejLD">pic.twitter.com/4hLMCRejLD</a></p>— Mel Wag (@daisycrazygirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/daisycrazygirl/status/1136977155953479681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202726033273850824.post-68901001713101648132019-05-29T22:11:00.003-04:002019-07-15T13:13:26.144-04:00Sidewalk SquirrelsHere's the latest wrinkle: now we're not permitted to feed the squirrels on the cobblestone area just outside the gates of the Kingdom, because that too is PCV property.<br />
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So we have to take it a step further to the sidewalk. <br />
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Of course this causes problems. The squirrels can scoot up the trees in the cobblestone areas which gives them a sense of security, but out on the open sidewalk, run-ins with pedestrians -- including dogs -- are common. Not good for the digestion! <br />
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And of course there's the problem of the remains of the day -- the mess of peanut shells on the sidewalk. Then the security guard complains about who is going to clean up all the shells. I tell him that it would be so much better if I could feed them "in their habitat" (as he calls it), like we used to do. They were safe from dogs and people in their sandbox, and people didn't have to worry about stepping on peanut shells. And so it goes.<br />
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<br />Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202726033273850824.post-52721571451041869422019-05-29T21:53:00.002-04:002019-06-04T17:39:57.178-04:00The Pied Piper of PCV<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></span><br />
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A few squirrels have caught on to the idea that there could be a meal waiting for them if they're willing to travel to far-flung corners of the Kingdom. When I walk through Peter Cooper Village these days, I soon find a stream of squirrels running behind me.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you know that you can herd squirrels?<span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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Well the Pied Piper herded rats, and some of the good residents of Peter Cooper Village like to call squirrels "rats with tails", but they are <i>not</i> rats! Not that there's anything wrong with rats, but the designation is meant to be derogatory, implying that they eat garbage and carry disease. But squirrels are vegans who eat peanuts and flowers and hurt nobody. And they have a clean bill of health from the State of NY: city squirrels have <em>no rabies</em>. They are harmless, sweet creatures who deserve a chance to enjoy life.<br />
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I was glad to see that Lady Grey had joined the pack, as I sometimes worry about her. She's also expecting babies, and she's the one that produces those wonderful orange-tailed squirrels. We do want to keep her fat and happy!<br />
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<br />Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202726033273850824.post-74029461705702948362019-05-27T21:27:00.000-04:002019-06-02T14:26:23.047-04:00This Land Is Your Land This land is my land. But it's not<em> their</em> land.<br />
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The squirrels have been banished to the street outside the Kingdom if they're looking for a bite to eat. Here some kind soul might take pity on them and feed them without risk of retaliation. <br />
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Why feed the squirrels? Because when we took the land, we took away their food sources, leaving little for them to eat. We don't care for them the way we care for our domesticated pets. There are no cans of squirrel food hanging from the trees. But we have a history of doing things like that, don't we? It's all about us, never about them. <br />
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But that's a mistake: "<em>Unless you become as little squirrels, you shall not enter the Kingdom.</em>"<br />
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The "grace" period at PCV has ended as of May 1, which means that the warning period is now over. For PCV tenants that could mean the loss of their lease if they're caught feeding the squirrels. For people like me it could mean being expelled from the Kingdom. <br />
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I was in a bit of a quandary: I didn't want to risk expulsion, but I didn't want to stop feeding my pets, Lady Grey and Lady Black, both of whom are expecting babies and in need of extra nutrition when eating for four or five or six. The brilliant Lady Black solved my dilemma by following me out of PCV one day.<br />
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Lady Black and I have this long-standing game which she never tires of playing, where I throw her a nut and she runs off and buries it and then comes back for another. This can go on forever. So I had this bright idea that together she and I could set up an <em>underground nutwork, </em>where I'd feed her "off site" and then she could go bury the nuts "on site", and thus help feed the entire community! <br />
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Unfortunately, this didn't work out quite as expected, when instead of bringing the nuts back to PCV, she started crossing the little roadway there to bury them in the sidewalk. <br />
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This kind of defeats the purpose, and it's also dangerous for her to be crossing the road all the time. So I'm not too happy with that solution. At first I thought she was just not into sharing, but now I'm beginning to think that she has already internalized the notion that she is only supposed to have peanuts outside of PCV. As I've said before, this is one smart squirrel.Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202726033273850824.post-44446953901555215312019-05-08T19:36:00.000-04:002019-05-30T15:30:15.292-04:00Salad Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Report from the field:</strong> how are the squirrels faring on their new diet? Well we haven't seen that many squirrels in distress. Actually we haven't seen that many squirrels, period. The area is fairly devoid of wildlife these days. That must make everyone very happy.<br />
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So what are they eating? Is it possible that they are actually finding enough food? Are some good-hearted folks smuggling in eats? Today I saw a squirrel eating a napkin. It must have smelled of something edible. I did notice some disappearing tulip tops earlier in the month. And I've seen them eating buds off trees and heard that they will also eat the leaves and bark.<br />
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Many squirrels are expecting babies now. One can only hope that the available food will be sufficient to nourish the expectant mothers and their kittens. </div>
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I stopped by Peter Cooper Village to see how things were going in the garden of evil. The place looks beautiful now, in the early Spring. The grounds are manicured. Not a peanut in sight. Not a squirrel in sight. <br />
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But the foulest stench pervades the entire park. They've started spreading that awful fertilizer on everything again. It's a mixture of poop smell and chemicals that makes me gag and start getting a headache and feeling nauseous. I can't stay there long, I have to exit the property. Don't others have this reaction and complain? Oh yeah, these are the people who voted against the squirrels, so you already know they're out of touch with reality. I's particularly beautiful time this time of year, but without the smells to go along with the sights it's a sort of travesty. There should be the delightful smell of trees and grass in the air, but instead there's the sickening odor of poopy doo. And what about the squirrels? Does anybody think about them? No, of course not. They have to smell that crap all day and all night long. And they have to dig in that crap. Oh that's right, there's nothing to dig for anymore.<br />
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On top of that, they are wondering where their next meal is coming from. <br />
A squirrel's life has become a nightmare, as I see it. Please tell me I'm wrong. <br />
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This little one came out to greet me on the sidewalk, so I threw him a peanut from the stash I carry with me now in case I run into a stray squirrel on the sidewalk outside of PCV. He has open scabs now. When I started feeding him he had a little bit of mange that would easily be cured with good nutrition. Now that I no longer feed him, he's looking worse. <br />
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It's so cruel, so sad. But they got what they wanted. It's midnight for the squirrels.Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936175630995527213noreply@blogger.com0