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Lidicker
1990
Apr 24 cont.
At about 19:00 head for NYC on I95 +
to Triboro Bridge to 125th St. arriving at Johnson's
at ~ 20:00. Weather: warm & mostly clear; ho
jacket needed until Old Greenwich Pt.
Lots of Monarch Cloak
butterflies active.
April 25 Left ~ 11:10 for 125th St. & Triboro Bridge
to Queens. Raining. Took Grand Central Parkway to
Manhattan & then down to Sands Point between S Plandome.
Took main St. to Hempstead Harbor (rain starting at
that time). Roslyn to Meadowbrook Pkwy to
Jones Beach. Returned after short walk to head to
Southern Pkwy, went to Cross Bay Blvd. Took
this across Jamaica Bay to Rockaway. We did not
have time to stop at the sandy beach properties. Followed
Beach Channel Drivn to bridge & continued into Brooklyn.
Verrazano Narrows Bridge to Staten Island & across
to Elizabeth, N.J. & Newark Airport. Arrived at Avis
Rental car place at 16:50. Took M for London or
Oslo 18:45. Memos:
Lepus europaeus - dropping at Corry Arboretum
Sylvilagus - "
White-tailed Deer - I saw a doe.
Muskrat - Corry Arch & Thompson Pond
Didelphis - lots of DOR's
Procyon - several DOR's
Marmota monax - small seen alive & few dead.
Blarina brevicauda - 1 ad. & lumpert in by Ostfield's cat.
Sciurus carolinensis - lots seen.