Wildlife in Central Park
 
Egret

There are a pair of Egrets in the Park in the summer time and will disappear at the end of September which I guess they are flying south for their routine migration. During their staying in the park, you can easily spot them wading in the shallow water preying for baby sunfish. They are the only angler who is the exception to the rule catch-and-release. I first met them in spring 1999, I throw him a baby sunfish which I caught and he grabbed and swallowed from head to tail. From then on, every time I go fishing there and he will fly from every corner of the lake waiting next to me for the free lunch. Most of the time I won't disappoint him and I am the only one which can stand next to an Egret less than five feet. When the other park goers pass by, he will fly away cautiously and come back when there is no one else besides me. That's a strange relationship between human and Egret.

 

 
   

Wanna bite! But this yellow perch is sure to be too big and spiny for the Egret to swallow in whole.


Be patient and ready for a strike of success.

 


Seagull

 


Cormorant



Canadian Geese



Swan



Squirrel



Raccoon
Nocturnal mammals which will come out searching for food after dusk. They usually came in families. Parent raccoon leading their kids wandering in the wood and when encountered by strangers they will climb up trees. I've been waiting for this raccoon family from 7pm to 8:30pm and when this baby raccoon saw me, she climbed up the tree and her parents waited for her not far away. She stayed up on the tree for 10 minutes and when she descend to join her parents, I shot this picture.



Pheasant
A pair of pheasants used to live in the park but the female was stoned to death by a gang of youngsters leaving this male helplessly and baffled.


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