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Carrie Shanafelt<p>I know that some of you are lousy with rabbits, but here in the Bronx, a little bunny browsing for tender greens is a sweet surprise. <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a></p>
Carrie Shanafelt<p>This night heron always has big Keanu Reeves energy--too famous to hang around alone outside without drawing paparazzi, but too accustomed to it to care.<br><a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birding</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a></p>
Carrie Shanafelt<p>I'm pretty sure this young mom is a blue-winged teal with her seven very orderly adolescents. <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a></p>
Carrie Shanafelt<p>We didn't bring binoculars, so we're not 100% sure who was on the pond with 10 tiny babies, but we think it was the wood duck. And then we got sort of dive bombed by a red-tailed hawk and then saw her mate (probably?) nearby, looking as big as a house on top of the baseball backstop. Very exciting muggy morning walk in <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> .</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InwoodPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InwoodPark</span></a> Ablaze as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrushFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrushFires</span></a> Reach Historic Levels Across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> </p><p>Firefighters have responded to more than 200 brush fires in the past two weeks, including nearly two dozen in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> in The Bronx, as the city reckons with an historically dry and fiery season.</p><p>by Jonathan Custodio and Max Rivera Nov. 13, 2024</p><p>‘We Could Smell It From Our Apartment’</p><p>"The recent brush fires over a historically dry stretch included two separate ones over four days in wooded parts of the Bronx’s sprawling Van Cortlandt Park that have local residents and officials concerned about what could be coming before significant rain finally arrives. </p><p>"'Remarkably dry conditions in October and so far in November have resulted in a historic amount of brush fires over the last two weeks,' FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said in a statement on Wednesday, hours before another brush fire erupted in Inwood Hill Park. 'Due to a significant lack of rainfall, the threat of fast spreading brush fires fueled by dry vegetation and windy conditions pose a real threat to our members and our city."</p><p><a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/brush-fires-nyc-inwood-van-cortlandt-parks/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/brush-f</span><span class="invisible">ires-nyc-inwood-van-cortlandt-parks/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYCBrushFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYCBrushFires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildfireWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireWx</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drought2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drought2024</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FireSeason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireSeason</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NortheastWildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NortheastWildfires</span></a></p>
NY Public Library Appreciation<p>The lake, Van Cortlandt Park, N.Y.<br>"Sol-Art-Prints" "The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City."--printed on verso. New York (printed in Germany)<br><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/499d76d0-c55f-012f-a23f-58d385a7bc34" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalcollections.nypl.org/it</span><span class="invisible">ems/499d76d0-c55f-012f-a23f-58d385a7bc34</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/TheRotographCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRotographCo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NYCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYCity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Parks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>(NY)</p>
NY Public Library Appreciation<p>Van Cortlandt Park, New York s.l.<br><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/454d7560-c55f-012f-e43e-58d385a7bc34" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalcollections.nypl.org/it</span><span class="invisible">ems/454d7560-c55f-012f-e43e-58d385a7bc34</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NewYorksl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorksl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> #75842 <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NewYorkCitys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCitys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Parks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>(NY)</p>
legraLeGra<p>Another beautiful weekend for a fall ride out of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bikeNYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikeNYC</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NYCbike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYCbike</span></a> <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> north to Ardsley (~12 miles) along the old Putnam rail now <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> trail. </p><p><a href="https://urbanists.video/w/ty8HQFQVhJP4tHwFK5nXuR?loop=1&amp;autoplay=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">urbanists.video/w/ty8HQFQVhJP4</span><span class="invisible">tHwFK5nXuR?loop=1&amp;autoplay=1</span></a></p>
legraLeGra<p>Today in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TheBronx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBronx</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> , I came across a floral display at the old mansion house — folks put up artificial flowers and tags4 respect and memory and forgiveness for the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> history borne out of the labors of enslaved folks labors. It is indeed an enlightening restorative justice project.</p><p><a href="https://vancortlandt.org/epp/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vancortlandt.org/epp/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Carrie Shanafelt<p>Big animal day in <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> ! A big bearded great blue heron, ten zillion turtles, a cormorant, and our old bullfrog pal, easily over a pound, with a lady friend hiding under a rock nearby.</p>
legraLeGra<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HappyEaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HappyEaster</span></a> to those who celebrate from an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EasternGreySquirrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EasternGreySquirrel</span></a> in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TheBronx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBronx</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a></p><p>(This little squirrel in the video stole the kids’ blue egg hidden in the park under an eastern white pine before a kid could find it, cracked it open, barked at me when I approached, ate the contents, and ran off before I had a chance to stop him.)</p>
joelepstein<p>Ticking off the new @Citibike docks in the north <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Bronx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bronx</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/vancortlandtpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vancortlandtpark</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/bikenewyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikenewyork</span></a> a few of the new docks aren't opened yet</p>
Phillip<p>Here is my day 4 of inktober- dodge. A scene very similar to this totally happened to me today as I was unicycling through Van Courtland Park. Was I dodging the pigeon, or was the pigeon dodging me? I'll leave that to the philosophers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/inktober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inktober</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/inktober2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inktober2023</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/dodge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dodge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/vancortlandtpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vancortlandtpark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/pigeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pigeon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/unicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unicycle</span></a></p>
Carrie Shanafelt<p>Night heron neighbor, <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/Bronx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bronx</span></a></p>
legraLeGra<p>Are new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/invasives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasives</span></a> like <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SpottedLanternFly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpottedLanternFly</span></a> worse in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> this year? <br>Yesterday in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> they were all over the place. Today in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/InwoodHillPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InwoodHillPark</span></a> there were even more. Like 1000’s. </p><p>I paused under the Henry Hudson Parkway to swat a few 100. Felt pointless. Some helpful guy said to me “you’re the third person I seen stopped to swat those things”. Geez.</p>
legraLeGra<p>Remembering <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MemorialDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MemorialDay</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TheBronx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBronx</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a></p>
legraLeGra<p>Art installation in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TheBronx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBronx</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> — a colorful Baobab tree bench with a with yellow metro cards as leaves.</p>
Victorio_M (He/Him)<p>I went outside and got some fresh air this morning. I also used the time and setting to create a message for my amazing Patreon subscribers. The video will launch later today and will be available to all patrons.</p><p>If you want to see this and my other work, join my Patreon now!</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/creativechaosphotography" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/creativechaosphoto</span><span class="invisible">graphy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/TheBronx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBronx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/SupportArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupportArtists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/EverydayBronx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EverydayBronx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ChaosPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosPhotos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/TheBronxIsBeautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBronxIsBeautiful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Patreon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patreon</span></a></p>
NYC Glue<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@haq" class="u-url mention">@<span>haq</span></a></span> Thanks. By filtering to all of 2019 I got this hopefully not paywalled article about the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sheep" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sheep</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/grazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grazing</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>London</span></a> recently. This would work in many <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NYC</span></a> parks.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiversidePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiversidePark</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VanCortlandtPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VanCortlandtPark</span></a>. I think <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CentralPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CentralPark</span></a> is too busy and I&#39;m unfamiliar with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ProspectPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProspectPark</span></a>. It would be good to cut back on the use of fossil fuel and noise. People will complain about the poop, but then it they already have to mindful of goose poop and dog poop.<br /><a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2019-08-27/sheep-grazing-again-on-hampstead-heath-after-70-years" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">itv.com/news/london/2019-08-27</span><span class="invisible">/sheep-grazing-again-on-hampstead-heath-after-70-years</span></a></p>