Chilling Out At the Garden: Wildlife
| Thomas C. Andres is an Honorary Research Associate at the Garden. |
Humans weren’t the only ones suffering during last week’s record-breaking heatwave. The Garden’s plants and animals were also feeling the heat. And while the plants relied upon human-intervention to maintain their cool, the Garden’s feathered and fluffy residents were able to take matters into their own hands, paws, and wings.
Coping Mechanism One: Cool Off the Belly On a Mossy Tree Trunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Coping Mechanism Two: Sip a Mimosa
Tiger Swallowtail feeding on the nectar of a Mimosa tree, Albizia julibrissin
Coping Mechanism Three: Snack On Some Fruit
Blue Jay eating a fruit from the flowering crabapple, Malus ‘Dolgo’
Coping Mechanism Four: Head For the Water
Great Blue Heron over Twin Lakes
Coping Mechanism Five: Take a Nap
Male Mallard on the banks of the Bronx River
Coping Mechanism Six: Splash Around In A Cool Spring
Gray Catbird in the spring that feeds Twin Lakes
Coping Mechanism Seven: Take A Bath
Female Baltimore Oriole
Coping Mechanism Eight: Hit the Old Swimming Hole
Double-Crested Cormorant in the Bronx River
Coping Mechanism Nine: If All Else Fails, Drastic Measures May Be Necessary
Muskrats in Twin Lakes
All photos by Thomas Andres.
Great images, I LOVE the one of the muskrats! Well done, Thomas.
All things wise and wonderful
All things big and small
(simply great pictures!!)
Tom: I especially love the Oriole, but they’re all wonderful. The muskrats look like they’re trying to camouflage themselves. Thanks for putting them up! Ruth