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Held Saturday, June 4, 2016, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak
35 Alexander Street, Yonkers, New York
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Annual Urban Wildlife Appreciation Day
Held in Inwood Hill Park, Saturday, May 7, 2016, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
New York City is home to an amazing abundance of wildlife. From falcons and salamanders to deer and seals (and of course, turtles), wildlife viewing opportunities exist year-round in all of our parks and beaches. Urban Wildlife Appreciation Day is sponsored by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and the Urban Park Rangers. NYTTS participated for the seventh year in this event. Exhibits included squirrels, raccoons, coyotes, skunks, eagles, live birds of prey, and turtles provided by NYTTS.
See a slide show and description of this event.
Held Sunday, April 3, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
West 86th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan
Download flier for this event (PDF)
“Wood and Box Turtle Study in the Patterson Great Swamp”
by Michael Musnick and John Foley
by Michael Musnick and John Foley
Long-time NYTTS member and citizen scientist Michael Musnick has spent the last 14 years studying wood and box turtles, and this is his 11th season following them with radio tracking equipment. His main interest has been to determine where they hibernate, estivate and nest. He has monitored their yearly survival, and nesting site fidelity, reproductive fitness of females, with special focus on juveniles as indicators of recruitment. He has examined reasons for mortality and has made efforts to stem that loss.
Co-presenting this talk was John Foley, also a member of NYTTS, who has worked closely with Michael on this study for the last seven years and has shared responsibility for collecting the data on wood, box, and bog turtles. John is currently head naturalist at Great Hollow Nature Preserve, an 825 acre wildlife sanctuary in Fairfield County, Connecticut. He has also worked with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
A number of members and new faces showed up at our new meeting space and thoroughly enjoyed Michael’s and John’s presentation. However, because technical problems prevented videos from being shown, we are presenting one of the key videos here — this one from NPR’s “Science Friday” entitled “Tiny Turtle Bridges”:
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 The title slide |
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 Michael Musnick and John Foley |
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 Attendees at the meeting |
Photos by Anita Salzberg
Held Saturday, October 24, 2015
Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak
35 Alexander St, Yonkers, NY 10701
See photos and abstracts.