Thursday, December 08, 2005

Little Red in the Snow



It snowed last Saturday -- the city's first snowfall. Just before joining the bird-feeding squad at the Evodia Field three days later, photographer Cal Vornberger [http://www.birdsofcentralpark.com] checked to see how Little Red, the park's one and only Red Squirrel, is doing at the Locust Grove. Here are two great pictures from that photo shoot. [You thought only models in Vogue Magazine have "photo shoots"? No, all Central Park star-quality critters seem to enjoy posing for photographers.] Note that the squirrel has moved on from Black Walnuts to acorns