Yes, Paul is correct, it appears to be either a Kinkajou or Olingo (both are neotropical cousins of raccoons and ringtails) - notice the prehensile tail, which only opossums have around our parts. Who would have one for a pet, and if they did, why would they toss it at a temperate wildlife refuge where it surely wouldn't survive the winter?
I hope someone can tempt it down with some bananas or something and send it to a zoo or animal rescue. You really never know what you'll see in NYC parks! - Gabriel Willow > On Aug 14, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Nadine Scarpa <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Could it be a mink? From what I understand, they sometimes use trees to > escape from predators. > >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Cesar Castillo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Yesterday I found this mammal resting at the top of trees to the left of the >> blind at Big John's Pond. It seems to be a an escaped or released illegal >> pet. Does anyone have any idea what it could be? Check out the Flicker >> link. >> >> Escaped/Released Animal >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Escaped/Released Animal >> View on www.flickr.com >> Preview by Yahoo >> >> >> César >> >> Una tarde la princesa vio una estrella aparecer; la princesa era traviesa >> y la quiso ir a coger. >> La quería para hacerla decorar un prendedor, con un verso y una perla, >> una pluma y una flor. >> A princesas primorosas se parecen mucho a ti; cortan lirios, cortan rosas, >> cortan astros. Son así. >> -A Margarita Debayle (To Margarita Debayle) by Ruben Dario >> -- >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
