tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587616.post2826549818643992698..comments2024-03-08T17:16:56.568-05:00Comments on The City Birder: Prospect Park field tripRob Jetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07974931706580925551noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587616.post-6673902289393383722007-10-16T20:01:00.000-04:002007-10-16T20:01:00.000-04:00Over the years I have seen several squirrels drop ...Over the years I have seen several squirrels drop out of the trees. None have ever died, however. They usually just sit for a moment, then scramble back up the tree. I guess it's just nature's way of weeding out the clumsy genes from the sciurus gene pool.Rob Jetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974931706580925551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587616.post-37062387233452531802007-10-16T19:03:00.000-04:002007-10-16T19:03:00.000-04:00I have seen two squirrels who fell to their deaths...I have seen two squirrels who fell to their deaths from trees in Prospect Park in the last week. Hopefully this is just a strange coincidence. One fell from a tree on Flatbush Ave. as I waited for the light to change (in my car). I heard it falling and then saw it struggle for a few seconds before succumbing. The other one, which I saw today, was already dead, in the park street. There was jhh1822https://www.blogger.com/profile/09129464727493937668noreply@blogger.com