The Little Red Squirrel Continues

The feisty little Red Squirrel continues to amuse and amaze visitors to the Locust Grove in Central Park. He works very hard at defending his territory, chasing away birds and other squirrels. This is the only Red Squirrel in Central Park and was probably introduce here. It's hard to imagine him making his way this far south on his own.

He has been adopted by a number of Central Park regulars who bring him nuts and other delicacies. After the recent snowfall I went into the park early one morning looking for him. I had never been in the Locust Grove at that time of day before and was shocked to find it has become a de facto dog run. There were at least 40 dogs running around in the area off their leashes.

There's only one Red Squirrel in the whole park. Couldn't we do a little something to protect him. Since the Parks Department is fond of putting up fences could they not be induced to fence off the Locust Grove and let this little guy have some breathing room?

He is very photogenic and I have taken quite a few pictures of him: http://www.calvorn.com/gallery/photo.php?photo=5935