Manhattan: skunk Eden

No one can say why the skunks have chosen this moment, but they are marching unopposed onto an island once occupied by their ancestors. And it looks as if they are back for keeps. By choosing their spots, they are finding comfortable quarters, with no one to bother them — unlike their burrows in the Bronx, where roaming coyotes are always ready to dine on savory skunk. . .

So wooded areas with no coyotes and easy access to garbage — e.g., northern Manhattan — are skunk Edens.

Posted by David on September 27, 2009 4:19 PM