Cambridge Press
defines the idiom, "a walk in the park," as
"something that is very easy to do, and usually pleasant." And indeed, my walk in Central Park yesterday was pleasant. I went there to check out the
squirrels since this is
Squirrel Awareness Month (as I initially mentioned in my October third
entry here on Blogger) and I did not come across the "
cinnamon variant" which was the type I encountered last week, but I did meet up with a
Black Squirrel who can be seen in the photo atop this entry. In by gone years I've only seen this type in the winter so it was a nice surprise to see this creature frolicking amongst the
pigeons...
.... and having some quality time alone.
According to
Wiki,
"The black squirrel occurs as a melanistic subgroup of both the eastern gray squirrel and the fox squirrel. Their habitat extends throughout the Midwestern United States, in some areas of the Northeastern United States, eastern Canada, and also in the United Kingdom. The overall population of black squirrels is small when compared to that of the gray squirrel. The black fur color can occur naturally as a mutation in populations of gray squirrels, but it is rare. The rarity of the black squirrel has caused many people to admire them, and the black squirrels enjoy great affection in some places as mascots."
