Dead squirrels
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- January
- 29
There were two dead squirrels within 10 feet of each other on Route 311 in Patterson this morning, casualties of the road’s traffic . I’m pretty sure they were relatively fresh when I spotted them because I had just gone that way 20 minutes earlier and they hadn’t caught my attention then. (Full confession: I’m a roadkill watcher.)
Anyway, I don’t often see two roadkilled animals of the same species practically on top of each other. So, I started thinking of what the possible backstory could be –
1. First squirrel gets flattened by a car, second becomes heartbroken and just can’t take it anymore.
2. First squirrel gets killed. Second one goes to cross the road, spots first victim and his last thought is: “Would you look at that. Some squirrels are just so dumb.”
Steeped in Bugs Bunny cartoons and The Far Side comics, I’m definitely attributing some anthropomorphic qualities to the gray, furry creatures. In all likelihood, it was a coincidence the two were killed so close to each other or maybe one was chasing the other across the road and some driver got a twofer.
Such a scene would have been a bonanza for this guy, a Brit whose main source of protein is roadkill.
“I mostly find pheasants and rabbits and squirrels and hares and foxes and badgers and occasionally sea gulls,” Fergus Drennan told Nightline recently.
Don’t forget Mike Huckabee.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
