Comments on: Field trip with the fishes – June 11th, 2018 https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/field-trip-with-the-fishes/ The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC... mostly Sun, 01 Jul 2018 23:45:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Roger_Paw https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/field-trip-with-the-fishes/#comment-4873 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:06:25 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48689#comment-4873 In reply to Carlene.

That makes sense! Yes, I’d think a Massachusetts winter would be a perfect test case.

]]> By: Carlene https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/field-trip-with-the-fishes/#comment-4872 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:13:35 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48689#comment-4872 Roger_Paw, years ago I had friends in Massachusetts who had a pond in their backyard with many large gold fish. The pond froze over every winter, and every spring the fish began swimming around as usual. The winters in Massachusetts are so much colder than in New York, so I think that has to be the test case for whether or not gold fish can survive freezing temperatures. Carlene

]]> By: Roger_Paw https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/field-trip-with-the-fishes/#comment-4871 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:35:00 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48689#comment-4871 In reply to Rena Mueller.

I was told by one of the garden staff that the gold fish stay there year-round. He said the top level freezes and the fish go into a hibernation mode. Fascinating!

]]> By: Roger_Paw https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/field-trip-with-the-fishes/#comment-4870 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:32:59 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48689#comment-4870 In reply to Susan Addelston.

You present an interesting question; the little pool is out in the open (although it does have a low stone wall around it) but if they wanted to, I suppose a rat could try to swim across but it’d be out of their way if they were going from point A to point B. Yes, luckily Ospreys are more interested in the river fishies. You can see Roger if you click on this link here. 🙂

]]> By: Rena Mueller https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/field-trip-with-the-fishes/#comment-4869 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:09:06 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48689#comment-4869 Two buildings down the block from us run by the same landlords have goldfish in ponds inside a gated garden! They get huge! They even stayed over the winter and I don’t think they had to take them in because it never froze over…I’ll see if I can get some pix for you. Rena

]]> By: Susan Addelston https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/field-trip-with-the-fishes/#comment-4868 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:08:00 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48689#comment-4868 Koi – fancy goldfish – are gorgeous; and those look very well taken care of. Good thing no ospreys around; though they’d hardly be a morsel for them. Presume fish pond is protected from NYC rats and avain predators? Looked quite relaxing; glad you had a change of pace.

Thanks also for the baby pictures of the WSQ hawklets – totally adorable! Much appreciate your photo skills and commentary…no pictures of eponymous Roger Paw himself?

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