I wanted to share an incredible story that I was told tonight at the Community Board meeting. Last Thursday morning, a colleague was waiting for the 15X express bus at Amboy Road and First Street when he was suddenly confronted by a large male deer. Yep, a full-antlered, multi-point buck. There was a brief moment of indecision for my friend as he was confronted with this relative of sweet Bambi. What do you do? The animal is significantly larger than you are. And there is no place to hide. Fortunately he was rescued by the approaching express bus which provided the necessary shelter.
This same person said that a few days earlier his wife had seen a large male deer at the top of New Dorp Lane by the gas station. Was that deer also waiting for the bus? Do we need to supply our deer population with Metrocards? Or will we need to provide shelters at the bus stops to protect our citizens? Perhaps the merchants are planning on gracing the Lane with live reindeer this holiday season instead of the traditional streetlights. Wow.
You have to love this neighborhood!
> Joe Markowski
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Hey Joe,
ReplyDeleteThese posts always make me want to move back to New Dorp!
Barb
absolutely amazing! I've seen deer on Hylan Blvd., down in Tottenville, but didn't think they would be running around Amboy Road in our neck of the woods.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sight it will be when a deer shows up in front of Mike's Place or any of the shops along New Dorp Lane!
I guess the deer somehow managed to wander from the west shore through the greenbelt to New Dorp. Pretty incredible! Has it been sighted lately?
ReplyDeleteThe SI Advance had a story on this today. (East Shore, page E5.) The NYS DEC has set up a phone number and an email address to report sightings:
ReplyDelete718-482-4922
r2natres@gw.dec.state.ny.us
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