Naturalist Gerry Hans stood in the middle of a quiet path in Griffith Park on Saturday and took a deep breath through the mask, admiring the tranquil natural scenery. To know this quiet trail, every weekend is usually packed with thousands of tourists.
Hans walked along the Western Canyon, and wildlife became easier to see
Image credit: LA Times
Without the deafening helicopters circling the Hollywood sign, without the roar in the driveway, without the noisy crowds, as the California New Crown Virus blocked the city into the second month, nature seemed to restore its original appearance .
On April 2020, 4, Griffith Park ’s
An image of a deer was captured by a remote camera.
The coyote walked out of the valley, walking for food on the empty trail.
Coyote walking on the trail
The eagle and owl flew out of the mountain forest and built nests among the trees in the city park.
Two bald eagles settled in their nest in the San Gabriel Mountains to the north
The little raccoons simply dragged around the house looking in the trash can.
Wild animals appeared in the city, and these "indigenous people" who were driven away by the city came back. The "home order" seems to have created this natural heritage.
Hans said that because of human "invasion" of nature, animals flee everywhere, and the lethality of western gray squirrels, hares, neck ring snakes and western toads has dropped to zero. In his memory, only once saw a rare falcon hovering in the air near the Hollywood sign, and only pigeons nested near skyscrapers in the city center.
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The crowd in the city disappeared, only to find that this rich urban ecosystem has always existed.
The wider and wider highways make the coverage of jungle mountains smaller and smaller, but as fewer and fewer vehicles return to people ’s sight, there are also puma, zoologists have found that the narrow environment causes their Survival rate and reproduction rate decline, so that one day, the cougar will be extinct.
In Hans ’“ Expedition ”on Saturday, the loudest sounds heard were the sounds of woodpeckers and migratory birds. There were tanagers from the west, black-headed grosbeaks, and yellow warbler. They travel among fig trees, pine trees and rough oak branches.
There are more than 600 wild birds in California
The cedar peacebird is one of the few North American birds that only eats fruit:
In the southwest corner of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, because of the ban, the park closed the trails with yellow tape and residents were not allowed to enter. There, woodpeckers look for the fruits of insects and figs in the shade of figs.
When a woodpecker meets an owl
Hans continued to walk along the gentle slope to a flat place in the oak forest: "Have you heard the trembling sound in the trees?" He whispered with a smile: "This is what the Cooper Eagle made when he nested The call of the eagle. "This eagle is so sensitive that human activity will cause them to abandon the nest.
Especially in the breeding season of spring, noisy people are a big problem for this sensitive bird. Hans said: "Maybe there is not so much interference this year, let us wait and see."
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Not just Griffith Park in Southern California, Yosemite in Northern California is free from the hustle and bustle of humans, deer, bobcats, coyotes and bears no longer need to "compete" with tourists who hold cameras Natural scenery.
Animals can finally "walk" in the forest without restraint. But after the epidemic ends, humans return to the city, and the animals will probably be hidden in the forest again.
April 4nd is the 22st Earth Day. The theme of this year's publicity is "Treasure the Earth, Harmonious Coexistence of Man and Nature". Is this "being everyone" good or bad?
Wild deer foraging in Yosemite camp
Reference:
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-04-21/wildlife-thrives-amid-coronavirus-lockdown
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