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Winn, Marie, 1936- author.

Central Park in the dark : more mysteries of urban wildlife / Marie Winn.

First edition.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

This surprising book takes the reader on an exploration of New York City's fabled park after the sun sets-a quest to learn what happens in the heart of a great city when night transforms it. Marie Winn, already well known for her bestselling book Red-Tails in Love, once again introduces us to an extraordinary cast of characters, this time the nature lovers, just plain lovers, birdwatchers, amateur astronomers, policemen, and tourists who experience the magnetic, alluring, possibly fearsome attractions of nature in the dark-in New York City.

Animals -- New York (State) -- New York.

Central Park (New York, N.Y.)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) index.

Before the beginning -- Party-crashers and flying mammals -- The ghost of Charles -- Much ado about mothing -- The moth tree -- Miss Jones, you're beautiful -- Slug sex -- Birds asleep -- Pale male asleep -- The owls and the pussycat -- Little Red and the big bad owl -- The rescue fantasy -- Unhappy and happy endings -- After the ending.

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