Glenn Sapir: What can one acre in New York’s Putnam Valley attract? Camera reveals plenty

Learning that I live on only one-acre in a subdivision a mere 50 miles from midtown Manhattan, you might think my property is barren of wildlife.
Of course, I always knew that wasn’t the case. I’ve seen and even successfully hunted deer and turkeys in my backwoods. We are overrun with gray squirrels, and perhaps two or three times a year I will hear coyotes screeching at night. I’ve lived in our house for 50 years, but it wasn’t until I put up a trail camera that I discovered the variety of wildlife that travel to and through our backwoods.

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