Today, for the first time, I went to the Carl Shurz Park Association’s annual Halloween Howl – a dog-halloween-costume contest. I only caught the last category which was joint costumes for dogs and their owners. Obviously this was my favorite entry although it did not win a prize- Two Hewitt students.

It used to kind of be a big deal when you spotted a raccoon in Manhattan and someone would call Animal Control or the police.  Now  we’ve gotten used to them and  one raccoon regularly visits  our building’s back alley.  Some people in our building  believe  a raccoon is responsible for the plant that keeps [...]

Photos by Rebs

Finally caught the raccoon who I had heard hangs out in our back alley in action.  Around 4am on 10/2/07.

Here are some animals I’ve passed in the street who have compelled me to stop and take their photo. Part 1: Pigeons This pigeon was so strikingly odd that when I stood up after having been kneeling on the ground looking through the camera for a few minutes, I realized that 5 or 6 people [...]