Tag: raccoons

There was a raccoon baby boom at the height of the pandemic, and for much of 2020 people enjoyed watching the

Little raccoons have been clambering around a wall in Riverside Park at 108th Street , evidence that the spring raccoon baby boom is in full swing.

There's some evidence that the stay-at-home restrictions imposed around the world have led to the reemergence of nature in some areas. On the Upper West Side, it's too

Who doesn't love a stroll along Riverside Drive on a Friday night? This raccoon family traipsed along the barrier wall between Riverside Park and the sidewalk

After a raccoon was accused (falsely, it seems!) of attacking humans on Columbus Avenue between 71st and 72nd Street around brunch time on Sunday, we had many questions.

I left my apartment around 9 a.m. to procure a bagel at Muffins Cafe on Columbus Ave between 70th and 71st Streets. Upon exiting the premises of the cafe

Are local raccoons getting more brazen these days? Or are people just more attuned to their presence since an outbreak of canine distemper among Central Park raccoons?

A raccoon hopped from a tree onto the awning at 200 West 86th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue on Sunday morning.

As of Wednesday, August 22nd, the Parks Department has “collected” 149 raccoons with canine distemper in Central Park, according to Kelly Krause

“Why are you keeping me on the leash? Hey! Wake up! This is the spot where you always let me off. We avoided the maniac cyclists. We’re safe now. I’m not moving.”

The number of raccoons found dead or dying of canine distemper in Central Park has risen to 69, up from 26 just two weeks ago.

Canine distemper, a virus that can be deadly in animals, has recently been spreading among Central Park raccoons. Two have tested positive

A class of small, chattering children was walking in the West 80s, just off Central Park West, one recent afternoon, when the teacher

Since our story on the raccoon that climbed eight stories into a child's bedroom last week, Upper West Siders have reached out to tell their own raccoon tales.

A raccoon somehow scrambled into the window of an 8th floor apartment at 680 West End Avenue on the corner of 93rd Street on Tuesday morning

November 21, 2016 Weather: Cloudy, with a high of 41 degrees.

Critters were making news in Central Park this week.

We just got ahold of a letter from the Central Park Conservancy to Councilwoman Gale Brewer addressing concerns from Upper West Side residents that raccoons have begun to get a little saucy at local playgrounds, jumping up on picnic tables and snatching kids' food. As one mother noted: "The raccoons ...

July 24, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 90 Degrees.

July 6, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 89 Degrees.