Look, there's a raccoon in Morningside Park. It was feeding on a bowl of food someone leaves out for stray cats. A cat was there, too, but the raccoon was hogging the food. The raccoon wasn't happy with me encroaching on dinner so I left.
In case you were wondering, I haven't seen the Morningside Park turkey in months.
Have you seen the raccoons that live in the structure (arbor?) across from the Grant memorial on Riverside?
Posted by: emily | 14 December 2006 at 12:32 AM
I've seen homeless people in there, but never raccoons.
Posted by: Joe | 14 December 2006 at 07:10 PM
Joe, was this in the evening or around dusk? I can't quite tell from the lighting. I recently learned that raccoons that come out during the daytime mostly likely have rabies. And, I think I also heard New York state has more cases of rabies from raccoons than any other state.
Posted by: Marie | 15 December 2006 at 01:34 AM
It was an hour or so after the sun set. I didn't know about the rabies/daylight connection. I'll be sure to keep my distance!
As a quick update, I saw the turkey this morning! Photos to follow.
Posted by: Joe | 16 December 2006 at 10:15 AM
Hey my wife saw the Turkey in Morningside Park on Thursday, It was the male turkey, and she saw it at 116th and Morningside Avenue
Posted by: Jake Barton | 16 December 2006 at 09:35 PM
I like the menacing glow of the eyes.
Posted by: judy | 18 December 2006 at 08:09 AM