Geese seem to be New York City’s Enemy #1… first, the Miracle on the Hudson story, in which a flock of geese forced Captain “Sully” Sullenberger to land US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River in January 2009, led the city to round up and euthanize hundreds of Canada geese surrounding the city airports. [...]
It’s a Friday afternoon in the summer, so rather than writing a downer post, we figured we’d give you some warm-and-fuzzies. Two baby red-tailed hawks were born recently in Riverside Park to the delight of Upper West Side birdwatchers, and DNAinfo stopped by to take some photos of the cuties. The hawk couple had been [...]
The Urban Park Rangers are offering a unique opportunity on select dates this summer where you can take a camping trip in Central Park. On the first Saturday of the month in June, July, and August, 30 lucky campers will be provided tents and food and will be able to camp in the park (sleeping [...]
Riverside Park has a couple of fun free events tomorrow, so pick your favorite and start heading west. First, come to the River Run Playground (at 83rd) at 11:00 am for the Riverside Redtail Reunion. Join the Urban Park Rangers and reconnect with the adored pair of red-tailed hawks that continue to raise their young [...]
The ASPCA expressed their concern after two carriage horse collisions occurred this month, according to Gothamist. The first accident occurred on May 1st, when “a horse pulling a carriage spooked and crashed at the intersection of Central Park South and Columbus Circle” after running across Central Park South against the traffic and “sideswiping [...]
DNAinfo reports that the Central Park Zoo (east side of the park, near 64th) has a new resident. Bruiser, the 90-pound California sea lion born in the Bronx Zoo last year, joins fellow sea lions April and Scooter at the zoo. While he is gaining 2 to 3 pounds a week, he still has a [...]
DNAinfo reports that two red-tailed hawks living in Riverside Park are waiting for their two eggs to hatch, which could occur any minute now. The pair is well-known among Riverside Park-goers, after moving into the park a few years ago, settling just above the 79th Street Boat Basin. The Urban Park Rangers noticed the hawks [...]
Weather forecasters are calling for fantastic spring days this weekend, with sunny skies and temperatures well into the 60’s. Since you are probably like us and know you will be itchin’ to hang outdoors this weekend, here are a few events lined up in our Upper West Side parks. First, come to Central Park on [...]
Spring is officially upon us… to welcome the season, My Upper West is happy to have guest blogger Melissa from Out Walking the Dog (encounters with NYC wildlife and not-so-wild life in Riverside Park) give us a taste of spring on the Upper West Side.
Green shoots push through the earth. Flowers open. Turtles bask on [...]
Although debate has been growing about what to do about the apparent coyote problem around the Upper West Side (several sightings were reported in early February in Central Park, and a whopping three coyotes were spotted on Columbia’s campus on February 8th), it seems that the current approach the Parks Department is taking is to [...]
