91 degrees at 6pm! Oh yes, summer has arrived-- and just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, official start of the season . I went to the park...

Bernie's Baby Girl click on a picture to enlarge it

Nuts! Amateur photographer captures the moment a hawk let its furry prey get away Grok these amazing pictures of hawk and squirrel. For the...

It was so exciting. I've never heard Foxy make any sound before. I went over to the park late today. I had not been there for several da...

With the help of a tenant, Bernie managed to find and trap the squirrel with the goppy stuff covering his face, ear and eye (see more pictur...

As I was cutting across the park on my way to the grocery store, I saw Foxy darting into one of the big flowering cherry trees. I went over ...

Well not really, but almost -- I could have, I was that close.  Bernie brought his new little Babygirl over to PCV in a shoulder bag. I actu...

It's good to be back to normal April temps now, in the 60's and 70's. Much better in my opinion, my favorite weather, and the fa...

The weather has been unseasonably warm this week, and dry. When walking around I saw several squirrels lounging around. I had to go up to th...

Springtime is lovely, walking around Peter Cooper Village, breathing in the perfume of all the flowering trees and bushes. Only one problem ...

Happy Easter!

This post is in memory of the little squirrels that didn't make it through the winter. The little angels that were only on this earth a ...

Foxy is looking really fine these days. Her lesion is completely healed and she has a beautiful, soft and shiny coat. She is a very happy sq...

Some of the little ones are showing signs of the "red spots" infection. This is what it looks like: And here's a closeup: And ...

Rain rain go away and don't come back another day! Just when things were getting better for the squirrels, this massive rain storm arriv...

Where tails come in useful.

Spring is arriving at last! I'm loving these cold days as we ease into it, being startled by a sudden glimpse of forsythia or a crocus p...

Click to enlarge any picture While walking through the melting snowdrifts of our recent snowstorm (20.9 inches) I found, to my surprise, BUD...

The nickname Taz is short for Tasmanian Devil-- because this one is such a little devil! He's as fast as all-getout. This is the great ...

Red Fox (aka Foxy), is the most beautiful squirrel in the park. We think he may have survived a near-death encounter with a hawk, during whi...

We found this artist's rendition in the easternmost park of Peter Cooper Village when we ventured out after the snowstorm. The squirrels...

THIS thrill-seeking squirrel has been going nuts on a theme park roller coaster. But now the daredevil scamp has been banned from the ride a...

  So far the squirrels are doing just fine! I was thinking about how much better off they seem to be this winter than in previous years, wh...

  (unlike another system we've been hearing about recently.) I've voiced my concerns here about the hawks before. They come around t...

We had over a foot of snow last night, and in the morning the world was covered in white. I rushed over to see how the squirrels had survive...