The Verrazano Narrows Bridge area seems to be a hotbed of wildlife activity—a deer, a whale, and a kitten are just some of the recent sightings to happen over there. And now a Sheepshead Bites reader spotted this Snowy Owl by bridge, at the entrance of New York Harbor. The site wonders what it's doing here, noting: more ›

Reader Suzanne Abbott sent us these beautiful photographs of an owl in Inwood, "This morning as I raised my window shade I was greeted by a Long-Eared Owl across the way. He has been there all day and I have spoken to the Park Rangers who said that these owls are very rare in New York and very skittish so it is unusual to see them up close like this." more ›

Over the past few weeks, the PATH system has been unveiling some of its new courtesy posters over Twitter. And when they unleashed this poster of kittens on the public, reactions have ranged from "SRSLY, please tell me these new posters aren't real" (via) and "Totally in favor of this new PATH courtesy sign" (via). What do you think? more ›