Gang of Robins Harass Owl In Central Park

Screech Owl Release in Central Park
Screech Owl Release in Central Park
Screech Owl Release in Central Park
Screech Owl Release in Central Park
Screech Owl Release in Central Park
Screech Owl Release in Central Park
Screech Owl Release in Central Park
Screech Owl Release in Central Park


After last month’s release of rehabbed kestrel falcon fledglings, urban naturalist blogger James O’Brien of Yojimbot, photographed the launch of five Eastern Screech Owls in Central Park’s woods. Jump for video of “about 50 robins” launching an audio assault on the lone adult owl, who looks unperturbed. Read more »

By on July 20, 2009 at 11:11 am
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Tallying up their attendance records, the Post found that “one-fifth of the City Council’s membership — 10 legislators — showed up at 75 percent or fewer mandatory hearings and meetings in fiscal 2009.” Leading the legislators with the worst membership was Bronx councilmember Maria Baez who was absent nearly half the time. |NYP|

By on July 20, 2009 at 10:24 am
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A Queens police officer is under investigation by the NYPD for treating a Dunkin’ Donuts in the Rockaways like a free buffet. Sgt. Eric Turetsky took coffee, doughnuts, and was even brazen enough to walk behind the counter “to make himself sandwiches and cram his face full of crullers.” |NYP|

By on July 20, 2009 at 10:22 am
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Parting Shot: Art Is Long and Life Is Short

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Vintage Dash Snow graffiti in Queens. Under the arched cutout it reads: “That says SACE or fuck off!”

Photo by BruceLabounty802

By on July 17, 2009 at 6:27 pm
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MoMA Sponsors Illegal Advertising Takeover For Kids

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Somewhat surprisingly, the Museum of Modern Art backed a recent takeover of illegal outdoor advertising. Jordan Seiler of Public Ad Campaign spotted a group of teenagers with the MoMA Red Studio summer program pasting their artwork over illegal NPA ads on a construction shed in Manhattan. The takeover was conducted with the landlord’s permission, but it’s still shocking since MoMA doesn’t like people messing with public ads, at least not their own. Earlier this year, the museum fired its creative agency, The Happy Corp, after CEO Doug Jaeger hired Posterboy to remix their Atlantic-Pacific Avenue subway station campaign. Still, it’s a great lesson in public space policy for the kids. But MoMA shouldn’t be surprised if the fledgling ad activists take aim at their own use of the marketing medium, especially their wildpostings of questionable legality.

Photos by Public Ad Campaign

By on July 17, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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Germans Still Acting Like Nazis

Art professor and sculptor Ottmar Hörl created this golden, Hilter-saluting garden gnome and officials in Germany are trying to determine if it’s illegal or not. Under their constitution, basically anything that has to do with the Nazi party, like swastikas, is banned. But as the artist notes, “presenting the master race as garden gnomes” represents pure satire and if censored, German authorities will be treading very dangerously to the sordid past they’re trying to avoid. “In 1942 it would have been the Nazis massacring me because of this piece,” says Hörl. |Spiegel|

By on July 17, 2009 at 5:17 pm
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Jacques Magazine Offers New Summer Release

Staying afloat in the dying world of print, arty erotic Jacques magazine readies the release of their second issue. Like the premiere, the new issues are unretouched film pictorials of the fairer sex, as well as a pictorial and interview with “Hollywood muse Brianna Domont,” the girlfriend of Emile Hirsch. The summer release hits stores next week, but you can see an unsafe for work preview after the jump. Read more »

By on July 17, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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Giant Squids Swarming California Coast

Scientists in California are baffled by the sudden appearance of jumbo flying squid that have ‘invaded the shallow waters off San Diego.” Thousands of the slimy sea creatures are “swarming” near the coast and even attacking scuba divers. Some believe they could have been disoriented by a recent earthquake. But the humongous squids aren’t the only sea creatures invading our aquatic environments. So far this year, there’s been Montauk Monsters, sumo wrestler sized jellyfish, a 20-foot shark, and even a mysterious organic blob in Alaska. Summer truly has arrived.

By on July 17, 2009 at 4:01 pm
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A couple cashiers for the Department of Corrections have been charged with looting hundreds of inmates’ commissary accounts for $16k. Investigators allege that Sonia Figueroa and Jennifer Rodriguez forged signatures to steal money from newly released inmates, adding to the considerable challenges they’re already facing on parole. |NYP|

By on July 17, 2009 at 2:51 pm
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Buy An American Truck, Get A Russian Gun!

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A redneck auto dealer in Missouri is generating some buzz for running a promotion that offers customers a free AK-47 with the purchase of every pick-up truck during the month of August. Technically, since handing out guns is illegal, they actually give away vouchers that can be put towards the purchase of the high powered rifle. According to Max Motors owner Mark Muller, who promotes the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Mancow on his website, the PR stunt generates lots of media attention and gets “liberals” pissed off. Damn straight we’re mad! How can any red-blooded patriot support a program that gives away foreign made weapons? Buy American! |BusinessInsider|

By on July 17, 2009 at 2:33 pm
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