Wildlife in Upstate New York

How awful is this? I can't lie -  it bummed me out when I read about it on Saturday morning. Remember that bear in Albany - seen by many in late May making its way around Washington Park? He set up shop high in a tree a few hundred yards from my house, and I was one of the many who spent a few hours watching and waiting for him to come down. Am...

Oh Heck No! You Won't Believe what Rensselaer County Man Found in Slipper! But, how did it get there?  First off, I feel like we should all be thankful that it didn't happen to us - and now that we got that out of the way, let's explore what happened in Rensselaer County recently. ...

"If you guys need any volunteers, I'll go up there and get him down now...I ain't scared!" a drunk guy next to me shouted at police and animal control while they were trying to get a bear down from a tree in Albany. That's how I knew I was in my hood, and this was going to be an interesting afternoon...