Raccoons 🦝
I moved to the neighborhood only a month ago, and am overjoyed by hearing these little weirdos rooting around every night, fighting with the very sweet indoor/outdoor cat and generally being little goofs. I've loved raccoons my entire life as a New York native and missed seeing cat sized ones.
Are there other animals that more common in bay ridge that I haven't come across yet?
I've always loved the little fellas spirits and it's an absolute joy to hear them doing cat impersonations and generally enjoying the shrubbery in the back of our new building.
The raccoons were massive uptown and it's wild to see these little guys interacting with our cats in the windows and generally just being good neighbors.
Note: The sweet cat is totally fine; I've seen him often walking about and we're friends since night 1. Night 1: My most territorial cat cursed him out through the open (screened) window one early evening.
It's clear that they're actively competing for a spot by the window with their new neighbors.