Northwestern Animal Spottings
Image of a cartoon Canadian Goose wearing a green Canada Goose jacket Image of a cartoon Canadian Goose wearing a blue Canada Goose jacket Image of a cartoon squirrel with a slice of pizza in its mouth Image of a cartoon skunk

NORTHWESTERN ANIMAL SIGHTINGS

By Nathanial Ortiz & Amy Guo

While Northwestern may not be best known for its lush flora and fauna, it has its own unique array of wildlife, from devious squirrels to vicious rabbits, sensual skunks and opulent Canadian geese. See if you can spot (and click) some of the stranger animals in each of these locations.

1. Squirrel with Pizza

Spotted by Aili Simpson near Dearborn Observatory

Squirrels are all too common on this campus, but it's not every day you see one eating a slice of pizza. Maybe this one was heading to the observatory after grabbing a quick bite at Sarge.

Image of Dearborn Observatory from Google maps Image of a cartoon squirrel with a slice of pizza in its mouth

2. SPAC Deer

Spotted by Lucas Kaplan near SPAC

Why did the deer cross the road? Because it was arm day! Or... was it leg day? Do deer have arms, or just 4 legs?

Image of a crosswalk near SPAC (Sports Pavillion) Image of a cartoon deer with a dumbbell in its front leg/arm. On click the deer lifts the weight. Image of a cartoon deer's arm, that has a dumbell in it. On click the deer lifts the weight.

3. Skunk

Spotted by Nathanial Ortiz by the Arch

March through the Arch is no longer exclusive to freshmen! And in case you were wondering what that smell is over by Bobb ... it's skunks. Definitely skunks.

Image of the Arch from Google Maps. Image of a cartoon green stink bubble that represents a skunk's spray. Image of a cartoon skunk.

4. Rampant Rabbits

Chased Tanisha Tekriwal by East Fairchild

Slow and steady wins the race, except when you're being chased by rabbits. In that case you better RUN!

Image of the sidewalk by East Fairchild. Image of a brown cartoon rabbit. On click it starts to jump. Image of a gray cartoon rabbit. On click it starts to jump.

5. Coyote (?)

Spotted by Kristen Waagner between Kresge and the Fairchilds

Although she personally wasn't sure if it was real or a manifestation of her emotional state, based on inside info from other sources we’ve unfortunately concluded that coyotes are in fact on Northwestern’s campus.

Image of the sidewalk between Kresge and the Fairchilds.Image of a coyote with wings and a halo. On click it disappears then reappears on a second click.

Credits

Design and Illustrations by Nathanial Ortiz

Written by Amy Guo & Nathanial Ortiz

Developed by Amy Guo

Location Images from Google Maps