Duck tags
Quack.
We can across another duck tag today in Albany. This one was in (what seemed to us) an unlikely place: on Homestead Street, half a block off Western Ave, near a store's driveway (across from University Plaza).
Once you've noticed them, you'll see them everywhere. Also out there: bunny tags. Really. There's a pic after the jump.
The TU's Mark McGuire looked into these tags this past summer and didn't come up with anything.
We're still curious what the story is. Maybe there is no story -- maybe it's just about... ducks and bunnies. Or maybe it's rival gangs -- the kind who like to cuddle
We spotted this bunny tag at New Scotland Ave and Glenwood Street back in June.
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not so unusual to see them around there. I walk the pooch in and around the upper Western/Harriman Campus 'hood and see these ducks. I've called the Albany Graffiti Patrol to come clean up other things, but these seem somewhat benign and not entirely unpleasant. They make me chuckle. (hope I didn't just give a shout out to a gang...)
... said Rebecca on Sep 25, 2012 at 6:41 PM | link
reminds me of the mysterious red goats in uptown Kingston, NY that appeared about a year ago. I like em'...
... said Anonymous on Sep 25, 2012 at 9:54 PM | link
The one on homestead has been there for some time.
... said Brian on Sep 25, 2012 at 10:29 PM | link
Western and Clarendon. Western and Magazine. I see them all over my neighborhood when walking the dogs.
... said valerae on Sep 25, 2012 at 11:13 PM | link
They are all over Western Ave in Guilderland as well. I assumed it was a college student. I haven't seen any downtown or around center square.
... said A fellow duck enthusiast on Sep 26, 2012 at 9:06 AM | link
I like the ducks as long as they don't get out of control. I still think it looks more like a goose than a duck to me though. Let the Duck, Duck, Goose puns commence...
... said Matthew on Sep 26, 2012 at 9:07 AM | link
My kids love to look for those ducks and the occasional rabbit. They have asked if these critters mean anything and I told them they're just for fun and to bring a little smile to people. Now watch, it will come out that they're symbols for some weird cult...
... said LisaW on Sep 26, 2012 at 9:55 AM | link
I don't think that one type of graffiti should be condoned over another, just because you think this type of graffiti is cute.
... said Ron on Sep 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM | link
Rabbit Season... Duck Season... It's a Looney Toons conspiracy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-k5J4RxQdE
... said Karl on Sep 26, 2012 at 10:03 AM | link
Might be from The LateShift.... one of their logos is a duck identical to this facebook.com/wearethelateshift
... said Zach on Sep 26, 2012 at 10:23 AM | link
@Ron: I agree, but yet I don't call the Graffitti Police on the ducks. I'll admit my moral compass is a little wiggly on this one.
... said Rebecca on Sep 26, 2012 at 11:26 AM | link
There is a nice degraded/drippy duck on a dumpster behind The Fountain on New Scotland, and a fresher example outside of Academy Station, a distance down the road.
... said Anonymoose on Sep 26, 2012 at 11:43 AM | link
i saw a duck at crossgates
... said jason on Sep 26, 2012 at 12:13 PM | link
looks like a beginner just starting out with a crude stencil
... said brett on Sep 26, 2012 at 12:23 PM | link
a new graffiti meme has emerged: sperm. They're all over the bridge that crosses over the Thurway on Western ave between Schoolhouse Road and Church Road.
I'm assuming they were made by UAlbany hipsters.
... said Chad of Chad'z Beer Reviews on Sep 26, 2012 at 1:31 PM | link
A little too political for my tastes.
... said Jackers on Sep 26, 2012 at 1:41 PM | link
I'm waiting for Moose & Squirrel uprising.
... said Andrew Gregory on Sep 26, 2012 at 8:00 PM | link
This kind of story is why I love you All Over Albany!
... said Laura on Sep 26, 2012 at 11:36 PM | link