birds

At this rate, I should probably get a bird book

adamg — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:50:28 -0400

We went to Echo Bridge in Newton today, and it really is amazing - you can basically whisper and hear your voice echo back from the other side of the Charles (so you can imagine what it was like when an exuberant kidlet decided to yell). Up river, near the old mill, we spotted the above large bird (so for those of you who know the distance, yes, it pays to have a zoom lens). Anybody know what it is?

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I'm assuming its proper name is not Whatchamacallit Bird

adamg — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:56:29 -0400

As yesterday afternoon's storm wound down, I drove up to the top of Millennium Park in West Roxbury, figuring there might be a rainbow. There was! Split in two, with one end landing just left of the high school and the other end between the VA hospital and the Great Blue Hill. Alas, it was just a little too faint for my camera to do justice, so no photos, but I did take some shots of this twittering bird, which seemed to be enjoying the wet road. Anybody know what it is?

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Sad little bird

adamg — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:51:28 -0400

Steve: The only goldfinch to show up in our yard this year is the one that died on the front steps overnight.

Cardinal in mid-flight

adamg — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:54:15 -0500

Cool photo of a female cardinal in mid-flight at Belle Isle Marsh.

A cardinal rule

adamg — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:59:51 -0500

Jody, who took the above photo today, reports that that rule is: If you see a bird like this on a day like today, by the time you run upstairs to get your camera with the zoom lens, it will have flown away. She also has a request for her readers for when summer rolls along.

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A wrenching video

adamg — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:07:18 -0500

Peter Oehlkers videos the wren that got into his house yesterday when somebody (he's not naming names) left the basement door open.

Crazed birds attack Somerville

adamg — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:08:32 -0400

Mockingbirds dive bomb pedestrians in Powerderhouse Square:

... i have been attacked twice this week when passing through the walkway area in the center of the rotary (nearest the funeral home) by a crazed bird, and i also witnessed a bird attack a dog over by the bus shelter by broadway. ...

First woodpecker of the season

adamg — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:04:50 -0400

Spotted this morning at the edge of the marsh between the West Roxbury Education Complex and the VFW Parkway.

Get me the Audubon Society - stat!

adamg — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:30:15 -0500

This photo doesn't really do justice to the bizarre thing those of us on the Rte. 9 side of our office building saw around 4 p.m. - hundreds of seagulls or terns pinwheeling above the Sudbury Reservoir. Sure, seagulls aren't that uncommon out in Southborough, but not so many, and not so many all flying in circles together. Gah, is it: DEATH FROM ABOVE? I just looked out my window: There aren't as many of them now, but the ones that are there are still flying round and round, just waiting for me to try to get to my car ...