wildlife
Deer becomes roadkill in West Roxbury
By adamg - 2/9/12 - 7:31 pmBoston Police report a deer jumped in front of a startled motorist around 8:30 p.m. yesterday, causing a two-car crash - and its own demise - on Baker Street near the cemeteries.
On arrival, officers observed two cars, one that appeared to have rear-ended the other, and a deceased deer in the roadway. Officers spoke to the operator of the first car who stated that she was driving along Baker Street when the deer came out of nowhere and jumped in front of her motor vehicle. According to the operator, she was unable to avoid the animal.
Police say a driver behind the first car was unable to stop in time and hit the back of the first car. Both cars, however, were able to leave the scene under their own power, unlike the deer.
In December, another deer met its demise in front of Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, when it collided with a Boston Police cruiser.
You'd have to be nuts to pass up a slice from one of Allston's many fine pizza places
By adamg - 1/18/12 - 8:28 am
Brad Searles noticed this little guy chowing down on some of Allston's finest the other day.
Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Bald eagle in Wellesley
By adamg - 1/14/12 - 6:12 pmThe Swellesley Report posts photos of a bald eagle spotted flitting around Reed Pond.
Alex Beam can just stay the hell out of Roslindale
By adamg - 1/10/12 - 11:54 am
Will Roseliep reports spotting two coyotes at Walter and Bussey streets by the Arboretum Friday night.
They were most definitely snacking on something - maybe a housepet, maybe some Slim Jims from a nearby c-store.
The Globe's resident crank would rather just kill them, no doubt with his bare hands (no, actually, he wants to blast them with a shotgun), which mystified Roseliep:
These guys looked so chilled, and weren't disturbed by my high beams ...why kill shoot them all when they obviously just want to live a quiet life amongst Roslindale/Newton/W. Roxbury residents?
Doe! Hunter mistakes woman for deer in Norton, so he shoots her
By adamg - 1/1/12 - 10:04 amThe Globe reports.
Cape man has rabies; first human case in state in 75 years
By adamg - 12/30/11 - 11:45 amChannel 4 reports he may have gotten it from one of the bats living in his house; he's in critical condition.
Only longhairs named Sam allowed to pound coyotes
By adamg - 12/8/11 - 3:05 pmWicked Local Brookline declares "vigilante justice" not the answer to coyotes fearful Corey Hill residents say keep them trapped in their homes.
Stop feeding the goddamn ducks, Lynn tells stubborn old coot
By adamg - 12/7/11 - 3:16 pmThe Daily Item reports the 80-year-old duck feeder refuses to stop, no matter how large the bill, she says God is on her side.
Some North Brookline residents howling mad about coyotes
By adamg - 12/5/11 - 5:21 pmBrookline selectmen tomorrow hear a request by residents of Corey Hill to let them do something to get rid of the coyotes they say have invaded their hillside, which crests along Summit Avenue.
The coyote presentation is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Town Hall.
Via.
A distaff winter moth
By adamg - 12/5/11 - 8:14 amAll those winter moths you see flying around are males. The females have only stubby little vestigial wings and patiently wait in trees for their suitors to come calling. One, however, jumped on Jef Taylor, and he provides the photographic proof.
