wildlife

The duck king

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:49:13 -0500

Steve Borichevsky photographs a king eider serenely bobbing in the water off Gloucester.

Day is done, gone the heron

adamg — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:48:53 -0500

Matthew I. watched the sun go down over the Charles - and a heron - along the Esplanade the other day.

Copyright Matthew I. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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She preys for you

adamg — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:43:24 -0400

Fortunately, there was a pane of glass between Bob Brown and the preying mantis waiting for lunch on the side of the Wellesley library the other day.

Heh-heh-heh-HEH-heh: Back Bay has a woodpecker

adamg — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:32:30 -0400

Penny Cherubino snaps his/her photo.

Attack of the ladybugs

adamg — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:21:56 -0400

They're everywhere! What's the deal?

Time to play: Name that bug

adamg — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:47:59 -0400

Redgoldfly took this photo of a 3/4-inch bug in Waltham and wonders: What is it?

Copyright Redgoldfly. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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At loggerhead at the Aquarium

adamg — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:33:22 -0400

The New England Aquarium reports the rescue of a cold 175-lbs. loggerhead turtle on the Cape on Monday. The turtle is now resting comfortably at the Aquarium. With photos.

Graphic depiction of turkey abuse at Emmanuel College

adamg — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:00:43 -0400

Ah, freshmen. A pair of Emmanuel students, unaware that turkeys are everywhere in the medical district, attempt to herd one off campus and into "the woods" along the Muddy River. They panic the poor bird onto the Riverway, where only by the grace of God does it avoid getting filleted by a speeding Subaru. The one saving grace of the whole sordid episode: The sprained ankle one of the guys manages to get when he exerts himself:

Via Wicked Local Brookline (in Brookline, turkeys don't put up with stuff like this).

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Squirrel goes nuts on transformer: Transformer explodes, squirrel dies, street goes dark

adamg — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:28:10 -0400

Boston Police tweet a squirrel chewed through the insulation of a wire on a transformer in West Roxbury this morning, causing a short that led to an explosion that ended with the Wren Street area losing power.

The beauty of Belle Isle Marsh

adamg — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:05:23 -0400

George goes into the marsh with a camera.