The island at the north end of Jamaica Pond faded in and out of view during the rain late this morning.
Closer to shore, the coots were as plain as the rain rolling off their backs: Read more.
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By adamg - 11/20/17 - 10:06 am
Somebody filed a 311 report from West Roxbury this morning:
Deer sighting. A young buck with two or three point antlers cross Washington St. Heading north, and as I drove by saw him standing in the parking lot of G&G Auto Repair. This was about 9:45 am.
By adamg - 11/10/17 - 8:22 pm
Mike Ball reports on an interlude on the cobblestones outside the Quincy Market building today:
Not-at-all-shy hawk went for lunch at Boston's Quincy Market. It started right on the pigeon, thrilling and disgusting the tourists and locals. This young female brought the pigeon down with a thump (apparently dead before hitting the paving stones) and looked at 50 or so of us like, "You'd better not try to take my meal!"
Oh, you want a look? But of course: Read more.
By adamg - 11/9/17 - 9:33 am
NBC Boston reports a car traveling south on Wellesley Road yesterday afternoon hit a deer - which then bounced across the road and into the windshield of a mini-van heading north, causing fatal injuries to the driver.
By adamg - 11/8/17 - 2:55 pm
Was on the way to Turtle Pond on the main path from the Hyde Park side of Stony Brook Reservation around 2:20 p.m. when I looked down path 206 to see this deer looking at me. We looked at each other for a minute or two and then he (she? I'm a city kid, what do I know?) bounded off into the woods.
By adamg - 11/6/17 - 7:20 pm
A pair of herons were hanging out on the higher branches on the little island at the north end of Jamaica Pond today. Read more.
By adamg - 11/4/17 - 10:52 am
On Thursday, a woman stood outside the Park Street subway station, feeding pigeons - much like another woman did more than 100 years ago: Read more.
By adamg - 11/3/17 - 10:48 pm
Katherine Ferguson watched one of Harvard Square's more feathered residents contemplating a selection at the Harvard Book Store.
Compare to the had-enough-of-your-crap turkey Tracey Strauss spotted elsewhere in Cambridge today: Read more.
By Matthew Miller - 11/3/17 - 9:03 pm
About 7:45 this morning, right outside the Davis Square T station:
By adamg - 10/30/17 - 8:23 am
Lee McGuire spotted this bedraggled Meleagris gallopavo in Harvard Square this morning - and reports he wasn't alone.
By adamg - 10/27/17 - 5:57 pm
Writing in the Irish Times, Frank McNally finds Boston turkeys tough to swallow:
Whatever else they might be, turkeys are not among the more attractive bird species. You’d have to be a mother to love one.
H/t Niobium.
By adamg - 10/25/17 - 9:58 pm
— Dustin Fitch (@DustinGFitch) October 26, 2017
State Police provided this video from the Zakim tonight. No word what the bun was doing there or if either trooper was named Elmer.
By adamg - 10/23/17 - 10:09 am
Stevil took in the Head of the Charles Regatta yesterday - as did some geese.
Copyright Stevil. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 10/18/17 - 2:27 pm
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is out with some "tips for aggressive turkeys" (more specifically, how we can deal with them, not tips for turkeys looking to get ragier). Among them: Read more.
By adamg - 10/17/17 - 8:16 am
Kristin Bridier spotted this pair beating it out of Brookline this morning.
By adamg - 10/10/17 - 12:53 pm
Waltham is alerting residents that two black bears have been spotted on the north side of the city - and that they should note that bears love bird feeders and easily accessible trash bins.
H/t Ian Lamont.
By adamg - 10/8/17 - 9:22 am
Gedalia Pasternak reports the monarch butterflies are passing through Cambridge and liking the flowers in a neighbor's yard.
By adamg - 10/2/17 - 10:34 am
Anthony Gulizia came across this face off on Newhall Street in Revere this morning. He adds:
Grew up here and used to see them occasionally, now it’s a weekly sighting.
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