A little hard to see, but there's a snake near the center of the photo, which Greg Hunt took today at Powell Island, a part of the marshy area along the Charles in Needham, near the Newton line, just across from Millennium Park in West Roxbury. And he reports it didn't like having its photo taken: Read more.
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Today's fun fact: Snakes that live in Needham's Cutler Park can rattle, but they're not rattlesnakes
By adamg - 5/29/22 - 4:38 pm
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By adamg - 8/4/21 - 10:47 am
Mary Ellen reports she was looking down at a pond in Allandale Woods on the West Roxbury/JP line the other day when she spotted a water snake. And then it started swimming towards her, probably because it spotted something tasty that wasn't her, but still, she jumped.
By adamg - 7/19/21 - 10:22 pm
This snake was hanging out this afternoon in Millennium Park in West Roxbury, near where Sawmill Brook enters the Charles.
By adamg - 9/26/20 - 10:35 pm
Update: Local snake and turtle expert Andrea Howlett says this is actually a northern water snake, not a milk snake.
Mike Bresinski spotted this snake today at Brook Farm off Baker Street in West Roxbury.
By adamg - 9/5/20 - 5:53 pm
The call to Samuel L. Jackson has been canceled: The ball python that somebody spotted in Parley Vale park in Jamaica Plain yesterday is now safely at the MSPCA. Read more.
By adamg - 7/18/20 - 12:05 pm
A resident of Wyman Street in Jamaica Plain filed a 311 report about the snake in the front yard, although the report does not state if the resident is actually complaining or just posting an appreciation of its sleekness.
By adamg - 5/17/20 - 12:06 pm
Cora Carey with the corn snake she briefly fostered. Matching dress a total coincidence, she reports.
On a quiet Friday evening, subscribers to the Keep Roslindale Quirky group on Facebook got an unusual query from Emily Wilcox Gonzalez: Read more.
By adamg - 4/22/19 - 12:53 pm
A worried resident files a 311 complaint about all the snakes on Lambert Street, near Highland Street: Read more.
By adamg - 8/26/18 - 10:12 am
UPDATE: The snake has been found and is back home; Saugus is safe for teacup poodles again.
Brenda Sweetland reports her son's boa constrictor escaped somehow yesterday. It was last spotted by her mailman scrunched up next to a house on Richard Street near Dudley Street.
I need to get word to people who have small pets. Sorry for this inconvenience to anyone. Please let me know if you happen to see her.
By adamg - 6/2/18 - 5:07 pm
You never know what'll slither into the Charles River when you're just standing there, where Sawmill Brook enters the river at Millennium Park, looking at the little fish swimming by the shore. It was like 18 to 24 inches long.
By adamg - 5/9/18 - 12:50 pm
Brookline Police report a snake found at the Lawton Playground near Allston is now in the custody of town animal control, which assumes the serpent is somebody's pet.
If you’re missing your reptile friend or know the owner, please contact Brookline Animal Control 617-730-2730, or [email protected]
By adamg - 8/7/17 - 4:34 pm
Anne Keane posts a brief video of a snake on the train. Red Line, of course, because, really, what other line would a self-respecting snake take?
By roadman - 2/12/16 - 12:27 pm
This is apparently an issue for Philadelphia as well:
http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/12169402/brief-snake-found-dead-in-tr...
By adamg - 6/29/15 - 7:51 pm
Penelope, is that you?
Brookline Police ask:
Missing a snake? Found on Pond Av today, taken to Boston shelter. Believed to be someone's healthy pet
H/t Steve Annear.
By adamg - 6/24/15 - 7:02 pm
Officers successfully relocate 5-foot Timber Rattlesnake found near an office building near Blue Hills pic.twitter.com/hIY5xPml8A
— MAEnviroPolice (@MAEnviroPolice) June 24, 2015
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