Mary Ellen shows us one of the two bald eagles she watched hanging out yesterday in the trees along the Charles River's Cow Island Pond, off Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury. Could the couple be searching for starter nest for a new family?
Wildlife
Mary Ellen spotted this pair of hooded mergansers (the male is the one using the bold splash of white) on Jamaica Pond yesterday.
Noah Jakimo spotted our national symbol cruising along the river between Mass. Ave. and the BU Bridge this morning.
Mary Ellen got a twofer on a visit to Leverett Pond on the Brookline/Boston line yesterday: A belted kingfisher and a great blue heron both perched above the water: Read more.
Adam Balsam reports he and the kids spotted this owl up on a wall at Castle Island on Thursday morning - a few weekends after they'd driven up to Plum Island to see an owl, only they didn't.
I love that we we were ultimately able to see one so close to home.
Socially distancing swans in Dorchester Bay in March. Photo by Kelly Lewis.
In 2020, animals continued to turn Boston into their preserve. Coyotes, deer and snapping turtles prowled our byways and parks. Birds of all sorts flew into town. The resident turkeys continued to alternate between being charming butterballs and terrifying clawed beasts. And an apparent ravenous porcupine ripped up saplings in Franklin Park. Read more.
Patrick McMahon looks out over all the snow in downtown Boston this morning.
Michael Spicher's eye, though, is drawn to a dark-eyed junco flitting about in Jamaica Plain: Read more.
Rick Macomber watched an American kestrel come in for a landing in East Boston with some grub - literally, a big, juicy grub.
Tim Devin spotted this bird on Spring Hill in Somerville today, has a question:
OK, Internet, what the hell is this?
Mary Ellen spotted this peregrine falcon yesterday, hanging out overlooking Cow Island Pond, a sort of Charles River bay off Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury.
Mary Ellen journeyed over to Jamaica Pond this morning and promptly spotted its fabled white squirrel - and an eared grebe, which normally doesn't come further east than Illinois (so maybe carried here by the weekend storm?): Read more.
Harry Mattison spotted a coyote with a serious winter coat on the Harvard soccer field in Allston this morning.
Mary Ellen spotted a flotilla of swans today in Cow Island Pond, the lake-like part of the Charles River off Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury.
Adam Balsam spotted some Atlantic brants going in for another serving of salad today on the side of Sargent's Wharf in the North End.
Copyright Adam Balsam. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Thebostonlol spotted a big rafter crossing the plains of Franklin Park today.
Dimas also spotted some free birds, in Brighton: Read more.
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“Stayin’ Alive” pic.twitter.com/lft1EWnNM3— Jill Cetel (@JillCetel) November 26, 2020
Mary Ellen spotted a raven eating a bagel in West Roxbury yesterday. No word where the bagel's from, but since it's West Roxbury, Local 138 would be a good caw.
Blvckmachina couldn't help but notice this big, very healthy looking coyote just casually hanging out in his backyard on Glenellen Road in West Roxbury. Once Wile E. realized he was being photographed, he slowly got up and casually sauntered away.
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