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By adamg - 1/19/25 - 12:23 pm
Two muskrats huddle along the Charles River

Mary Ellen captured some muskrat love in Millennium Park along the Charles River yesterday. A bit upstream, she spotted an eagle doing a celebratory eagle dance before chowing down on that deer carcass on the ice.

By adamg - 1/18/25 - 10:20 am
Eagle and crow face off over freshly dead deer

Eagle and crow see eye to eye over dead deer.

Mary Ellen witnessed quite the scene yesterday at the Cow Island Pond stretch of the Charles River off Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury, after rushing over on reports coyotes chased down a deer onto the ice - only to scattered, possibly after one of them also up and died. And that left the newly deceased deer available as some fresh buffet for some scavenger birds, including, yes, the noble bald eagle (who was joined by a mate: Read more

By adamg - 1/17/25 - 5:02 pm
Eagle walking on the Charles River

Ari Ofsevit was running along the Charles in Cambridge yesterday when he noticed an eagle walking on the ice and nd asked a guy with a camera if he'd taken a photo.

By adamg - 1/4/25 - 11:43 pm
Sunset over the Charles River Lagoon and the Community Boating Christmas boat

Stephen C. Bedell watched the sun go down over the Charles River, the lagoon and the Community Boating Christmas boat from the Longfellow Bridge this evening.

By adamg - 12/30/24 - 6:36 pm
Tree reflected on the Charles River

Roving UHub photographer stopped to snap a tree reflection on the Charles in Allston near the Harvard athletic buildings, back when there was still ice on the river along with calm water, like, this morning.

By adamg - 12/18/24 - 9:31 am
Eagle in a tree on the Esplanade

James was riding along the Esplanade lagoon on the Paul Dudley White path yesterday when he couldn't help but notice the eagle flying along the banks of the Charles before coming in for a landing on a tree on the Storrow side of the lagoon.

Earlier:
Eagle eyeing the Muddy River.

By adamg - 12/6/24 - 10:31 pm
View of the sunset from a Red Line train crossing the Longfellow Bridge into Cambridge

Patrick Snyder captured this evening's sunset over the Charles from an outbound Red Line train on the Longfellow Bridge.

By adamg - 11/8/24 - 5:08 pm

All that rain we haven't been getting has meant dramatically lowered rivers, a statewide "red flag" warning about how easily things can go up in flames and now a state "critical drought" designation for "Massachusetts's Central and Northeast regions, including the Charles River watershed," according to the Charles River Watershed Association:

Streamflow in the Charles River is at critically low levels, with some sections showing zero flow.

By adamg - 10/15/24 - 9:31 am
Trees along the Charles

Mary Ellen took a morning walk along the Charles in Millennium Park.

By adamg - 10/10/24 - 10:44 am
Calm waters and fall trees along the Charles

Mary Ellen looked across the Charles from Millennium Park in West Roxbury at a copse of trees in Needham this morning.

By adamg - 10/9/24 - 12:41 pm

The Boston Public Health Commission reports the state has lifted its cyanobacteria advisory for the Charles River between the Longfellow Bridge and the Charles River Dam, including the Broad and Lechmere canals in Cambridge. Read more.

By adamg - 9/30/24 - 7:50 pm
Sunset from the Mass Ave. bridge

Roving UHub photographer Jed Hresko stopped for a moment on the Mass. Ave. Bridge to enjoy the sunset this evening.

By adamg - 9/29/24 - 12:18 pm
Great egret in the Charles River

Mary Ellen spotted this great egret doing a little noshing in the Charles River off Millennium Park in West Roxbury the other day.

By adamg - 9/23/24 - 10:25 am

North Station Draw One Bridge Replacement Project - May 2023

State officials report the feds have awarded the MBTA $472 million to replace the current 100-year-old drawbridges that connect North Station to points north and west over the Charles River. Read more.

By adamg - 9/23/24 - 8:50 am

The Crimson reports Harvard University will built and maintain a public dock at Herter Park, along the Charles River in Brighton, not because it really wants to, but as part of a deal to win state approval to allow renovations at its current boathouses, one on each side of the river - on shoreland that state law normally requires be open to the public.

By adamg - 9/20/24 - 9:25 am
Charles in bloom; map of affected area

The Charles in bloom and map of the affected area, by CRWA.

The state Department of Public Health yesterday confirmed that the Charles River from the Longfellow to the dam is now full of blue-green algae, which means you need to be especially careful to keep your dogs and young children out of it, the Charles River Watershed Association reports. Read more.

By adamg - 9/12/24 - 3:25 pm
Sign reading: No grilling and no drinking

New sign, who dis?

On Monday, an outraged resident filed a 311 complaint about the goings on at the kayak launch on the Charles at Millennium Park - which is at the end of a fairly narrow path and surrounded by trees and brush: Read more.

By adamg - 8/27/24 - 10:55 pm
Sunset over the Charles River

Mary Ellen watched the sun go down over the Charles River from Millennium Park in West Roxbury this evening.

By adamg - 8/19/24 - 1:22 pm

The Cambridge Fire Department reports a Boston Duck Boat rescued a father and child from the Charles River near the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Land Boulevard this morning. Read more.

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