geese

311 complaint of the day: Time for some No Goose Hugging signs in the Fens

By adamg - 9/25/24 - 12:55 pm

A concerned resident filed a 311 complaint about a woman who is apparently not just feeding but hugging geese in the Fenway: Read more.

Strolling the Neponset River animalway

By adamg - 6/17/24 - 10:00 am

Snake along the Neponset Riverwalk in Mattapan

Bobby Boyd went for a walk along the Neponset River Greenway in Mattapan and Milton the other day. Among the things he saw was a snake resting in a tight space on the Milton end of the Harvest River Bridge, a goose of the non-Canada variety near that and a pair of deer on an islet in the river between Central Avenue and Capen Street. Read more.

On Golden River

By adamg - 10/7/23 - 1:14 pm

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Brooks Payne captured some geese in the Muddy River along the Riverway section of the Emerald Necklace.

Bolling Building crisis that's for the birds

By adamg - 5/3/23 - 11:18 am

Before and after photos.

Update: Boston Animal Control arrived today and took the geese, presumably to a place where they can splash around and do other geese-type stuff.

Geese aren't supposed to be hatching their eggs on rooftops, but employees at BPS headquarters in the Bolling Building in Nubian Square reports one feathered couple has done just that - and now they're worried how the goslings will survive. Read more.

Geese get tired of turkeys getting all the attention for perching on people's roofs

By adamg - 4/12/23 - 12:07 pm

Geese are not uncommon in Jamaica Plain - except maybe on people's roofs, so as she walked her dog this morning, Ally Stoughton couldn't help but look up when she heard some loud goose calls.

One of these geese is not the same

By adamg - 12/17/22 - 5:08 pm

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Samuel Maskell watched a flotilla of geese floating along in the Esplanade lagoon.

Dog paddling in the Charles

By adamg - 11/27/22 - 10:32 pm

Man and dog in canoe pass goose in the Charles River in Dedham

Mary Ellen spent some golden-hour time this morning along the Charles in Dedham, where she spotted a man paddling in a canoe with his dog while passing a goose.

Urban geese learn to adapt

By adamg - 5/31/22 - 2:02 pm

Michael Spicher spotted some geese littles taking advantage of a puddle near the Expressway and the narrow end of Fort Point Channel that splits the South End from South Boston today. Amy Deveau, who lives nearby, though, is not liking the scene:

this stresses me out. I helped escort a family of geese under 93 and stopped traffic in both directions and when we all made it to the other side I burst into tears. I hope these lil guys make it back to the channel.

They're cheep-er by the dozen

By adamg - 5/13/22 - 10:05 pm

Beth Gavin watched a newly expanded family of geese quickly making their way near the Black Falcon Pier today: Read more.

Make way for goslings on the Expressway

By adamg - 5/7/22 - 10:56 pm

Goslings being corraled on I-93 southbound

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State Police posted photos from a rescue mission in the HOV lane on the southbound Expressway in Dorchester, where a pair of geese and their new brood found themselves trapped today. State troopers and Boston animal-control officers managed to round up the wayward birds and get them to somewhere safer.

Citizen complaint of the day: Police can't collar loose goose

By adamg - 5/6/22 - 11:44 am

Earlier this week, a concerned citizen, or perhaps, a concerned member of the local constabulary, filed a 311 complaint about a mean goose parking itself on the Southwest Corridor side of Boston Police headquarters in Roxbury: Read more.