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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 - 12/24/24 - 9:24 am
Line of salt trucks waiting to pick up salt at Public Works shed in West Roxbury

On a trip to Millennium Park this morning, Mary Ellen spotted a line of salters waiting to pick up some fresh salt at the Public Works salt shed next to the park.

By adamg - 12/2/24 - 11:04 am
Tree across path at Millennium Park

A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about some demolition work along the path that follows Sawmill Brook at Millennium Park in West Roxbury: Read more.

By adamg - 11/7/24 - 8:49 am
Deer drinking water with some ducks and tires

Mary Ellen watched a young deer yesterday morning getting something to drink in Sawmill Brook at Millennium Park in West Roxbury, along with some ducks and some tires.

By adamg - 10/25/24 - 11:59 am
Little lamb animal

Mary Ellen spotted a different kind of creature on her morning walk around Millennium Park this morning: This little lost sheep. Little Bo Peep, or perhaps Shari Lewis, will find Lamb Chop on a railing along the lower path, just past the first bridge into the woods heading towards the kayak launch and the lower parking lot.

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 - 10/8/24 - 9:33 pm
American goldfinches blend in with fall colors at Millennium Park

Mary Ellen spotted these American goldfinches in their fall finery this morning at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.

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 - 9/28/24 - 12:25 pm
Butterfly at Millennium Park

Mary Ellen spotted this butterfly grabbing a meal at a flower at Millennium Park in West Roxbury yesterday.

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 - 9/6/24 - 9:50 am
Egret on the Charles River

On a walk in Millennium Park along the Charles yesterday morning, Mary Ellen's view changed from an egret (and hidden heron) in the calm, morning mist to the frenetic bounding of a pair of young deer: 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 - 9:35 am
Black-crowned night herons keep a close watch at Millennium Park

Mary Ellen spotted a pair of black-crowned night herons keeping an eye out for coppers, or maybe just a big fish, at Millennium Park yesterday.

By adamg - 8/16/24 - 9:54 am
Yellow bird in yellow flowers

Mary Ellen somehow spotted a goldfinch among the golden flowers at Millennium Park in West Roxbury the other day.

By adamg - 8/7/24 - 10:19 pm
Changing leaves at Millennium Park

Mary Ellen spotted a too early sign of fall the other day at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.

By adamg - 7/7/24 - 11:40 am
Buck in Arnold Arboretum

Ryan spotted two huge deer in the Arnold Arboretum yesterday, one less camera shy than the other.

Mary Ellen reports admission was one buck at Millennium Park this morning: Read more.

By adamg - 6/24/24 - 1:06 pm
Slime mold in Millennium Park

Mary Ellen spotted something a little different the other day on one of her walks around Millennium Park in West Roxbury: A slime mold. Read more.

By adamg - 6/6/24 - 11:52 am
Sad looking turtle face

Mary Ellen reports that she and Dolly the Dog came across four egg-laying turtles along the Charles River in Millennium Park in West Roxbury yesterday (and that she and Dolly kept a good distance and didn't linger so as not to stress them).

By adamg - 6/5/24 - 10:31 pm
Green heron about to land on a tree at Millennium Park

Mary Ellen watched a green heron coming in for a landing at Millennium Park in West Roxbury the other day.

Once down, it quickly composed itself: Read more.

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