MassBeetles is a catalog of all the beetle species known to live in Massachusetts.
"As of 5/20/2022, the database consists of 3243 records, and includes 2938 unique species in 95 families."
MassBeetles is a catalog of all the beetle species known to live in Massachusetts.
"As of 5/20/2022, the database consists of 3243 records, and includes 2938 unique species in 95 families."
Mary Ellen spotted an eastern phoebe grabbing some breakfast yesterday, but in West Roxbury, not at Central Perk.
Enoch Pratt reports this baby bunny was running up the Leverett Connector today when a woman stopped, jumped out and managed to scoop up the bun and get it off the highway.
Beth Gavin watched a newly expanded family of geese quickly making their way near the Black Falcon Pier today: Read more.
Mary Ellen watched some ducklings trying out the Charles River in West Roxbury yesterday.
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 the to somewhere safer.
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.
Adam Balsam chronicles the 27 different species of birds he spotted over a week in the North End and the Public Garden.
The turtles were out in force at Jamaica Pond today. In addition to the premium location on the branches near the northern end of the pond, like the guys above, there were turtles along the parkway and even on a bunch of downed branches along Parkman Drive that geese had made their own - until today, at least.
Dr. Jessica Dello Russo reports that, at first, she thought this bird on Ridgeway Lane on Beacon Hill might be a decoy to scare off the pigeons, a modern update on those fake owls that never really work:
Really clever, as it even has camouflage effect with brown shading blending in with brick. Then it MOVED!
Mary Ellen spotted this blue-gray gnatcatcher at Millennium Park in West Roxbury this morning (OK, maybe it was just a shadow that made it look like it was ready to take on some round green pigs).
She also spotted this seemingly happier vesper sparrow: Read more.
Mary Ellen spotted this male blue grosbeak, before it turns more fully blue, at Millennium Park in West Roxbury today. Along the East Coast, they normally don't come north of central New Jersey.
Chestnut Hill woman relives the trauma of finding a live turkey in her family room.
Mary Ellen hied over to Franklin Park yesterday in time to spot this yellow-throated warbler, which are pretty uncommon north of Maryland (and should not be confused with the far more mundane yellow warbler).
Mary Ellen spotted a male bluebird checking out a possible nesting site in Millennium Park this morning.
Cambridge Day recounts the marvels of the opposum, North America's only marsupial, which may not really be the tick-fighting machines we've been told, but which do tend to suppress rat populations (also, they have unusual genitalia).
On a walk around Millennium Park in West Roxbury this morning, Mary Ellen spotted two eagles perched on the transmission tower at the National Grid facility down below on Rivermoor Street.
Roving UHub photographer Jed Hresko noticed all these birds flocking down to the Costco lot at Gateway Center, no doubt because of the breadcrumbs somebody dumped there (lower left).
Owens408 spotted this coyote on the beach at H Street this morning - possibly the one that had been hanging out at Moakley Park.