The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife said the state has seen "a dramatic uptick" in new bald-eagle nests, including new nests in Medford and Concord, this year. Read more.
Wildlife
By adamg - 5/26/20 - 9:56 pm
Saugus Police report a wild turkey flew into the second-floor bedroom of a local house this afternoon - by crashing through a closed window. Read more.
By adamg - 5/21/20 - 5:52 pm
Suzanne Hinton spotted a squirrel going nuts over a JP Licks cup at Flaherty Playground in Jamaica Plain today.
Earlier:
Toasted bagel, hold the shmear.
By adamg - 5/13/20 - 9:15 am
Mary Ellen the roving UHub photographer captured this hooded warbler at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir yesterday.
By adamg - 5/9/20 - 8:14 pm
A roving UHub photographer spotted this hawk with some fresh lunch - a black bird of some sort - in the Public Garden today. She also spotted Revolutionary hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko showing some support for workers at local hospitals: Read more.
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By adamg - 5/5/20 - 9:55 pm
JK21 spotted this fancy birdhouse above the Somerville bike lane between Willow Avenue and Davis Square today (look carefully on the lower level in the rear; looks like somebody's already moved in). No word if it comes with a deeded parking space.
By adamg - 5/3/20 - 9:14 pm
Oh, honey, they come from this couple's side yard in Jamaica Plain! Read more.
By adamg - 5/2/20 - 10:11 pm
On a walk around Millennium Park in West Roxbury today, Mary Ellen spotted both an American kestrel - the smallest of the falcons - and some cygnets settling in for a nap. Read more.
By adamg - 4/29/20 - 9:03 am
No, Kristen Johnson isn't a spy with a passcode. She just happened to get to Jamaica Pond early this morning, before the maddening crowds of counter-clockwise joggers, and so spotted a deer out for some foraging: Read more.
By adamg - 4/23/20 - 5:08 pm
Downtown Crossing pigeon waiting to make sure none of those New York pigeons are around.
Today's top research news comes via the New York Times, which reports a scientist has discovered that Boston and New York pigeons are genetically distinct - and that as with Red Sox and Yankees fans, the boundary runs through the middle of Connecticut.
By adamg - 4/21/20 - 9:22 pm
Msmariamad spotted this specimen of meleagrian pulchritude in Porter Square today.
Copyright Msmariamad. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 4/20/20 - 12:37 pm
Roving UHub photographer Mary Ellen went up to Belle Isle Marsh on the East Boston/Winthrop line yesterday and reports the marsh was just full of all sorts of birds returning to the area for the summer, including a frazzled looking snowy egret. Read more.
By adamg - 4/19/20 - 1:12 pm
A disgusted citizen filed a 311 report about the gull buffet outside the Summer Street Taco Bell this morning. Read more.
By adamg - 4/15/20 - 12:19 pm
Neema Avashia reports the sentries are taking no guff - and don't hesitate to turn away taxis they don't like the looks of: Read more.
By adamg - 4/14/20 - 3:12 pm
Seth McCoy reports opening the door on River Street, near the Price Rite in Hyde Park, today to find, no, not an energy salesman, but this bad boy.
By adamg - 4/12/20 - 3:14 pm
Stephen Thomas Costa found this hawk just hanging out today at the Parquesito de Hermandad playground in Franklin Park - closed to human kids, of course, due to Covid-19 concerns.
By mocha fiend - 4/7/20 - 4:45 pm
Saw these two "gym [flying] rats" at the entrance to the Huntington Y today. I think they were probably bummed that Covid-19 has closed the gym for now.
By adamg - 3/31/20 - 11:05 pm
A startled citizen filed a 311 complaint about a coyote trotting along St. Alphonsus Street by Kevin Fitzgerald Park on Mission HIll 2 p.m.-ish today. No word if it was being chased by one of the increasingly ornery turkey gangs trying to take over the city.
By adamg - 3/29/20 - 11:59 am
Denuded saplings and possible lair of the devilbeasts.
A horrified citizen has spent a couple days cataloging the damage being done to saplings in Franklin Park by what he says are porcupines on the munch - and is disputing the official city response that the damage is actually the work of "invasive rabbits," which, when you think of it, might be worse. Read more.
By adamg - 3/27/20 - 11:09 am
Billy spotted this juicy rafter on Ruggles Street, between Shawmut Avenue and Washington Street in Roxbury this morning.
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