Cutler Park, Needham

We went to Cutler Park in Needham, Mass. on Sunday. It's the "largest remaining fresh water marsh on the middle Charles." That's right, a big ol' swamp, just outside of Boston, and we went after a couple days of solid rainy weather. It actually sprinkled on us a bit, but waited to pour until after we were done slogging hiking. This little building is peeking out of some of the tallest garlic mustard I've ever seen.

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3:00 snapshot, #114.

Yet another improvised boardwalk.

Disgusting substance of the day: discarded tissues that I had to pick up, dropped near the Bird Hill exhibit.

On this day in 365 Urban Species: Black-crowned Night-heron. I have seen exactly one of these birds so far this year. bellelvsbeast recently had an entertaining (from my point of view) urban encounter with them recently. (sorry it's friend's protected--maybe she'll post a version that's okay for everyone to see?)