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3:00 snapshot #904
Had to run an errand in JP. We're looking over toward Olmsted Park in this snap.
The Grevy's zebras are suspicious of me clambering about on the giraffe feeding platform, which is closed for the season.
Had to run an errand in JP. We're looking over toward Olmsted Park in this snap.
The Grevy's zebras are suspicious of me clambering about on the giraffe feeding platform, which is closed for the season.
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Urban Nature Pictures 12/26
Olmsted Woods. One of the things I will miss when we move is this patch of forest, walking distance from our home. Our new house has other woods in walking distance, and I will grow to love them as well, but Olmsted Woods will always be special.
( More Olmsted Park )
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Urban Nature Pictures 9/10
An unknown (to me) Amanita mushroom, symbiotic with the big oaks of Olmsted Park.
EDITED TO ADD: Sorry Fly Agaric fans, but two different mycologists have identified this as Amanita flavorubescens
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Nice day for a ride
Yesterday was the most pleasant October 31st in my memory--sunny, 70 degrees, breezy. And, since it was a Saturday, most everyone could get out and enjoy it. We took the opportunity to walk in our nearby park (instead of our usual weekend drive to some place a few miles away). It was so beautiful out there that I filled up my sd card, a first for this new camera. (I'll be buying a bigger card before I go anywhere special.) When I got home I found a theme emerged, which will help me spread the massive amount of images onto a couple posts. Without further ado: pairs of people on bikes in Olmsted Park.
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Rainy Warm Autumn Day Adventure with Charlie
It was surprisingly warm today, so I took Charlie to Ward's Pond, despite the rain.
A soda bottle sailboat sat on the still, leaf-choked pond.
( Many pictures )
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Noticing the year 07/01/08 -- Oh dear!
As I was coming home for lunch to walk the dogs I saw a deer in Boston. I was on the Jamaicaway, and the deer was in Olmsted Park by Leverett pond. It was an adult with no antlers, and it was running in an apparent panic.
This is a first for me; I get to add white-tailed deer to my catalog of Boston wildlife. I knew that they were often seen at the Boston Nature Center, but this is my first time seeing one in Boston. This is a touch closer to The City, about three miles from Kenmore Square. (In the past I've joked about the encroachment of deer into cities by saying that I don't expect to see deer in Kenmore Square, but in some outer city parks. Kenmore Square, in case you don't know, is famous as the location of the Citgo sign you can see on televised Red Sox games.) I'm sure this deer was outside of its normal range and I won't be shocked if I see its carcass in the middle of the J-way on the way back to work. But I consider today a landmark of a kind--my first Boston deer.
(You may remember my first urban deer from my trip to the Pacific Northwest.)
This is a first for me; I get to add white-tailed deer to my catalog of Boston wildlife. I knew that they were often seen at the Boston Nature Center, but this is my first time seeing one in Boston. This is a touch closer to The City, about three miles from Kenmore Square. (In the past I've joked about the encroachment of deer into cities by saying that I don't expect to see deer in Kenmore Square, but in some outer city parks. Kenmore Square, in case you don't know, is famous as the location of the Citgo sign you can see on televised Red Sox games.) I'm sure this deer was outside of its normal range and I won't be shocked if I see its carcass in the middle of the J-way on the way back to work. But I consider today a landmark of a kind--my first Boston deer.
(You may remember my first urban deer from my trip to the Pacific Northwest.)
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Jamaica Pond
Charlie and I walked around Jamaica Pond today, while Alexis and Maggie were at dog school.
( 10 more pictures, including a panorama )
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3:00 snapshot, #215.
I had to peel this Boston ivy off the screen to close the storm window today.
( two from outside )
On this day in 365 Urban Species: American Beech.
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Olmsted Park Bike Path, Brookline
On this day in 365 Urban Species: Tree of Heaven. Another top ten species! My favorite urban tree, and one of the reasons I started writing about urban nature.
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3:00 Snapshot, #184
Afternoon nap and movie companions. ( we went for a walk, too )
On this day in 365 Urban Species: Carpetweed and spurge, two plants that seem made for sprouting in sidewalks.
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3:00 snapshot, #169.
Olmsted Park.
On this day in 365 Urban Species: Chicken mushroom. It's been far too dry for those so far this summer .
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Leverett Pond
Does anyone else find themselves taking pictures of the same view, over and over? This view of Leverett Pond, and the apartment building reflected in it, is a recurring theme for me. This shot was taken a week ago. I took another today (you'll probably see it in about a week).
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How about an Urban Nature post?
It's been a long time, but you've all been so kind and helpful! Here is a set of photos from our dogwalk this past Sunday, in Olmsted Park in Boston and Brookline.
I think I'll be collecting Signs of Spring until the third week of June. This week: Skunk Cabbage. These are the flowers, which appear before the foliage.( Read more... )
I think I'll be collecting Signs of Spring until the third week of June. This week: Skunk Cabbage. These are the flowers, which appear before the foliage.( Read more... )
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In the news again!
Once again, I'm in the media! This time for attending a public meeting and bringing up landchovies.
Thanks to Gribley for letting me know I'm still famous.
( Entire article behind the cut, in case the article disappears as they sometimes do. )
Thanks to Gribley for letting me know I'm still famous.
( Entire article behind the cut, in case the article disappears as they sometimes do. )
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Ice: Olmsted Park
The thick ice on Leverett Pond broke into floes, and some washed up on the Boston side of Olmsted Park during last weeks flooding rains.( Read more... )