Urban Safari

Urban Safari : Vernal Pool in Canton

April 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

The RainyDayMagazine crew spent the morning exploring a vernal pool at the Mildred Allen Morse Wildlife Sanctuary, part of the Mass Audubon site in Canton (MABA). [...]

Urban Safari : Turkey in Roslindale

April 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

We heard some unfamiliar “clucking” sounds this morning. Turns out, it was coming from a turkey that was up a tree! We watched it fly onto the roof (having never [...]

Urban Safari : Wellesley College Botanical Gardens and Greenhouses

March 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

Inspired by some reader emails about “Indoor Blooms” around Boston, we took a short trip out to Wellesley College to visit their Botanical Gardens and [...]

Urban Safari : Red Tail Hawk on Cummins

March 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Across the way from us on Cummins Highway are a few tall evergreens. Every so often, a hawk would perch on the very top and survey the area looking for its next meal. The [...]

Urban Safari : Birdblind in Wenham

February 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

We went and spent the day at photographer Andrew Martinez and Candy’s place in Wenham. Carolyn wanted to pick Candy’s brain about something and others wanted [...]

Urban Safari: The Fens

May 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Fens in the Back Bay is one of the gems of the Emerald Necklace and a treasure of Boston. It is also the latest expedition in our Urban Safari series. Frederick Law [...]

Urban Safari: Heron Hunting

May 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Urban safaris are something we started doing when we joined the Franklin Park Zoo a few years ago. Since then, we have had many “adventures,” some of them in [...]

Urban Safari : Merrimack River Eagle Festival

February 12, 2014 // 1 Comment

A Bald Eagle in Boston. Snowy owls on Plum Island. While it is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese calendar it has been the Year of the Birds for us. Last [...]

Urban Safari : Snowy Eagle on Plum Island

January 10, 2014 // 1 Comment

Now that a Bald Eagle in Boston is no longer news, how about seeing a Snowy Owls on Plum Island? A Snowy Owl sighting is somewhat more likely than glimpsing a Bald [...]

Urban Safari: Bald Eagle At Jamaica Pond

January 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

A Bald Eagle in Boston? The prospect seemed rather unlikely. After all, this is not Idaho. So when our intrepid copyeditor came back to the office after her morning walk [...]

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