September 2020
Sept 1 - On my bike ride into Cambridge, saw a great blue heron fishing in the Muddy River. It was still there in nearly the same spot on my way back home. Sept 2 - On my bike ride, saw a turkey in a small Brookline park filled with oak trees. And a juvenile wood duck in the Muddy River. Wondering how much longer the juveniles are going to stay around. Peppers in the garden ready to pick. Sept 3 - Sitting in the back garden in the late afternoon, saw a hawk circling overhead, above a neighbour's yard, coming around 3 or 4 times. Couldn't identify it though. Sept 4 - Early morning walk, the pond glass-like, full moon overhead, feeling tranquil. I think I saw a pair of house wrens, smaller than a sparrow, small tail, held at an upward angle, chirping together in a tree along Eliot St. Sept 5 - News headline in the Boston Globe: "Python is spotted in Jamaica Plain". Glad I wasn't the one to spot ...