This North End hawk has been around for a few weeks, recently visiting Commercial Street, captured here by Paul Foster. We also hear the hawk is taking out quite a few pigeons in North Square! “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a caption (or more) Read More…
Tag: Birds
Squirrels Beware: Hungry Hawk on the Prowl
A hawk was spotted Monday afternoon killing and eating a squirrel on Copp’s Hill Terrace, captured here by Maryann O’Brien. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a caption (or more) telling us about your photo. See past neighborhood photo posts.
Neighborhood Photo: This Seat is Taken
Jean Eisenstadt shares this photo of seabirds peacefully hanging out in Boston Harbor. She titled it, “This Seat is Taken.” “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a sentence (or more) telling us about your photo. See past neighborhood photo posts.
COPP’S HILL MOMENT: Storm Hawk
(The first morning of spring brings more snow and a graveyard apparition.) Last Saturday the neighborhood was barely twelve hours into spring when we awoke to snow falling softly over the gravestones of the burying ground.In the gray light and shadows of early-morning I spotted a large, mottled creature, coated with fallen flakes and perched Read More…
Neighborhood Photo: Robins Nest on Snow Hill Street
“Pretty amazing what small digs North Enders can call home!,” says Sue Beneveniste who captures this robins nest amid cabling along a Snow Hill Street building. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. The North End’s fabled streets and the phenomenal views of the waterfront are literally “picture perfect.” To have your photo featured, Read More…
Beware Angry Birds on Harborwalk Between Burroughs and Union Wharves
A complaint on Citizens Connect to the Mayor’s 24-hour hotline is reporting: “A very aggressive bird (bluejay maybe) attacks anything, human or dog, that comes through this part of the Harborwalk between 40 Battery and Union Wharf. Can animal control do something about it?” The iPhone report also includes the photo of the territory, shown Read More…