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| Charles River Peninsula, Needham, Massachusetts |
New year at Charles River Peninsula, hope it's a good one, better than 2021.
In 2021, Eversource came and finished what they started. What was once a vital crab-apple enhanced corner of the property, is now a rip-rap wasteland surrounding a new utility pole.
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| This stockpile seems a bit too close to the neighboring vegetated wetland. |
A good platform for shooting New Year's Eve fireworks, apparently.
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| Dorothy brand fireworks |
In better news, The Trustees seem determined to get some grassland birds nesting in the meadow, explicitly restricting off-leash dogs during the breeding season.
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| Dogs must be leashed April 1 to August 15 |
Black-capped chickadees, white-breasted nuthatches, Carolina wrens all singing this morning. This is normal (not an effect of the unseasonably warm weather). The days are getting longer again.
