It's almost April which means I need to learn the difference between an Eastern Phoebe and an Eastern Wood Pewee again in time to forget by next year.

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1855 lithograph parodying members of an official nunnery committee investigating pantry peepholes, old potatoes and laundry baskets in search of chained young girls who didn't exist, from the Boston Athenaeum

The dark history of a constitutional amendment that now keeps us from becoming Arkansas
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#Massachusetts

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BPD announced that the have located Seitu Morel - wanted in connection with the assault & battery of an Eliot upper school fifth grader on Wednesday.

"District A-1 No Longer Seek Public Assistance in Locating Seitu Morel of Cambridge, MA"
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Some video of the same. Eclipse behind the Zakim Bridge wires in Boston.

Oh I see. You wanted to shoot _from_ the Russell. Right.

I wonder if Lo Presti or Lewis Wharf in East Boston might have worked? I had no way of getting over to East Boston that early.

But, yeah, I had to shoot at 200mm because I was so "close" to the bridge.

Some eclipse photos from this morning. Puopolo Field in the North End looking towards the Zakim and Bill Russell Bridges.
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North End storm 📸
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North End storm 📸
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Trash pickup is: CANCELLED

No one told the North End.

What's this going to look like a week from now after 24" of snow tonight?

The greenway ferris wheel as seen from Long Wharf tomorrow... probably.

Globe columnist Kevin Cullrn: When I learned from Adam Gaffin's terrific local news site Universal Hub that Hatoff's was headed for the great

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No water on Hull St. assuming that’s related.

Some glamour shots of the winter flowers I've been growing in my basement.

Snowstorm Jan 2026, Sunday 10am -> Monday 7am This is "Snowstorm Jan 2026, Sunday 10am -> Monday 7am" by adam balsam on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Regular timelapse
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Storm loop.

10am 7am
Sunday ➡️ Monday
25 Jan 26 Jan

Copp's Hill, North End, Boston

Juvenile (second year?) Herring Gull in the water looking miserable.

Awkward teen on a rainy day.

series of nine photos of a pine warbler. In the first seven, the bird is facing the camera but is badly out of focus. For the last two, the bird is in perfect crisp focus, but is facing away from the camera.

I really got that focus locked in for the 8th and 9th shots of this rare winter Pine Warbler series 🤦

Some that are already cut ...and the lab ❄️💡🌸🧪

Indoor winter flower growing progress. Zinnia Meteor ☄️

No waterbirds at Chestnut Hill today. But got some good looks at a Golden-crowned Kinglet, Downy Woodpecker, and White-breasted Nuthatch.

Starling cosplaying as a Purple Sandpiper today on the ricks at CC Park in the North End.

Just saw this on @universalhub.com's 2025 wildlife recap. 💙

For the record, I'm pretty sure that's a Great Blue Heron on the right and a Snowy Egret on the left. Both are mature.

Petersons is still best at at least one thing:
CONFUSING FALL WARBLERS, etc

A friend of mine said of this picture:
“If that bird could talk, even it wouldn’t be able to tell you”

(Also: the actual species I think it is isn’t even on that page)

Saw an Orange-crowned Warbler AND a Tennessee Warbler today in the pine trees behind the Eliot Upper School/tennis courts - next to the bridge. Tennessee Warblers are only reported in 0.1% of November Suffolk County checklists!

Bonus White-throated Sparrow.
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Month Count average June 17881 20122.33 July 20667 20122.33 August 21819 20122.33

Some North End Bluebike data.

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North End Bluebikes stations averaged over 20k rides per month this summer.

eBird Lista - 11 nov 2025 - 34 Hull St, Boston US-MA (42.3669,-71.0560) - 1 espécie Submitted by adam balsam.

Happy Veterans Day everyone. Today was my 25th as a veteran, and it started with an auspicious sighting of an Ovenbird which made the state-wide rare bird alert. ☺️
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And possible a slightly better "final" image.