Oil-covered goose near Longwood.
Brookline and Boston firefighters responded to the Muddy River and Leverett Pond this afternoon on reports of oil - and a heavy petroleum odor, spreading from Leverett Pond at the rear of the Brook House at 33 Pond Ave. in Brookline and at least as far north as the Longwood Green Line stop. Read more.
Roving UHub photographer Mary Ellen captured a couple of folks who set up hammocks by Leverett Pond in Olmsted Park to enjoy the day today.
Fans of cold, bitter snow, though, may only have to wait until the end of the week to be back in their element.
Paul Levy watched dancers from Abilities Dance Boston performing in some Fog x FLO fog at Leverett Pond today.
Wicked Local Brookline reports:
At 8:16 p.m., the police received a call about two males catching geese for dinner. They had been catching the geese by Leverett Pond.
Coots are interesting birds. While they're in the water, they look like small ducks. Then they stand on a rock and they look sort of like chickens. And then, if they come fully out of the water and start walking around, well, you can't help but notice their feet, as Enoch Pratt did today down at Leverett Pond in the Emerald Necklace.
Mary Ellen spotted this northern pintail at Leverett Pond in the Emerald Necklace near Rte. 9 and Huntington Avenue yesterday.
Mary Ellen spotted this wood duck near Leverett Pond up by Rte. 9 on the JP/Brookline line today.
She also spotted a green-winged teal at the pond today: Read more.
Mary Ellen says it looked like she caught a wood duck in mid-sneeze the other day on the Jamaica Plain side of Leverett Pond.
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