Snow dusting a hill at Millennium Park
By adamg - Thu, 03/13/2025 - 1:32pm

Mary Ellen took in the dusting at Millennium Park in West Roxbury this morning.

Blankets in a bag tied to a pole at the start of a path that thank the lender for helping save their dog
By adamg - Sat, 03/08/2025 - 8:43pm

Back when the Charles River by Millennium Park was still mostly covered in ice, somebody's dog fell through into the water, and after firefighters arrived and got the dog out, somebody else lent some blankets with which to warm the pet up before being rushed to Angell Animal Medical Center. Read more.

By adamg - Sun, 03/02/2025 - 2:55pm

A disgusted resident files a 311 complaint about the lazy-ass dog owners who not only let their dogs loose in Millennium Park in West Roxbury, they've stopped cleaning up after them: Read more.

By adamg - Sat, 02/01/2025 - 3:25pm

Mary Ellen spotted this red-tailed hawk looking for some breakfast this morning at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.

By adamg - Sun, 01/19/2025 - 12:23pm

Mary Ellen captured some muskrat love in Millennium Park along the Charles River yesterday. A bit upstream, she spotted an eagle doing a celebratory eagle dance before chowing down on that deer carcass on the ice.

By adamg - Tue, 12/24/2024 - 9:24am

On a trip to Millennium Park this morning, Mary Ellen spotted a line of salters waiting to pick up some fresh salt at the Public Works salt shed next to the park.

Tree across path at Millennium Park
By adamg - Mon, 12/02/2024 - 11:04am

A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about some demolition work along the path that follows Sawmill Brook at Millennium Park in West Roxbury: Read more.

Deer drinking water with some ducks and tires
By adamg - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 8:49am

Mary Ellen watched a young deer yesterday morning getting something to drink in Sawmill Brook at Millennium Park in West Roxbury, along with some ducks and some tires.

Little lamb animal
By adamg - Fri, 10/25/2024 - 11:59am

Mary Ellen spotted a different kind of creature on her morning walk around Millennium Park this morning: This little lost sheep. Little Bo Peep, or perhaps Shari Lewis, will find Lamb Chop on a railing along the lower path, just past the first bridge into the woods heading towards the kayak launch and the lower parking lot.

Trees along the Charles
By adamg - Tue, 10/15/2024 - 9:31am

Mary Ellen took a morning walk along the Charles in Millennium Park.

Calm waters and fall trees along the Charles
By adamg - Thu, 10/10/2024 - 10:44am

Mary Ellen looked across the Charles from Millennium Park in West Roxbury at a copse of trees in Needham this morning.

American goldfinches blend in with fall colors at Millennium Park
By adamg - Tue, 10/08/2024 - 9:33pm

Mary Ellen spotted these American goldfinches in their fall finery this morning at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.

Great egret in the Charles River
By adamg - Sun, 09/29/2024 - 12:18pm

Mary Ellen spotted this great egret doing a little noshing in the Charles River off Millennium Park in West Roxbury the other day.

Butterfly at Millennium Park
By adamg - Sat, 09/28/2024 - 12:25pm

Mary Ellen spotted this butterfly grabbing a meal at a flower at Millennium Park in West Roxbury yesterday.

Sign reading: No grilling and no drinking
By adamg - Thu, 09/12/2024 - 3:25pm

On Monday, an outraged resident filed a 311 complaint about the goings on at the kayak launch on the Charles at Millennium Park - which is at the end of a fairly narrow path and surrounded by trees and brush: Read more.

Egret on the Charles River
By adamg - Fri, 09/06/2024 - 9:50am

On a walk in Millennium Park along the Charles yesterday morning, Mary Ellen's view changed from an egret (and hidden heron) in the calm, morning mist to the frenetic bounding of a pair of young deer: Read more.

Sunset over the Charles River
By adamg - Tue, 08/27/2024 - 10:55pm

Mary Ellen watched the sun go down over the Charles River from Millennium Park in West Roxbury this evening.

Black-crowned night herons keep a close watch at Millennium Park
By adamg - Mon, 08/19/2024 - 9:35am

Mary Ellen spotted a pair of black-crowned night herons keeping an eye out for coppers, or maybe just a big fish, at Millennium Park yesterday.

Yellow bird in yellow flowers
By adamg - Fri, 08/16/2024 - 9:54am

Mary Ellen somehow spotted a goldfinch among the golden flowers at Millennium Park in West Roxbury the other day.

Changing leaves at Millennium Park
By adamg - Wed, 08/07/2024 - 10:19pm

Mary Ellen spotted a too early sign of fall the other day at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.