Friday, May 25, 2012

Situation in Amory Park, Brookline, MA, USA, a few blocks from the Charles River

1. Friend request.
2. Report from a neighbor.

1. Friend request.

A friend of the Charles River White Geese sent the following message.

She has relocated to Los Angeles.

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Robert. Even though I'm not in Boston anymore, I still enjoy looking at your blog for updates on how the geese are doing. I miss the geese, and especially feeding the Canada geese at Amory park.

2. Report from a neighbor.

It seems that there is only one pair of Canada geese at the Amory Park this year. They tried to construct a nest in an unusual location, but the eggs were broken after the first night in what superficially looked like an animal attack.

Other than that, one willow was removed during the cold season without any due process or apparent reason in the Amory Park.

While the situation in Brookline is certainly better than the situation in Cambridge in this sense, this is yet another example of very poor "stewardship" by the office of town arborist and the parks and open space division with respect to preservation of existing large trees.