Category Archives: Aves

This Probably Seemed Like a Good Idea A Week Ago (Make Way for Gravid Ducks)

Posted on June 20, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

About a month ago, I described how someone flattened part of the purple allium beds in Boston’s Public Garden. In their unflattened form, when in full bloom, they look like this: They started to fade and turn brown. Which I’m … Continue reading →

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About That Whole Black Swan Thing…

Posted on June 19, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Sunday, I went to the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston to see the blossoming of the carrion flower. Because nothing is cooler than a five foot flower that smells like rotting meat and wilts after 48 hours. Unfortunately, it hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Housing at Mt. Vernon Square…

Posted on May 26, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

…it’s for the birds. From Mt. Vernon Square, Beacon Hill, Boston: And for a somewhat less Thomas Kinkade perspective:

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The Public Garden’s Swans Are Back!

Posted on May 7, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Ducklings beware!
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Imagine If You Returned to Your Car and Saw This

Posted on February 13, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

The galliform hordes keep coming.
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Have the Turkeys No Decency?

Posted on January 8, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

At long last, have they no decency?
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I Wouldn’t Mate With You If You Were the Last Finch on Earth?

Posted on July 5, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

We can only hope that the dwindling populations change their tune.
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More on the Public Garden’s Swan Wars

Posted on June 17, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Oh, the… avianity?!?
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Public Garden Swans Are Not Making Way for Ducklings

Posted on June 5, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

I need some help from ‘swanologists.’ So do Boston’s ducklings.
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More Brutal Turkey Terrorism

Posted on April 19, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

The Heroic Struggle Against Our Demonic Turkey Overlords has not abated. Now they are assaulting the basic workings of our government.
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Posted in Aves, Boston, Humor, WhatEVAH! | 4 Comments