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Tag: Bob Mayer

  • Sunday, December 8, 9:00 am – Winter Bird Walk

    On Sunday, December 8 at 9 am, join the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance, Brookline Bird Club, and the Emerald Necklace Bird Club (Friends of Jamaica Pond) for a free 90-minute walk led by area birding expert Bob Mayer. He will focus on waterfowl and other winter species in Leverett, Willow, Ward’s, and Jamaica Ponds, and adjacent woods of the Emerald Necklace. The walk is suitable for beginning as well as more experienced birders. Meet on Willow Pond Road between Pond Avenue and the Jamaicaway. For more information contact Bob Mayer at rgmayer38@gmail.com.

  • Saturday, July 23, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – A Walk on the Wild Side Pond Tour

    The three ponds that Fredrick Law Olmsted designed into the Arnold Arboretum teem with aquatic and terrestrial life in late summer. Join Bob Mayer at the Forest Hills Gate on Saturday, July 23 at 1 pm for a walk and a discussion of the invertebrates and other fauna in and around the ponds. Bring binoculars if you have them for closer look at nature.

    In case of inclement weather, contact 617.384.5209. Free, but registration requested at 617-384-5251, or email adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu.