Winter Birds of Squantum Point Park, Quincy

Updated, February 5, 2018— Much thanks to Les Tyrala and Steve Olanoff who led the Winter Birds of Squantum Point Walk on Sat., Feb 3. The following birds were seen: Brant (Wollaston Beach) 13 Canada Goose (Wollaston Beach) 5 Black Duck 2 Common Eider 18 Bufflehead 9 Common Goldeneye 13 Red breasted Merganser (males displaying) […]

Did You Miss Winter?

Last winter broke all sorts of records, but in case you forgot, here's a reminder of what we were dealing with at this time last year.

Winter Birds of Squantum Point Park

The co-sponsored NepRWA / DCR Quincy Winter Seabirds Watch went off well considering the 11-inch snowfall the day before.  It was a fine sunny morning, about 30 degrees and nearly calm conditions. The group met at the weather shelter, adjacent to the dock at the very large DCR parking lot, and had a strong turnout […]

Neponset RiverWalk Permit Granted

It’s taken more than a decade for NepRWA and others to put all the pieces together, but construction is about to begin on a critical link in the northern section of the RiverWalk, which will run from Boston Scientific Corporation to Squantum Point.