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08/28/2026

We are streaming tonight's "near total" eclipse of the Blood Moon live on our YoutTube channel at https://www.youtube.com//live
Peak Eclipse will be at 12:12 AM with 96% of the moon covered by the earth's shadow.
Save the Harbor / Save the Bay, Constitution Marina, Boston Harbor Now, , Bruce Berman

08/19/2026

Misty the Osprey (top right) and her mate Charlie (bottom right) and their two fledglings have left their nest and taken up temporary residence on sailboat mastheads at Constitution Marina on Boston Harbor.
The Osprey population collapsed dramatically from the 1950's to 1972, due to habitat loss and the widespread use of pesticides which prevented the eggs from surviving incubation. Today, thanks to habitat restoration and the banning of DDT, there are more than 8,000 breeding pairs in North America.
Over the next few weeks this pair will teach their offspring to catch herring. mackerel and menhaden before heading south for the winter. Misty will leave first - probably by the end of the month, and Charlie will leave a few weeks later, accompanied by the two juveniles.
You can see them from the North Washington Street Bridge or the Harborwalk as they hunt between Charlestown and the North End, or you can watch them online on the Boston Harbor Live YouTube channel at youtube.com//live

Save the Harbor / Save the Bay, Boston Harbor Now, Mass Audubon, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, WCVB Channel 5 Boston, The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston 25 News, Bruce Berman MassLive

08/03/2026

This female osprey watches proudly from her perch on "Soon Forward" in the slip next to the Verandah at Constitution Marina on Boston Harbor as her mate and two fledglings fish for herring, mackerel and menhaden just off E-Run.
In the 1960's Osprey were an endangered species because DDT in the fish they ate caused female osprey to lay eggs so thin that they broke during incubation, causing the population to crash.
As a result of the 1972 ban on DDT (Thank you, Rachel Carson!) and a concerted effort to create nesting sites along the coast, the species is now resurgent.
Save the Harbor / Save the Bay, Boston Harbor Now, Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park, Division of Marine Fisheries, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Mass Audubon, MassLive, The Boston Globe, Boston Herald Bruce Berman Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

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