This nuthatch seems to be taking an antipodean approach to a seed bell. Photo by Harold McAleer.
Lincoln through the Lens
You otter be in pictures (Lincoln Through the Lens)
Fred Winchell spotted this otter slide on Farrar Pond a couple of weeks ago while out walking with his dog Fennec after a period when the icy was slushy. “They are very playful animals and will slide on their bellies over snow and ice,” says Conservation Director Tom Gumbart. “They can be fairly large, so when sliding, they leave a long swath of snow that’s pushed to the sides. Otters also can move a fair distance in the air when they leap, so that probably accounts for the lack of tracks at the bottom of the picture.” Photo by Fred Winchell
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Arrow-nautical birds (Lincoln Through the Lens)
Geese huddle in a V formation. Photo by Harold McAleer
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2016: the year in review (part 1)
Kids enjoyed ice cream and other diversions at Lincoln’s “40 Years of Community” fair in April 2016.
June
- Bemis Hall unveils new space
- New co-ed softball league is fielding teams
- Flint’s Pond fire yields unique research opportunity
- Event marks completion of new Hanscom Middle School
May
- Residents turn out in force against McLean proposal
- Lincoln resident bilked out of more than $1.4 million
- Minuteman school building project hits another snag
- McLean Hospital plans teen residential facility on Bypass Road
- Residents moving into new areas at the Commons
- AKA Bistro to close Sunday; Blazes may take its place
- Hundreds of Lincolnites flock to the fair
April
- Lincoln group working to create a new pollinator meadow
- Fair celebrates 40 years of three town institutions
- Carroll School buying property on Lincoln/Wayland line
March
- School steps up security in wake of graffiti incident
- Three concrete towers planned along railroad tracks in Lincoln
- Olson, Gladstone win Planning Board seats
- Gun safety, fossil fuel measures passed
- Residents vote to try for school funding again
- Voters OK buying land for possible solar swap
- Budget approved; property taxes to drop by 0.5%
- Mangini family thrilled with Mark’s Oscar for “Mad Max: Fury Road”
- Lincoln goes for Kasich, Clinton in presidential primary
February
- Minuteman school district down to 10 towns
- Lincoln withdraws from Minuteman school district
- Town Meeting warrant includes modest budget hike
- First Parish marks installation of new minister on March 6
- Cambridge Trust Co. closings its doors
- Campus study group presents final report
January
A reflective moment (Lincoln Through the Lens)
A great blue heron and his reflection make a heart. (Photo by Harold McAleer)
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More Lincoln dam work? (Lincoln Through the Lens)
Beavers have been busy harvesting trees for food and lodging (inset) in the trees along the pond trail near Farrar Pond’s Pincushion Island.They do not, however, appear to be working on a dam, as Lincoln will soon be doing at Flint’s Pond. Photo by Harold McAleer
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Lincoln bikers help fight cancer (Lincoln Through the Lens)
Santa paws (Lincoln Through the Lens)
Allison Tobia of Wayland and her golden retriever Penny get their photo taken with Santa at Saturday’s Paws for the Holidays Festival at the Pierce House hosted by Lincoln-based Phinney’s Friends. (Photo: Alice Waugh)
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Sunrise, sunset
Harold McAleer’s picture of a sunrise over Farrar Pond shares many of the colors of his earlier photo of a summer sky.
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Falling bodies (of water) – Lincoln Through the Lens
Two photos of the Cambridge Reservoir, taken from the same spot exactly three years apart (2013 and 2016, before last weekend’s rain) on Old County Road by Craig Nicholson.
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