Emerald Necklace Bird Club FRIENDS OF JAMAICA POND, INC 36 Perkins St., PO Box 300040, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030 Gerry Wright, Founder and President Telephone: 617-524-7070 Email: FrederickLawOlmsted@yahoo.com TTY/MA RELAY 800-439-2370 www.FriendsOfJamaicaPond.org Friends of Jamaica Pond History and Annual Park Keeper Award Frederick Law Olmsted a one-man play by Gerry Wright Nature's Class Room: Environmental Education Projects Environmental Research Projects Forestry Protection Projects Emerald Necklace Bird Club Volunteer Stewardship Program Calendar and Meetings and Press Memberships and Donations Links and Resources Contact and Email Info Emerald Necklace Bird Club Sightings By Park List HERE with links to individual park web sites Emerald Necklace Bird Club Sightings By Date List HERE Emerald Necklace Bird Club Photo List HERE Master Individual Bird List HERE with links to online web field guides with songs, range maps and nesting information Individual Emerald Necklace Bird Proflies (Click on Photos) Great Horned Owl, Great Blue Heron, Red Tailed Hawk, Cedar Waxwing and Indigo Bunting The Emerald Necklace Bird Club was established in 2005 as a tribute to Christine Cooper and Charlie Hauck for their stewardship and work of 21 years for the Jamaica Pond Project. For over two decades the Friends of Jamaica Pond and Jamaica Pond Project have collaborated and partnered with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, Boston Park Rangers and many private and public agencies. The Emerald Necklace is the urban oasis for much of the natural world in Boston. Both migrating and long-term resident birds find the Emerald Necklace continuous open spaces, marshes and wooded areas a haven. Frequent visits will slowly reveal a landscape full of life and wonder from the soaring flight of a Red Tailed Hawk to the sensuous call of a White Throated Sparrow, and the statute-still Great Blue Heron to the busy Massachusetts state bird --the Black Capped Chickadee. Join the Emerald Necklace Bird Club and explore this landscape and natural wonder each season -- spring, summer, fall and winter. Add bird sightings to both the Emerald Necklace Bird Club master list, specific park lists, along with your own yearly and life lists. Support the conservation of natural habitat and become a steward of the earth.   Emerald Necklace Bird Club Sighting Lists by Park Location  Email, call or write the Friends of Jamaica Pond with your bird sightings to Friends of Jamaica Pond, PO Box 300040, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030 Telephone: 617-524-7070, Email: FrederickLawOlmsted@yahoo.com Gerry Wright, Founder and President Photos by Stephen Baird click on images to see larger versions. Emerald Necklace Bird Club Check List (PDF 675 kb) HERE 1. Rose Kennedy Greenway A series of parks that cover the path of the old elevated Central Artery from Chinatown through the Wharf District and North End to the Bank North Garden. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, 1 International Place, 14th Floor, Boston MA 02110, Nancy Brennan, Executive Director, 617-292-0020, info@rosekennedygreenway.org http://www.rosekennedygreenway.org Photos first plantings on May 22, 2006. November 19, 2007 --  Majority of Greenway is now open. House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Ring Billed Gull, Black Backed Gull, Blue Jay October 15, 2007 --  Parks are mostly completed.  Half are open to the public.  Bird life is growing --House Sparrow, White Throated Sparrow, Rock Dove, Ring Billed Gull, Blue Jay. June 18, 2007 -- Still under construction. Did see House Sparrows by Chinatown area. February 9, 2007 -- Still under construction. More shrub and tree plantings are evident, but still no bird life seen except for fly overs on a very cold winter day. May 22, 2006, Rose Kennedy Greenway. Saw Gulls fly overs, but area still under heavy construction. First plantings were being made. Did not even see house sparrows or pigeons on the construction area. 2 Boston Common The oldest public park in the US, Boston Common's history goes back as far as 1634. It was used as common pasture for live stock. military training grounds and for public hangings. The gallows were removed in 1817 and grazing of cattle was forbidden in 1830. Olmsted Brothers redesigned park 1910-1913. Maintained by Boston Parks and Recreation Department. WEB SITE HERE Friends of the Public Garden, 87 Mount vernon St., Boston 02108 publish historical brochure and provided funds to maintain park.  WEB SITE HERE