CSP: Mallard Drake
CSP is my shorthand for "Cross Street Park", a tiny park in Winchester, MA. It is no more than some land along the Aberjona River (about the size of a brook at this point) from where it crosses Washington Street to where it crosses Cross Street.
However, bounded by the railroad track and the growth along its right of way, and a short distance from the MiddleSex Fells (several square miles of woods, reservoirs and ponds), and with a small dam to create a good-sized marshy pool, it attracts a disproportionate amount of wildlife - particularly water birds.
I used to drive by it every night on the way back from work, and in the late '70s I would take my cameras on nice summer days, then stop and see what was feeding there as sunset approached.
So this was where I went to test my new camera. It's not as wild as it used to be (it's been dredged and 'landscaped' a bit, but it's still a good place to shoot.
However, bounded by the railroad track and the growth along its right of way, and a short distance from the MiddleSex Fells (several square miles of woods, reservoirs and ponds), and with a small dam to create a good-sized marshy pool, it attracts a disproportionate amount of wildlife - particularly water birds.
I used to drive by it every night on the way back from work, and in the late '70s I would take my cameras on nice summer days, then stop and see what was feeding there as sunset approached.
So this was where I went to test my new camera. It's not as wild as it used to be (it's been dredged and 'landscaped' a bit, but it's still a good place to shoot.
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