I’m not making this up:  there was actually a spring-like day last week,  so my friend Denise and I decided to take our inaugural “bird walk” of the season.   We chose to explore the newish paths of the Roslindale Wetlands, part of Boston’s Urban Wilds.

It was a little challenging to locate the beginning of the path, but, thanks to the hard work of the Longfellow Area Neighborhood Association’s (LANA) Wetlands Taskforce and the City of Boston, a couple of middle-aged broads were actually able to pick out the trail and have a most interesting urban stroll.

(Thanks also to Wayne Beitler, a neighbor and key player in the saving and creation of the Wetlands who returned my frantic phone call when I feared we’d never find the path!)

Bird sightings were few, but we did discover a couple of amazing structures behind Walter Street.  We were fascinated, especially by the “aerie” which was so well built back in the sixties (perhaps?) that it looks sturdy enough to be in use today.

A student of real estate in all its forms, it was fun — and a little creepy —  to discover these hidden properties, almost in my own back yard!