I grew up outside of Boston in the 70s and 80s. Never saw a turkey, coyote, or bald eagle. I thought the latter were extinct east of the Mississippi. The Charl

I grew up outside of Boston in the 70s and 80s. Never saw a turkey, coyote, or bald eagle. I thought the latter were extinct east of the Mississippi. The Charles River was still a polluted mess from years of neglect and old industrial use. There was a derelict watch factory in Waltham next to the river, former vehicle assembly works in Watertown and Cambridge, and all kinds of old industrial sites further upriver. There's one section of Waltham Mass still called "the bleachery" which was the site of a dye factory, which, of course, emptied right into the Charles up until the 1950s. I live a few miles from my childhood home now. The factories are gone, and the riverside has mostly been cleaned up. I see all of these animals plus many more including foxes and waterfowl. At night we hear great horned owls and the yipping of a local coyote pack. There are news stories about bears making it to within route 128 (the innermost ring road) and even the outer reaches of Cape Cod, which requires crossing a major bridge. https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/05/31/cape-cod-bear-twitter https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/05/31/cape-cod-bear-twitter