Alewife Brook Reservation, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 27, 2025 9:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.932 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Early Birders walk @ Alewife Brook Reservation (led by Ibrahim Ware and myself)
~50 degrees, drizzling on & off, occasional wind gusts
31 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 12
Mallard (Domestic type) 2 not sure how many of the Mallards here were domestic, but at least two were observed
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2 flyover
Ring-billed Gull 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 9
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 3
American Robin 25
House Sparrow 8
House Finch 5
Purple Finch 1 female mixed in with the house finches
American Goldfinch 7
Chipping Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 10
Baltimore Oriole 1 seen on two occasions, calling, nest observed in tree along greenway path
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 4
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1 seen between the footbridge near Alewife Station & the start of the boardwalk path
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S297693363
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