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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

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

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