Alewife Birding Yields Impressive Results
— Danehy Park, Russell Field, Alewife Reservation
October 18, 2006 — Bob Stymeist
(see photos below)
This morning two folks (Alice and Dane Morgan from Brookline) joined me on the last scheduled walk at Danehy Park. It was springlike with a starting temperature at 61 and it was 70F at the end with a trip extension to Russell Field. I continued on to the Alewife Reservation. A total of 40 species.
Unless otherwise noted all birds seen at Danehy (D), Russell (R) and Alewife (A)
Canada Goose 45 (A)
Mallard 1 (A)
Cooper's Hawk with Rock Pigeon
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 usual perch on Rindge Tower (R) great looks in scope
Ring-billed Gull 190+ in wet fields at Danehy
Herring Gull 40
Rock Pigeon 7, 35 (A)
Mourning Dove 1 (R)
Downy Woodpecker 4, 2 (A)
N. Flicker 2 (A)
Eastern Phoebe 1 (D), 2 (R), 2 (A)
BLUE HEADED VIREO
Blue Jay 10, 6 (A)
A. Crow 6
BC Chickadee 6, 6 (A)
Carolina Wren 1 (A)
HOUSE WREN 1 (R)
Hermit Thrush 1, 1 (A)
A. Robin 22, 30(A)
N. Mockingbird 9
E. Starling 65
ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER 1 (R), 2 (A)
(the 2 at Alewife were together near the back of the T garage and came within a foot of me and NO camera!)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 (D), 2 (R), 3 (A)
PALM WARBLER 15 (D), 3 (R), (A)
BLACKPOLL 1 (A)
C. Yellowthroat 2 (D), 2 (R), 2 (A)
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 19
Song Sparrow 37 (D), 18 (R), 40 (A)
LINCOLN'S SPARROW 1 (A)
Swamp Sparrow 6 (D), 3 (R), 8 (A)
White-throated Sparrow 5 (D), 2 (R), 18 (A)
White-crowned Sparrow 1
N. Cardinal 5 (D), 3 (R), 4 (A)
Redwinged Blackbird 2
C. Grackle 8 (D), 2 (A)
House Finch 6 (A)
A. Goldfinch 2 (A)
House Sparrow 15 (D), 25 (A)
one Monarch
Bob Stymeist
Arlington
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