The rain let up and the sun came out to make for a nice walkaround Alewife Reservation on Sunday. A small group of us birded the northern side of Little River for a few hours and tallied the following 40 species:

great blue heron
Canada goose
mallard
red-tailed hawk
herring gull
rock dove
mourning dove
chimney swift
belted kingfisher
downey woodpecker
northern flicker
willow flycatcher
eastern phoebe
eastern kingbird
warbling vireo
blue jay
American crow
barn swallow
black-capped chickadee
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
ruby-crowned kinglet
American robin
grey catbird
northern mockingbird
cedar waxwing
European starling
yellow warbler
common yellowthroat
rose-breasted grosbeak
northern cardinal
chipping sparrow
song sparrow
Baltimore oriole
orchard oriole
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
brown-headed cowbird
house sparrow
American goldfinch

David Cowell
Wildlife Biologist
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
P.O. Box 9151
101 Walnut Street
Watertown, MA 02471-9151
Phone: 617-924-1770 ext. 1517
Fax: 617-924-2286
cowell@vhb.com