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This morning Karsten Hartel joined me at Alewife Reservation in Cambridge. A total of 36 species were seen on this mild but overcast morning 07:00-09:50AM (57-64F) We covered the entire reservation of both sides of Alewife Brook and including Blair Pond; also the new trail that goes all the way to Little Pond.

Canada Goose 35
Mallard 22
Double-crested Cormorant 1
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon 40
Mourning Dove 4
Downy Woodpecker 14
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 4
BC Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 5
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 8 (4 pair)
WINTER WREN 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 (one male very excited with blazing crown extended)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 620-late leaving roost
N. Mockingbird 4
E. Starling
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT 1
Am. Tree Sparrow 12
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 46
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 68
DE Junco 9
N. Cardinal 17
Redwinged Blackbird 1
House Finch 11
American Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 30

Bob Stymeist
Arlington

Robert is the bird observer for the Massachusetts Bird Observer Journal, the state's foremost birding journal.

Karsten Hartel is a prolific publisher of scientific journals throughout the world, and his most recent book is Inland Fishes of Massachusetts. He is Curatorial Associate in Ichthyology at Harvard University.

Both renowned New England birders have been looking at Alewife birds for many years. Robert is best known for his annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count at the 10 acre reed marshes across from the threatened silver maple forest, where we spotted nearly 4000 dawn birds several years ago. Harsten has been a regular at Blair Pond over the years and spotted our green winged teal. These sites are at the western end of the Alewife Reservation.