Birding begins at Alewife newly constructed wetlands

First recorded birding trip to newly constructed Alewife Reservation wetlands.

Slowly but surely birders are coming.

This morning Karsten Hartel and myself surveyed the Alewife Reservation checking out the new boardwalks and plantings along the bike trail from Alewife to Blanchard Road. We both got a LIFE bird- sort of- an Orange-cheeked Waxbill which we kept seeing and hearing. I mention this because Jeremiah Trimble has been seeing an Orange-cheeked Waxbill at Fresh Pond, perhaps someone got tired of them and set them free; but it sure was fun hearing a song so unfamiliar and then locating the bird.

This area has a lot of potential, the official opening is tomorrow. High counts of Song and Swamp Sparrows

Alewife Reservation, Cambridge, Middlesex, US-MA
Oct 14, 2013 7:20 AM - 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1
40 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 22
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Killdeer 1
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 37
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 7
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 18
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 55
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 3
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 42
Swamp Sparrow 17
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 22
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 9
passerine sp. 1
Orange-cheeked Waxbill

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Bob Stymeist
Arlington
bobstymeist@...