Brook Farm and Gethsemane Cemetery, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Apr 19, 2026 6:23 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.603 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk, Mike McCarthy leader.
32 species
Canada Goose 12
Wood Duck 10
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 1
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 4
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 4
Northern House Wren (Northern) 1
Carolina Wren 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 14
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 7
Swamp Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 12
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324194004
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