Lowell Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 10, 2018 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     I led a walk co-sponsored by the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust and Brookline Bird Club for 14 participants along the Concord River Greenway and the western side of Lowell Cemetery on a cool, overcast morning. There was a lot of activity, especially early, from nesting species like Baltimore Oriole (carrying nest material) and Yellow Warbler (many singing males). By 8:30 the maintenance crews were out in the cemetery making it difficult to hear birds singing but most participants got good looks at many species.
36 species

Mallard  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  1     flyover
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  12
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1     heard only
Downy Woodpecker  1     heard only
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  4
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1     heard only
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  3
European Starling  2
Ovenbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Parula  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Baltimore Oriole  5
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  1     heard only
Common Grackle  6
American Goldfinch  12

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45939377

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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