14 birders joined me this morning in Mount Auburn Cemetery for the Brookline Bird Club walk. As a reminder, the BBC has Mount Auburn Cemetery walks every day in spring from April 15 – May 21. More details at: http://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/trips/.

Checklist below:

 

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 18, 2016 6:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Brookline Bird Club Walk led by Neil Hayward
26 species

Mallard  4
Wild Turkey  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Herring Gull  1
Mourning Dove  4
Great Horned Owl  2     Very active in the Dell, both flying around. Mobbed by BLJA, NOCA and WBNU.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1     Heard by group.
American Robin  20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Chipping Sparrow  8
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
White-throated Sparrow  10
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  30
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
American Goldfinch  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29036491

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