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.
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/
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