Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 1, 2025 8:10 AM – 11:09 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.57 mile(s)
36 species
Mourning Dove  41
Ring-billed Gull  3
Great Blue Heron  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3    Distinct birds. Two seen together on west site by castor arreilia tree.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker  4
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Blue Jay  33
American Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1    Post trip by chapel.
Brown Creeper  3
European Starling  80
Northern Mockingbird  2
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  106
House Finch  7
Purple Finch  22    20 at least together SE of tower hill in hop hornbeam. 2 more calling elsewhere.
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  2
Clay-colored Sparrow  1    Continuing bird at Quail Path and Meadow Rd in new section. Clear lores. Submalar stripe. Very small sparrow.
Dark-eyed Junco  67
White-throated Sparrow  53
Song Sparrow  1    Post trip by Indian ridge
Common Grackle  6
Nashville Warbler  1    Yellow in chest and belly. Gray on head. White eye ring.
Yellow-rumped Warbler  12
Summer Tanager  1    All yellow with dusky unmarked wings. Large yellow bill. Some orange tones on breast belly and undertail coverts. Medium sized passerine bit smaller than Robin. Photos.
Northern Cardinal  6
Dickcissel  1    Continuing on east side near oak knoll. Well marked bird with yellow on breast and chestnut patch on wing.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S282924784

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Brookline Bird Club 2025 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 284 species for 2025, with 275 species in Massachusetts (one more than last year) and nine [...]

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