Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 14, 2021 6:17 AM – 8:49 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.16 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Mt. Auburn Cemetery- Leaders: Linda Ferraresso and Larry O’Bryan- Opening walk of the Brookline Bird Club Mt. Auburn season. A pretty day after some light rain in the early morning. Sunny and mild 40’s- 50’s F.
35 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  5
Mallard  9
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  7
Ring-billed Gull  1
gull sp.  1    Possible Great Black-backed seen by Marianne.
Great Blue Heron  3
Cooper’s Hawk  1    With prey item
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  9
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Blue Jay  20
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
kinglet sp.  2    Seen from below in the Dell. Kinglets with wing bar, very clear breast, face not visible and silent. Typical fast moving feeding behavior; smaller than nearby Chickadees.
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Brown Creeper  1    Dell
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  1
Northern Mockingbird  5
American Robin  56
House Sparrow  9
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  5
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  10
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle  30
Pine Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S85522349

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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