Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 15, 2022 6:23 AM – 9:12 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.42 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    46 degree air temperature with a sun-cloud mix and 4 mph winds from the West @ the start.  11 birders + Host for today’s BROOKLINE Bird Club walk.  60 degree air temperature with sunny skies and 7 mph winds from the West @ the end.  Thanks to all 11 enthusiastic birders for sharing ID’s and making this a fun walk.
38 species
Canada Goose  2
Wild Turkey  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  4
Killdeer  1    Vocalized by Willow Pond
Herring Gull  1
Great Blue Heron  2    One at Willow Pond / 1 at Halcyon Lake
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  7
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  15
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Carolina Wren  5
European Starling  3
Gray Catbird  1    Vocalized only near Wet Dell
Northern Mockingbird  2
Hermit Thrush  9
American Robin  25
House Sparrow  3
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  6
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  11
Palm Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S107307550

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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