Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 17, 2025 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Bird Walk at Mount Auburn Cemetery
33 species
Canada Goose 7
Mallard 7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 2
American Herring Gull 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 5
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 35
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 9
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 6
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S226770131
SNOWY OWLS!
Could we be in for another Snowy Owl irruption? There have been numerous sightings of Snowy Owls throughout the Northeast including many in Massachusetts. The BBC Conservation/Education committee has made a donation to MA Audubon's Snowy
Winter Birding on Cape Ann
About once a week, from November into March, the BBC offers field trips to Gloucester and/or Rockport on Cape Ann, one of the Northeast’s prime destinations for winter birding. The main attractions are seabirds: waterfowl,
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
SNOWY OWLS!
Could we be in for another Snowy Owl irruption? There have been numerous sightings of Snowy Owls throughout the Northeast including many in Massachusetts. The BBC Conservation/Education committee has made a donation to MA Audubon's Snowy
Winter Birding on Cape Ann
About once a week, from November into March, the BBC offers field trips to Gloucester and/or Rockport on Cape Ann, one of the Northeast’s prime destinations for winter birding. The main attractions are seabirds: waterfowl,
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
SNOWY OWLS!
Could we be in for another Snowy Owl irruption? There have been numerous sightings of Snowy Owls throughout the Northeast including many in Massachusetts. The BBC Conservation/Education committee has made a donation to MA Audubon's Snowy
Winter Birding on Cape Ann
About once a week, from November into March, the BBC offers field trips to Gloucester and/or Rockport on Cape Ann, one of the Northeast’s prime destinations for winter birding. The main attractions are seabirds: waterfowl,
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
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