Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 20, 2025 6:34 AM – 8:56 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip (J. Forbes leader). Very windy but warm and sunny. Coyote with breakfast (rabbit?) on the ridge above Spectacle was also a highlight.
37 species
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 2 Flyovers at Willow
Mallard 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 4
American Herring Gull 5
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Northern Harrier 1 *unusual, flew through while we were heading to Palm Ave. Mostly behind trees but long wings and tail obvious and caught a glimpse of the white rump patch at one point
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Peregrine Falcon (North American) 1 Leader only flyover leaving front of Dry Dell
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 6
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20 Close to a dozen (including a few Golden-crowned) in one tree along Fir Ave
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Brown Creeper 1
European Starling 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus) 9
American Robin 30
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 7
Field Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 8
White-throated Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 30
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 10 Mostly/all Halcyon
Pine Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S230608273
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The BBC is pleased to announce that two teen birders have been selected to receive Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships that nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2023 scholarships
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
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Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
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The BBC is pleased to announce that two teen birders have been selected to receive Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships that nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2023 scholarships
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
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