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

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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