Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 21, 2019 7:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club bird walk
30 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 8
Wild Turkey 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 7
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Herring Gull 2
gull sp. 7
Red-tailed Hawk 2 juvenile
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 10
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 6
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 23
European Starling 7
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 7
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 15
Pine Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 13
House Sparrow 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55378900
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BBC members enjoyed a wonderful member's night celebration! Ten folks shared some wonderful photographs and video from around the world with the audience. In addition, several members read poems or short shorts they had written.
NORTHEASTERN EXPANSION AT NAHANT
Many of you are familiar with Northeastern University’s proposed expansion at East Point Nahant. It involves the construction of a 60,000 sq.ft. three story building and a parking lot. This expansion is located
TRIP REPORT: BBC TREE ID WORKSHOP – 9/23/18
Did you know that white ash, a bird‐friendly tree, has diamond patterns in its bark? Or, that 100‐200 organisms live inside leaves? More than 20 birders showed up Sunday morning for the Brookline Bird Club’s
MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND AND DOWNEAST MAINE TRIP REPORT
by Garry and Annie Kessler, Westborough, MA The BBC has run 4-day trips to Downeast Maine around July 4th for many years. The main attraction is an opportunity to land on Machias Seal Island for
2018-19 FEDERAL DUCK STAMPS ON SALE NOW!
The BBC is again selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. We are doing this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands. Ninety-eight cents of
BBC ARTIST / PHOTOGRAPHER
Are you a current Brookline Bird member who is an artist or photographer and who would like to have your work showcased on our web site? We want to encourage not only photographers, but other
Annual Winter Meeting a Success!
BBC members enjoyed a wonderful member's night celebration! Ten folks shared some wonderful photographs and video from around the world with the audience. In addition, several members read poems or short shorts they had written.
NORTHEASTERN EXPANSION AT NAHANT
Many of you are familiar with Northeastern University’s proposed expansion at East Point Nahant. It involves the construction of a 60,000 sq.ft. three story building and a parking lot. This expansion is located
TRIP REPORT: BBC TREE ID WORKSHOP – 9/23/18
Did you know that white ash, a bird‐friendly tree, has diamond patterns in its bark? Or, that 100‐200 organisms live inside leaves? More than 20 birders showed up Sunday morning for the Brookline Bird Club’s
MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND AND DOWNEAST MAINE TRIP REPORT
by Garry and Annie Kessler, Westborough, MA The BBC has run 4-day trips to Downeast Maine around July 4th for many years. The main attraction is an opportunity to land on Machias Seal Island for
2018-19 FEDERAL DUCK STAMPS ON SALE NOW!
The BBC is again selling the Federal Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. We are doing this in support of the National Wildlife Refuge System and to support conservation of federal lands. Ninety-eight cents of
BBC ARTIST / PHOTOGRAPHER
Are you a current Brookline Bird member who is an artist or photographer and who would like to have your work showcased on our web site? We want to encourage not only photographers, but other
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