Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
23-Apr-2023 06:30 – 08:12
Protocol: Traveling
2.057 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, J. Forbes leader
47, overcast, rain held off until about 8
34 species
Canada Goose  8
Mallard  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  3
Herring Gull (American)  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  15
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
European Starling  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  25
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  10
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  30
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135017791

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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