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Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 24, 2025 6:25 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC- Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Leader: Kathy Dia – Partly cloudy, 50-65 F. Initial walk to Halcyon, Spectacle and Dell then back through the dry dell. Then about six of us went back to Spectacle to look for the night-herons that had been reported. Thank you to all on the walk for your great spotting!

34 species

Mallard  6

Wild Turkey  1    Heard

Mourning Dove  5

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Black-crowned Night Heron  2    Walk extension. Two adults perched in a tree on Lake Auburn (Spectacle)

Green Heron  1    Walk Extension-Lake Auburn

Great Blue Heron  1

Barred Owl  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1    Heard

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    *Rare- early. Seen in the Dell then relocated calling in the dry dell. Photos and audio.Looks like this individual may be the first one in the MA this spring.

Blue-headed Vireo  2    One briefly during the walk and one on the extension.

Blue Jay  13

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1    Walk extension – Halcyon.

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren (Northern)  2

Carolina Wren  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  50

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  8

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  1    Heard

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle  19

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  4

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  7

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S229385636

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

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