Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 28, 2019 6:25 AM – 9:46 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:    BBC Walk, J. Forbes leader, 14ish participants. 49, sunny start, cloudy finish
37 species
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  1
Wild Turkey  4    2 in the trees in the Dell
Mourning Dove  5
Herring Gull (American)  3
Double-crested Cormorant  14
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1    (Leader only)
Blue Jay  15
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
House Wren (Northern)  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  30
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  1
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  15
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  40
Orange-crowned Warbler  1    **very rare seasonally, continuing. Oak Ave just above Spectacle corner.  Dull yellow warbler all the way down to the tail. Tail dark. Thin bill, eye arcs and hint of a supercilium. Sang a little, a short trill. Lousy photos although others in the group had better.
Pine Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  3
House Sparrow  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55583434

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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