Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 11, 2024 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Saturday Walk
63 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 7
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Killdeer 1
Herring Gull 3
gull sp. 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Warbling Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 8
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 25
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 8
Chipping Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 8
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle 11
Ovenbird 5
Black-and-white Warbler 14
Tennessee Warbler 8 singing across the cemetery
Nashville Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 8
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 16
Magnolia Warbler 9
Bay-breasted Warbler 9 encountered across the cemetery, with one particular tree containing four individuals
Yellow Warbler 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 24
Black-throated Green Warbler 14 One of the most common singing warblers present
Wilson’s Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174082818
Upcoming October 11 Big Day!
Upcoming October 11 Big Day! This May the BBC conducted its first "Big Day". Despite some terrible weather, club members recorded a total of 186 species across Massachusetts. We're sure we can beat that next
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification!
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification! It will soon be time for the southbound migration of sparrows! Join longtime BBC board member Glenn d'Entremont on October 9 to learn field marks, shapes, and sounds
BBC Global Big Day Count – Follow Up
BBC Global Big Day Count Follow Up On May 10 the BBC sponsored a club-wide Global Big Day Count. While the weather was tough that day with off and on rain, raw wind, and cool
Sign Up for the September Overnight Pelagic!
Overnight Pelagic Trip from Hyannis, MA to Hydrographer Canyon area Our new September 2025 pelagic trip is now open for registration! Our August trips were canceled by Hurricane Erin and so we are giving it
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord Trip leader Kathy Dia and special guest Dr. Bryan Windmiller, from Zoo New England, led a bird and turtle walk at the Great Meadows NWR impoundments in Concord.
And the Winner Is…
And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water
Upcoming October 11 Big Day!
Upcoming October 11 Big Day! This May the BBC conducted its first "Big Day". Despite some terrible weather, club members recorded a total of 186 species across Massachusetts. We're sure we can beat that next
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification!
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification! It will soon be time for the southbound migration of sparrows! Join longtime BBC board member Glenn d'Entremont on October 9 to learn field marks, shapes, and sounds
BBC Global Big Day Count – Follow Up
BBC Global Big Day Count Follow Up On May 10 the BBC sponsored a club-wide Global Big Day Count. While the weather was tough that day with off and on rain, raw wind, and cool
Sign Up for the September Overnight Pelagic!
Overnight Pelagic Trip from Hyannis, MA to Hydrographer Canyon area Our new September 2025 pelagic trip is now open for registration! Our August trips were canceled by Hurricane Erin and so we are giving it
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord Trip leader Kathy Dia and special guest Dr. Bryan Windmiller, from Zoo New England, led a bird and turtle walk at the Great Meadows NWR impoundments in Concord.
And the Winner Is…
And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water
Upcoming October 11 Big Day!
Upcoming October 11 Big Day! This May the BBC conducted its first "Big Day". Despite some terrible weather, club members recorded a total of 186 species across Massachusetts. We're sure we can beat that next
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification!
Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification! It will soon be time for the southbound migration of sparrows! Join longtime BBC board member Glenn d'Entremont on October 9 to learn field marks, shapes, and sounds
BBC Global Big Day Count – Follow Up
BBC Global Big Day Count Follow Up On May 10 the BBC sponsored a club-wide Global Big Day Count. While the weather was tough that day with off and on rain, raw wind, and cool
Sign Up for the September Overnight Pelagic!
Overnight Pelagic Trip from Hyannis, MA to Hydrographer Canyon area Our new September 2025 pelagic trip is now open for registration! Our August trips were canceled by Hurricane Erin and so we are giving it
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord
Kids Walk at Great Meadows in Concord Trip leader Kathy Dia and special guest Dr. Bryan Windmiller, from Zoo New England, led a bird and turtle walk at the Great Meadows NWR impoundments in Concord.
And the Winner Is…
And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
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