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

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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