Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 9:05 AM – 11:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.017 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

30 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  5

Wild Turkey  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Mourning Dove  3

gull sp.  2

Green Heron  1    First of Year :D

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Great Horned Owl  3    Great horned highlight of the walk! ^_^

Belted Kingfisher  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    Heard

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1    Ground foraging?

Northern House Wren  2    Couple flittering around nest box and tree cavities

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  3

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  25    Low Estimate

Cedar Waxwing  2    A splendid send-off sighting :)

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  3    First of Year! :D

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Common Grackle  15

Northern Cardinal  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332094537

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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