Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 23, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Day after a Nor’easter. 43F. Joined by one birder. Still quite a few birds, and we even saw some of them.

40 species

Mallard  1

Wild Turkey  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  2    heard

Blue Jay  3

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1    Willow pond

Northern House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

Swainson’s Thrush  2    Seen. One singing in Dell

American Robin  20    Many juveniles

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  2

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  3

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Tennessee Warbler  1    Singing loudly on Indian Ridge

American Redstart  5

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  2    heard

Blackpoll Warbler  3

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1    heard

Black-throated Green Warbler  1    heard

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1    female

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S241507432

2024 Year in Review!

Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024.  Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants

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,

2024 Year in Review!

Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024.  Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants

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,

2024 Year in Review!

Photo credit: Manomet Photo credit Jennifer Thornton Thanks to our inspired volunteer Board, committee members, and field trip leaders, the Brookline Bird Club enjoyed impressive successes during 2024.  Our volunteer trip leaders and enthusiastic participants

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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