Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 6, 2025 5:57 AM – 9:28 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.175 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club- Mt Auburn Cemetery- Leader: Kathy Dia- overcast with intermittent rain, mid 50s F. Thanks to Jason B and Jared K and others for leads.

44 species

Mourning Dove  6

Ring-billed Gull  3

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Blue-headed Vireo  3

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  9

Fish Crow  1    Flew over calling, after walk.

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Northern House Wren (Northern)  3

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  12

Wood Thrush  1    Singing in the Dell.

American Robin  23

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  12

White-throated Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  10

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1    Singing in the Dell; after walk.

Black-and-white Warbler  10

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  3

Cape May Warbler  1    Possibly two; seen by all near Halcyon.

Northern Parula  16

Magnolia Warbler  2    One near the Tower; one Laurel Av.

Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1    Heard near tower after walk.

Blackpoll Warbler  3    One heard and seen near Halcyon; two above the Dell near the tower.

Black-throated Blue Warbler  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  35

Black-throated Green Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2    One heard between Spectacle and Dell; one singing and visible near the Tower after the walk.

Indigo Bunting  1    After walk Laurel and Sumac, above the Dell.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S233995731

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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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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Calling all BBC members - annual memberships expire December 31st 2024. Renew today for the 2025 calendar year to continue uninterrupted access to member benefits including our blue book mailings, member webinars, and more! Membership

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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Calling all BBC members - annual memberships expire December 31st 2024. Renew today for the 2025 calendar year to continue uninterrupted access to member benefits including our blue book mailings, member webinars, and more! Membership

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