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
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Member Only Webinar October 9: Sparrow Identification!
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Sign Up for the September Overnight Pelagic!
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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!
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BBC Global Big Day Count – Follow Up
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Sign Up for the September Overnight Pelagic!
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And the Winner Is…
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