Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2022 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.8 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    We neither saw nor heard the Indigo Bunting or Waterthrush that had been observed this week.  Some in our party and nearby think they may have seen or heard an Orchard Oriole near Willow Pond, but I decided not to count it officially.
47 species
Canada Goose  5
Mallard  6
Wild Turkey  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  4
Herring Gull  4    flyovers
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  3
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  4
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  2
American Robin  16
Cedar Waxwing  1    Odd to see a loner.
House Sparrow  6
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  11
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  9
Ovenbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Northern Parula  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  25
Prairie Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S109398150

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

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

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

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

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

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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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #1)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #2)

    Hyannis - Pelagic - Helen H 137 Pleasant St, Hyannis, MA, United States

    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Parker River Marsh Cruise

    Newburyport - Yankee Clipper Tours Waterfront Promenade Park, 36 Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge from a new perspective on a cruise through the Parker River marshes! Join us on the Yankee Clipper docked in Newburyport Harbor for a leisurely cruise through the Refuge. Enjoy close views of shorebirds, gulls, terns, and Saltmarsh Sparrows on this tour. Group discount tickets are available by registering

  • Half-Day Seabirding and Whale Watching

    Plymouth - Captain John's Whale Watching Tour Company 10 Town Wharf, Plymouth, MA, United States

    The BBC has reserved a limited block of discounted group tickets on these public tours. These tours are open to all. Register online at https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=330  Registration opens June 19. Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird club. The parking for multiple hours that you need is not near the town wharf. Allow extra time to find

  • Nighthawk Watch at Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

    Harvard - Oxbow NWR Tank Rd, Harvard, MA, United States

    Join us for a pleasant evening of watching nighthawk migration along the Nashua River valley. Bring a lawn chair or a camp stool. Rain date: Sunday August 30.

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