Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 7, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Great morning, sun came out. Only made it as far as the Dell and Harvard Hill.

39 species

Mallard  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

American Herring Gull  2

Common Loon  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2    Heard only

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  3

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  6

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  5    A pair mating on Indian Ridge at the start of the trip

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  3

Ovenbird  2    heard

Black-and-white Warbler  8

Nashville Warbler  1    Harvard Hill, elusive

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1

Cape May Warbler  2    Might have been 3

Northern Parula  10

Magnolia Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  4    Saw one in the Dry Dell

Black-throated Blue Warbler  3

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  25

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  1    heard

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S234711742

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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Upcoming Field Trips

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    DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THIS WEBINAR HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM MARCH 10 TO MARCH 24. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY SIGNED UP, YOUR REGISTRATION AND ZOOM LINK WILL STILL WORK FOR THE MARCH 24 DATE. Please join the BBC on the evening of March 24 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a member only webinar with Tiffany Kirsten,

  • Woodcock Walk, North Easton

    From the playground, we will walk a short distance to an open area where we can observe 2 fields for Woodcock. Sunset is around 6:30 pm so bring a camp chair and relax for the Woodcock flight.

  • Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge

    Mount Auburn Cemetery is lovely in all seasons.  In late March, we may see the very earliest migrants from the south (Red-winged Blackbird, others) as well as the remaining seasonal visitors from the north (e.g. White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco).  And our usual year-round resident species will have just started to sing!

  • Franklin Park – Scarboro Pond

    We will look for early spring migrants in Franklin Park. Beginners welcome and encouraged. Expect to walk up to 2 miles on paved paths. Loaner binoculars available. Co-sponsored with the Franklin Park Coalition and Franklin Park Tennis Association.

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