Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 8, 2019 6:00 AM – 8:48 AM
50 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard  3
Wild Turkey  6
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  4
Herring Gull  1
gull sp.  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Least Flycatcher  1    Willow Pond. Singing.
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue-headed Vireo  4
Warbling Vireo  5
Blue Jay  6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1    Willow Pond
Tufted Titmouse  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  16
Gray Catbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  6
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  12
Ovenbird  1    Reported from Dell.
Worm-eating Warbler  1    Dry dell. Relocated by Dave Williams. Warm brown warbler with striped head. Silent. Feeding among blossom.
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Nashville Warbler  5    Probably an undercount. Continues to be most common warbler.
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1    Reported by David Scott.
Cape May Warbler  2    Together in oak tree west of dell. Bright red face, yellow head, black streaks across breast and flanks. White wing patch. Singing.
Northern Parula  10
Magnolia Warbler  2    Reported by David Scott along Indian Ridge. Another later in “Cape May tree”
Blackburnian Warbler  1    Laurel. Wow!
Yellow Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1    Dry dell. Very confiding. Singing.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
House Sparrow  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57543439

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

A Look Back to 1918

The date of July 17, 1918 was marked in the calendar of Bostonians as the fifth anniversary of the Brookline Bird Club. There was a birthday party at “Lake Walden” to celebrate the event,

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