Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2019 6:00 AM – 8:45 AM
Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. 48F, sunny
46 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  2
Wild Turkey  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  4
Herring Gull  1
loon sp.  1    High elevation flyover
Great Blue Heron  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1    Heard only
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Warbling Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  5
Barn Swallow  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Veery  2
American Robin  15
Gray Catbird  2    Heard only
European Starling  1
Cedar Waxwing  8
Purple Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  1    Heard only
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  10
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  6
Northern Parula  10    Most common warbler
Magnolia Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1    Heard only
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
Prairie Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  2
House Sparrow  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56067919

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ANNUAL REPORT 1979

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ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

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1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

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1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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