Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Mount Auburn Bird Walk
40 species
Canada Goose 5
Mallard 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 7
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
Northern House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 3
Gray Catbird 5
American Robin 14
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 5
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 9
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Common Grackle 11
Ovenbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 4
Yellow Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237070334
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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
Celebrating Black Birders Week!
Celebrate Black Birders Week Sunday May 26 - Saturday June 1, 2024 Black Birders Week is a week-long series of virtual and in-person events to promote equitable access to nature, to highlight Black nature enthusiasts, and to increase
2024 BBC scholarship winners
Congratulations to our 2024 BBC Scholarship winners, Evelyn and John! The Brookline Bird Club Conservation and Education Committee is pleased to announce our two annual Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Evelyn Jones of Lunenburg
Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs need your help!
Interested in taking action to protect horseshoe crabs in Massachusetts? Migrating shorebirds depend on their eggs for critical migration fuel and there are multiple ways you can get involved as a concerned citizen: Take
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.
Camp Edwards Grassland Bird Tours
The Massachusetts Army National Guard’s Natural Resource Program is hosting grassland bird tours in May on Camp Edwards. This is an unusual opportunity for avid birders, naturalists and photographers to walk through the Camp Edwards
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
Celebrating Black Birders Week!
Celebrate Black Birders Week Sunday May 26 - Saturday June 1, 2024 Black Birders Week is a week-long series of virtual and in-person events to promote equitable access to nature, to highlight Black nature enthusiasts, and to increase
2024 BBC scholarship winners
Congratulations to our 2024 BBC Scholarship winners, Evelyn and John! The Brookline Bird Club Conservation and Education Committee is pleased to announce our two annual Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Evelyn Jones of Lunenburg
Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs need your help!
Interested in taking action to protect horseshoe crabs in Massachusetts? Migrating shorebirds depend on their eggs for critical migration fuel and there are multiple ways you can get involved as a concerned citizen: Take
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.
Camp Edwards Grassland Bird Tours
The Massachusetts Army National Guard’s Natural Resource Program is hosting grassland bird tours in May on Camp Edwards. This is an unusual opportunity for avid birders, naturalists and photographers to walk through the Camp Edwards
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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