Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 13, 2016 6:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Leaders: Linda Ferraresso and Peter Vale – 57 degrees and sunny at start; became cloudy before 8 a.m.  Adult and juv mink seen at Willow Pond
49 species

Mallard  4
Wild Turkey  2
Common Loon  1     flyover
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Herring Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  5
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  20
Gray Catbird  8
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  20
Ovenbird  3
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  1     Reported by others in the cemetery though not found by our group
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  4     Laurel Ave
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  25
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  17
Savannah Sparrow  1
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1     On Bellforth Path, seen early by few others (thanks Chris for the call)
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1     only seen by a few
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Orchard Oriole  4
Baltimore Oriole  10
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S29704622

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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