Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
15-May-2023 06:00 – 09:00
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk
54 species
Mute Swan  1
Mallard  4
Wild Turkey  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2    One of the members of the group had merlin open, it called it a solitary sandpiper but I’m pretty sure it was a spotted.  A pair seen in flight circling around Halcyon.  Spotting extended down to belly
Solitary Sandpiper  0
Herring Gull  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Warbling Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  5
Black-capped Chickadee  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  2
European Starling  2
Gray Catbird  4
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  15
Cedar Waxwing  3
House Sparrow  2
American Goldfinch  5
Chipping Sparrow  5
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  7
Ovenbird  2
Black-and-white Warbler  7
Nashville Warbler  2
American Redstart  3
Cape May Warbler  2
Northern Parula  6
Magnolia Warbler  2
Blackburnian Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  18
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Canada Warbler  1
Wilson’s Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S137920219

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