Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 10, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.8 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird walk at Mount Auburn Cemetery

54 species

Canada Goose  7

Mallard  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  4

Herring Gull  3

Great Blue Heron  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Least Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Warbling Vireo  5

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

House Wren  3

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  7

Gray Catbird  6

Hermit Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  11

House Sparrow  5

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  7

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  9

Red-winged Blackbird  8

Common Grackle  11

Ovenbird  5

Black-and-white Warbler  5

Tennessee Warbler  5    Clearly seen and heard along Indian Ridge and again near Halcyon Pond.  Identified by several birders.

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  7

Magnolia Warbler  2

Yellow Warbler  2

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  7

Black-throated Green Warbler  5

Wilson’s Warbler  2    One WIWA clearly seen and heard along Indian Ridge and a second near Halcyon Pond.  Confirmed by several birders.

Northern Cardinal  6

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174082646

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