Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2026 6:15 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Light rain to start quickly ending then overcast ending with sun. Led BBC walk
43 species
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 5
Wild Turkey 3
Mourning Dove 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Heard numerous times then some great looks
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 4
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 6
Cedar Waxwing 3
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Baltimore Oriole 7
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Ovenbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Nashville Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 6
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 14
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S334219810
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