Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2018 5:58 AM – 8:58 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk led by Neil Hayward.
46 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
gull sp. 2
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1 On Tufts Medical building in Watertown.
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 3
Common Raven 2 Eating eggs from American Robin nest :(
Tree Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 18
Gray Catbird 1
Ovenbird 1 Thistle Ave. Silent.
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 5
American Redstart 2 Male and female at Willow Pond.
Cape May Warbler 1 Brief views near Harvard Hill.
Northern Parula 25
Magnolia Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 2 Harvard Hill, Dell (same bird?) and near Cedar. Males. Silent.
Blackpoll Warbler 1 North end of Auburn Lake. Singing.
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 25
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Chipping Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 1 Male. Near dell / Cedar. Singing and showing off!
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1 Male. Harvard Hill.
Baltimore Oriole 8
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 15
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45939238
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