Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 19, 2021 6:30 AM – 8:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk at Mount Auburn Cemetery; Leader:  Larry O’Bryan; Six participants.  A nice sunny morning with temps reaching the mid-50’s.
33 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  4
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  6
gull sp.  3    flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  5
Blue Jay  27
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1    Edge of Auburn Lake
European Starling  4
Northern Mockingbird  3
American Robin  70    Rough approximation.
House Sparrow  3
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  4
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  7
Song Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  28
Yellow Warbler  1    An early arrival, singing in white birch tree on south side of Auburn Lake
Pine Warbler  1    In pines by tower
Northern Cardinal  12
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S86537321

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