Lowell Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 10, 2018 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: I led a walk co-sponsored by the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust and Brookline Bird Club for 14 participants along the Concord River Greenway and the western side of Lowell Cemetery on a cool, overcast morning. There was a lot of activity, especially early, from nesting species like Baltimore Oriole (carrying nest material) and Yellow Warbler (many singing males). By 8:30 the maintenance crews were out in the cemetery making it difficult to hear birds singing but most participants got good looks at many species.
36 species
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 1 flyover
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 12
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 heard only
Downy Woodpecker 1 heard only
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 heard only
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 2
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Baltimore Oriole 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 heard only
Common Grackle 6
American Goldfinch 12
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