Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 1, 2025 8:10 AM – 11:09 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.57 mile(s)
36 species
Mourning Dove  41
Ring-billed Gull  3
Great Blue Heron  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3    Distinct birds. Two seen together on west site by castor arreilia tree.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker  4
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Blue Jay  33
American Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1    Post trip by chapel.
Brown Creeper  3
European Starling  80
Northern Mockingbird  2
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  106
House Finch  7
Purple Finch  22    20 at least together SE of tower hill in hop hornbeam. 2 more calling elsewhere.
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  2
Clay-colored Sparrow  1    Continuing bird at Quail Path and Meadow Rd in new section. Clear lores. Submalar stripe. Very small sparrow.
Dark-eyed Junco  67
White-throated Sparrow  53
Song Sparrow  1    Post trip by Indian ridge
Common Grackle  6
Nashville Warbler  1    Yellow in chest and belly. Gray on head. White eye ring.
Yellow-rumped Warbler  12
Summer Tanager  1    All yellow with dusky unmarked wings. Large yellow bill. Some orange tones on breast belly and undertail coverts. Medium sized passerine bit smaller than Robin. Photos.
Northern Cardinal  6
Dickcissel  1    Continuing on east side near oak knoll. Well marked bird with yellow on breast and chestnut patch on wing.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S282924784

The Murmuration: Crowdsourcing Local Knowledge to Improve Birding Safety and Accessibility

The Murmuration is an open access crowdsourcing project designed to collect information to improve birding safety and accessibility at eBird hotspots in Massachusetts and to help make birding more inclusive. BBC members and other [...]

The Murmuration: Crowdsourcing Local Knowledge to Improve Birding Safety and Accessibility

The Murmuration is an open access crowdsourcing project designed to collect information to improve birding safety and accessibility at eBird hotspots in Massachusetts and to help make birding more inclusive. BBC members and other [...]

The Murmuration: Crowdsourcing Local Knowledge to Improve Birding Safety and Accessibility

The Murmuration is an open access crowdsourcing project designed to collect information to improve birding safety and accessibility at eBird hotspots in Massachusetts and to help make birding more inclusive. BBC members and other [...]

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