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Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 14, 2021 6:17 AM – 8:49 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.16 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Mt. Auburn Cemetery- Leaders: Linda Ferraresso and Larry O’Bryan- Opening walk of the Brookline Bird Club Mt. Auburn season. A pretty day after some light rain in the early morning. Sunny and mild 40’s- 50’s F.
35 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  5
Mallard  9
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  7
Ring-billed Gull  1
gull sp.  1    Possible Great Black-backed seen by Marianne.
Great Blue Heron  3
Cooper’s Hawk  1    With prey item
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  9
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Blue Jay  20
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
kinglet sp.  2    Seen from below in the Dell. Kinglets with wing bar, very clear breast, face not visible and silent. Typical fast moving feeding behavior; smaller than nearby Chickadees.
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Brown Creeper  1    Dell
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  1
Northern Mockingbird  5
American Robin  56
House Sparrow  9
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  5
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  10
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle  30
Pine Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S85522349

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