Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 15, 2021 6:20 AM – 8:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    50F, overcast, calm. American toads singing near Halcyon Pond.
25 species
Canada Goose  13
Mourning Dove  4
Cooper’s Hawk  2    Pair on and still building nest.
Red-tailed Hawk  1    Female flew into nest.
Eastern Screech-Owl  1    Gray phase.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3    Nest in deciduous tree
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  19    Female getting mud and putting it in her nest. A builder.
House Sparrow  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  21
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S85593661

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