Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 15, 2022 6:23 AM – 9:12 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.42 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    46 degree air temperature with a sun-cloud mix and 4 mph winds from the West @ the start.  11 birders + Host for today’s BROOKLINE Bird Club walk.  60 degree air temperature with sunny skies and 7 mph winds from the West @ the end.  Thanks to all 11 enthusiastic birders for sharing ID’s and making this a fun walk.
38 species
Canada Goose  2
Wild Turkey  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  4
Killdeer  1    Vocalized by Willow Pond
Herring Gull  1
Great Blue Heron  2    One at Willow Pond / 1 at Halcyon Lake
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  7
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  15
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Carolina Wren  5
European Starling  3
Gray Catbird  1    Vocalized only near Wet Dell
Northern Mockingbird  2
Hermit Thrush  9
American Robin  25
House Sparrow  3
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  6
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  11
Palm Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S107307550

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