Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 16, 2025 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Opening Day at Mt Auburn for spring migration. $$ degrees, sunny, 10-15 mph westerly wind. Unexpected raptor show – a fine kickoff ! Most surprising – not a single Kinglet!
28 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1 First found perched in a spruce tree; it took flight. Later had another small buteo that could possibly have been a 2nd BWHA but ID was not confirmed.
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 8
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 54
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Hermit Thrush 2 Dry Dell
American Robin 25
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 13
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 5
Palm Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S226770125
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