Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 17, 2025 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Bird Walk at Mount Auburn Cemetery
33 species
Canada Goose 7
Mallard 7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 2
American Herring Gull 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 5
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 35
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 9
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 6
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S226770131
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