Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
21-Apr-2023 06:30 – 08:30
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk
30 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  4
Mallard  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  4
gull sp.  2
Great Blue Heron  3
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  1
Blue Jay  6
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  22    Ruby-crowned kinglet palooza.  A lot of birds.  The sprinkle of rain that came through this morning (6:15 am) might have helped put down more migrating birds.  But wow, a lot of ruby crowned kinglets around.
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
European Starling  4
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  15
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  5
Dark-eyed Junco  3
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  8
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  12
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S134514719

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