Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
22-Apr-2023 06:54 – 09:17
Protocol: Traveling
1.91 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline bird club walk. Emily and John leading.
28 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  2
gull sp.  1
Great Blue Heron  5
hawk sp.  2    Probably Red-tail
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  3
Blue-headed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  30    an estimate. there were RCKI everywhere. My ongoing count was clearly an undercount.
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  4
Northern Mockingbird  3
American Robin  32
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3    One was the leucistic song sparrow.
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  19
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S134635676

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