Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 23, 2024 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Bird Walk Mount Auburn Cemetery April 23, 2024
34 species
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 3
Wild Turkey 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 5
Herring Gull 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 5
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 13
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 29
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 57
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S170010247
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