Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 27, 2026 6:58 AM – 9:14 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.479 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk, about 8 people
27 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 3
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 8
American Herring Gull 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 18
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Northern House Wren 3 Different places, halcyon, dell, lantana path/Catholic cemetery
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 3
American Robin 51
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Common Grackle 10
Palm Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331159031
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