Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Apr 27, 2021 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Chilly start, overcast, few migrants and generally quiet

20 species

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  5

Great Blue Heron  1

Great Horned Owl  1    Chased by Blue Jays in Dell. Initially assumed to be a Red-tailed Hawk, but brief glimpse of large-headed raptor flying into deep cover in an evergreen, and other birders later reported seeing a GHO there.

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Blue Jay  5

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  20

House Finch  3

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  10

Palm Warbler  1    Willow

Pine Warbler  2    Seems to be one on a territory just over the back of Willow Pond. Second one singing near eastern edge of cemetery

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S86538011