Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 11, 2024 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Saturday Walk

63 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  4

Mallard  4

Mourning Dove  7

Chimney Swift  3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Killdeer  1

Herring Gull  3

gull sp.  4

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Great Blue Heron  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue-headed Vireo  3

Warbling Vireo  5

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  8

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

House Wren  3

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  6

Gray Catbird  8

Wood Thrush  3

American Robin  25

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  8

Chipping Sparrow  10

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  5

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  8

Red-winged Blackbird  7

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Common Grackle  11

Ovenbird  5

Black-and-white Warbler  14

Tennessee Warbler  8    singing across the cemetery

Nashville Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  8

Cape May Warbler  1

Northern Parula  16

Magnolia Warbler  9

Bay-breasted Warbler  9    encountered across the cemetery, with one particular tree containing four individuals

Yellow Warbler  5

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Blackpoll Warbler  5

Black-throated Blue Warbler  4

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  24

Black-throated Green Warbler  14    One of the most common singing warblers present

Wilson’s Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  6

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6

Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174082818

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