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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