Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
12-May-2023 06:00 – 08:00
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC Bird Walk Mount Auburn Cemetery 5/12/23
49 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  3
Mallard  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  4
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  3
Great Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
hawk sp.  1    Movement detected in a long-standing hawk nest in tree on Spruce Avenue. Red-tailed vs. Cooper’s Hawk.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  4
Peregrine Falcon  1    Seen at top of the former Sears Building, known nesting site.
Least Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Warbling Vireo  4
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  7
Gray Catbird  5
Northern Mockingbird  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  13
House Sparrow  7
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  5
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  8
Baltimore Oriole  11
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle  15
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Cape May Warbler  2
Magnolia Warbler  3
Yellow Warbler  4
Pine Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  6
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S137276708

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