Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 12, 2024 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
73 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 7
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 4
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 7
Chimney Swift 5
Killdeer 1
gull sp. 8
Common Loon 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Warbling Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 5
Tree Swallow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 3
Gray Catbird 7
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 3
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 5
Chipping Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 13
Common Grackle 13
Ovenbird 4
Black-and-white Warbler 14
Tennessee Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 7
Northern Parula 11
Magnolia Warbler 9
Bay-breasted Warbler 7 Many singing and seen across the area
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 26
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 9
Canada Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Indigo Bunting 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174592441
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