Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 12, 2026 1:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.8 mile(s)

49 species

Canada Goose  2

Mallard  1

Wild Turkey  3

Mourning Dove  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  4

Eastern Kingbird  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  3

Blue Jay  6

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  2

Northern House Wren  3

European Starling  5

Gray Catbird  8

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  31

Cedar Waxwing  6

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  18

Baltimore Oriole  8

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Brown-headed Cowbird  8

Common Grackle  7

Ovenbird  2

Black-and-white Warbler  14

Nashville Warbler  5

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  11

Cape May Warbler  4

Northern Parula  9

Magnolia Warbler  3

Northern Yellow Warbler  4

Chestnut-sided Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  3

Palm Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  25

Black-throated Green Warbler  10

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S341268165

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