Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 13, 2026 6:15 AM – 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC – Mount Auburn Cemetery – Leader: Rachel Cox
38 species (+2 other taxa)
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 1 Heard only
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 6
gull sp. 4 Fly-overs
Double-crested Cormorant 5 All fly-overs
Great Blue Heron 2 Fly-over pair
Great Horned Owl 1 Seen from Oak Ave in pine tree near Citron Ave.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 heard only
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 12
Cedar Waxwing 4
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Baltimore Oriole 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 2
blackbird sp. 1 Possible orchard oriole, dropped out of sight before most folks could see.
Ovenbird 3 1 seen, 2 additional heard together
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 1 Heard only
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 3 Heard only
Magnolia Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2 Mature male and female
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S341268118
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