Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 14, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

57 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3

Mallard  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4

Mourning Dove  5

Chimney Swift  4

gull sp.  5

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Least Flycatcher  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Warbling Vireo  4

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  7

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  4

Gray Catbird  8

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  8

House Sparrow  3

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  4

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  11

Common Grackle  8

Ovenbird  2

Black-and-white Warbler  5

Tennessee Warbler  4

Nashville Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  2

Cape May Warbler  1

Northern Parula  5

Magnolia Warbler  3

Bay-breasted Warbler  4    Not unusual for this location

Blackburnian Warbler  2

Yellow Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  15

Black-throated Green Warbler  3

Wilson’s Warbler  3    Males and females present in multiple locations

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174592497

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