Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Bird Walk Mount Auburn Cemetery
48 species
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 1
Wild Turkey 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 5
Herring Gull 2
Green Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 5
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 11
House Sparrow 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 3
Baltimore Oriole 8
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Common Grackle 7
Ovenbird 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 3
Nashville Warbler 1
American Redstart 4
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174982458
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