Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 16, 2026 5:39 AM – 9:36 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.783 mile(s)
57 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Herring Gull 3
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Black-crowned Night Heron 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 5
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 17
Veery 1
Catharus sp. 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 43
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
Chipping Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 10
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Common Grackle 4
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 14
Nashville Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 18
Cape May Warbler 2
Northern Parula 22
Magnolia Warbler 11 Most of any single day – ubiquitous about the cemetery
Northern Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Black-throated Green Warbler 16 Ubiquitous
Wilson’s Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
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