Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 2, 2026 9:05 AM – 11:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.017 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

30 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  5

Wild Turkey  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

Mourning Dove  3

gull sp.  2

Green Heron  1    First of Year :D

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Great Horned Owl  3    Great horned highlight of the walk! ^_^

Belted Kingfisher  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    Heard

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1    Ground foraging?

Northern House Wren  2    Couple flittering around nest box and tree cavities

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  3

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  25    Low Estimate

Cedar Waxwing  2    A splendid send-off sighting :)

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  3    First of Year! :D

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  7

Common Grackle  15

Northern Cardinal  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S332094537

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