Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 3, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC Walk! Indian Ridge, Halcyon, Auburn Lake, Dell, Bellwort Path, out Central Ave. Nice variety!
43 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 1 Heard
Mourning Dove 5
gull sp. 1
Green Heron 1 Flyover
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1 Heard
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 2 Flyover
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 3
American Robin 40 Estimate, one seen on nest
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1 female
Baltimore Oriole 5
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 7
Ovenbird 2 Nice views of bird feeding on ground near Auburn Lake/Indian Ridge path
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 4
Northern Parula 8
Magnolia Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S200439048
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