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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