Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2026 6:15 AM – 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk, led by David Scott. Lots of birds at the end of Indian Ridge early, and busy at Laurel Circle and the Dell later
46 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 3
Wild Turkey 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Distant flyby
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Great Horned Owl 1 Chick next to the nest
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1 Heard only
Peregrine Falcon 1 Watertown Tower
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Heard only
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1 Heard
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 12
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 20
Cedar Waxwing 2 Passed a berry back and forward to each other a few times
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2 Feeding on dandelion seeds
Chipping Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 1 Halcyon Pond
Baltimore Oriole 12
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 10
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1 Heard
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1 Dell
Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Indian Ridge, near Halcyon Pond
Northern Yellow Warbler 1 Heard, Dell
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Prairie Warbler 1 Seen briefly at Halcyon, then at the Dell
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S333636235
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