Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2024 5:33 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.043 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club- Leader: Kathy Dia- pleasant upper 50’’ to upper 60’s F.
50 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 1
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
gull sp. 1
Black-crowned Night Heron 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
House Wren 2
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 4
Veery 1
American Robin 50
Cedar Waxwing 2 In neighborhood before the walk. Fresh Pond Lane.
House Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1 With White-throated near Willow and Poplar. One participant happened to snap a photo.
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 10
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 10
Ovenbird 2
Worm-eating Warbler 1 Seen after the walk in the area between Harvard Hill and the Dell. Characteristically slow-moving and hard to spot, but worth the effort! Occasionally singing.
Black-and-white Warbler 12
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 5
Cape May Warbler 2
Northern Parula 15
Yellow Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Thanks to Jared, some got to see this bird
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 20
Black-throated Green Warbler 9
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S172660578
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