Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 8, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott

43 species

Mallard  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  5

Chimney Swift  4

Ring-billed Gull  1

Herring Gull  1

Common Loon  1    flyover

Double-crested Cormorant  16    flyover

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  4

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  4

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

House Wren  2

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  7

American Robin  12

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  12

Savannah Sparrow  1    Indian ridge

Song Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  12

Common Grackle  6

Ovenbird  1

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Nashville Warbler  1

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  8

Magnolia Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  2    Saw a female, heard another sing once

Yellow-rumped Warbler  20

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S173116107

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