Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Jan 19, 2025 7:44 AM – 10:34 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.276 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club- Mt. Auburn Cemetery- Leader: Kathy Dia- 32-42F and quite icy.
23 species
Canada Goose 33
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 7
Ring-billed Gull 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3 One adult near the front gate. Two imm at Willow Pond.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Male heard them seen between Indian Ridge and the dry dell.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 6
Blue Jay 12
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 12
European Starling 24
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 15
House Sparrow 10
House Finch 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
White-throated Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 7
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Continuing at the suet feeder at Lake Halcyon.
Northern Cardinal 10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S216344525
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