Mount Auburn Cemetery

Four birder's met at MREC and traveled to Mount Auburn for a great day of birding. Sixty species were seen, with, at one time, over ten species in one tree. The weather was warm and sunny, and many of the local bird clubs joined in at the cemetery searching out the birds for the first full compliment of migrants to arrive. The following birds were seen or heard:

American Robin
Ovenbird
Mourning Dove
Canada Goose
Blue Jay
House Sparrow
American Crow
Northern Oriole
Chipping Sparrow
European Starling
Cowbird
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Mallard
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black & White Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Parula
Catbird
Northern Cardinal
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Wood Thrush
House Wren
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Song Sparrow
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Flicker
Redwing Blackbird
Common Grackle
Veery
Blackburnian Warbler
Great Crested Flycatcher
Nashville Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Warbling Vireo
American Goldfinch
Northern Mockingbird
Screech Owl(sitting in his tree hole)
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Blue Heron
Eastern Phoebe
House Finch
Least Flycatcher
Magnolia Warbler
Ringed-bill Gull

The following additional species were seen at
Great Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary in Concord on the return home:

Swamp Sparrow
Wood Duck
Mute Swan
Common Moorhen(Life bird for one member)
Nesting Marsh Wren
Killdeer
Tree Swallow
Eastern Kingbird

The following mammals, amphibians and others were seen, and photo's were taken in hopes of showing them at a later date;

Rabbit
Bullfrog
Painted turtles
2-3 foot long Carps
Tadpoles
Muskrats
Various sizes of water snakes
Green Darner dragonfly
Eastern Forktail