Birds Recorded at
Mount Auburn Cemetery

Compiled by Janet Heywood and Robert Stymeist

Common Loon ^
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret ^
Snowy Egret ^
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis ^
Turkey Vulture ^
Canada Goose *
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard *
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Oldsquaw
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Osprey
Northern Harrier ^
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk *
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant *
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Black-bellied Plover ^
American Golden-Plover ^
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs ^
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove *
Mourning Dove *
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl *
Great Horned Owl *
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift *
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher *
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker *
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker *
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe *
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher *
Eastern Kingbird *
Northern Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo *
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo *
Blue Jay *
American Crow *
Fish Crow *
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow *
N. Rough-winged Swallow *
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee *
Tufted Titmouse *
Red-breasted Nuthatch *
White-breasted Nuthatch *
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren *
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin *
Gray Catbird *
Northern Mockingbird *
Brown Thrasher
European Starling *
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing *
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
"Brewster's" Warbler
"Lawrence's" Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler *
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Townsend's Warbler #
Hermit Warbler #
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat *
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow *
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow #
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Sharp-tailed Sparrow (species)
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow *
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow *
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal *
Rose-breasted Grosbeak *
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting *
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird *
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle *
Brown-headed Cowbird *
Orchard Oriole *
Baltimore Oriole *
Purple Finch
House Finch *
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch *
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow *

* breeds or has bred at Mount Auburn
^ usually seen flying overhead
# first state record

Species names and taxonomic order are from the Forty-first supplement to the AOU Check List of North American Birds