Birds at Mount Auburn This pamphlet is available for a small fee from the Entrance Gate. Spring Migrants This spring migration calendar suggests the period that is the best time to sight each species. Peak abundance for many of these species occurs in the third week of May, but viewing conditions are best before the tree leaves unfurl. Many of these birds are nocturnal migrants and are most easily seen as they feed in the early morning or in the late afternoon.

April 1 - 15 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Robin Solitary Video Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow April 16 - 30 Green-backed Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Broad-winged Hawk Whip-poor-will* Chimney Swift Great Crested Flycatcher House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Black-and-white Warbler Northern Waterthrush Rufous-sided Towhee White-throated Sparrow

May 1 - 15 Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler* Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler* Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Prairie Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler* Ovenbird Hooded Warbler* Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Orchard Oriole Northern Oriole

May 16 - 31 Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Olive-sided Flycatcher* Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher* Alder Flycatcher* Willow Flycatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Cedar Waxwing Cape May Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow

* - unusual