Lexington Cemetery & Cremation

Cemetery Birds

The following is a checklist that was compiled by four Lexington birders of excellent repute who kept lists of Cemetery birds for a ten year period prior to 1984.

The birds are listed in the order of classification established by the American Ornithologists’ Union.

Key:
Spring (March – May)
Summer (June – August)
Fall (September – November)
Winter (December – February)

a – Abundant (common species, very numerous)
c – Common (certain to be seen in suitable habitat)
u – Uncommon (present, but not certain to be seen)
o – Occasional (seen only a few times during a season)
r – Rare (seen at intervals of 2 – 5 years)
x – Accidental (strays and escapees)

BIRD	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Loons:
Common Loons	r		r	r

Grebes:
Pied-Billed Grebe	c		c	c

Herons and Allies:
Great Blue Heron	r		r
Great Egret	r		r
Green-Backed Heron	c	c	c	r
Black-Crowned Night-Heron	u	u	u
Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron	u	u
Glossy Ibis	x

Waterfowl:
Snow Goose	x		x
Canada Goose	o			o
Wood Duck	c	u	c
Mallard	u		u
Northern Pintail	u
Blue-Winged Teal	c		c
Northern Shoveler	u		u
American Wigeon	u		u
Lesser Scaup	r
Common Goldeneye	r
Ruddy Duck			x

Vultures, Hawks and Falcons:
Turkey Vulture	c	c	c	u
Black Vulture	u		u
Osprey	r		r
Northern Harrier				r
Sharp-Shinned Hawk	u	u	u	u
Red-Shouldered Hawk	r	r	r	r
Broad-Winged Hawk	u		u
Red-Tailed Hawk	c	c	c	c
Rough-Legged Hawk				u
American Kestrel	c	c	c	c
Merlin			x
Peregrine Falcon	x		x

Gallinaceous Birds:
Northern Bobwhite	u		u

Cranes and Allies:
King Rail			x
Virginia Rail	x
Sora	x		x
American Coot	c		c
Sandhill Crane	x		x

Shorebirds and Gulls:
Killdeer	c	c	c	c
Solitary Sandpiper	r		r
Spotted Sandpiper	u		u
American Woodcock	o
Ring-Billed Gull	o		o

Pigeons and Doves:
Rock Dove (domestic pigeon)	a	a	a	a
Mourning Dove	a	a	a	a

Cuckoos:
Black-Billed Cuckoo	u	r	u
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo	c	c	c

Owls:
Barn Owl	r	r	r	r
Eastern Screech-Owl	c	c	c	c
Great Horned Owl	u	u	u	u

Goatsuckers:
Common Nighthawk		c	a
Chuck-Will’s Widow	r		r
Whip-Poor-Will	u		u
Chimney Swift		c	a

Hummingbirds:
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird	c	c	c

Kingfishers:
Belted Kingfisher	c	c	c	c

Woodpeckers:
Red-Headed Woodpecker	u		u
Red-Bellied Woodpecker	u	u	u	u
Yellow-Bellied Woodpecker	a		a
Downy Woodpecker	c	c	c	c
Hairy Woodpecker	o	o	o	o

Flycatchers and Phoebes:
Olive-Sided Flycatchers	u		u
Eastern Wood Pewee	c	u	c
Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher	u		u
Acadian Flycatcher	u		u
Alder Flycatcher	u		u
Willow Flycatcher	u		u
Least Flycatcher	u		u
Eastern Phoebe	c		c
Great Crested Flycatcher	c	c	c

Kingbirds:
Eastern Kingbird	c	u	c

Larks:
Horned Lark				o

Swallows:
Purple Martin	c	c	c
Tree Swallow	c		c
Bank Swallow	u		u
Cliff Swallow	o		o
Barn Swallow	a	u	a

Jays and Crows:
Blue Jay	a	a	a	a
American Crow	a	a	a	a

Chickadees and Titmice:
Carolina Chickadee	a	a	a	a
Tufted Titmouse	c	c	c	c

Nuthatches:
Red-Breasted Nuthatch	u	r	u	u
White-Breasted Nuthatch	u	r	u	u

Creepers:
Brown Creeper	u		u	u

Wrens:
Carolina Wren	c	c	c	c
Bewick’s Wren	o	o	o	o
House Wren	u	u	u
Winter Wren	o		o	o

Gnatchatchers and Kinglets:
Golden-Crowned Kinglet	u		u	r
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet	c		c	o
Blue-Gray Gnatcher	c	r	c

Thrushers:
Eastern Bluebird	o	o	o	o
Verry	u		u
Gray-Cheeked Thrush	u		u
Swainson’s Thrush	u		u	r
Hermit Thrush	u		u	r
Wood Thrush	u		u
American Robin	a	a	a	c

Mockingbirds and Thrashers:
Gray Catbird	c	c	c	x
Northern Mockingbird	c	c	c	c
Brown Thrasher	c	c	c	c

Waxwings:
Cedar Waxwing	u	u	u	u

Shrikes:
Loggerhead Shrike	r		r	r

Starlings:
European Starling	a	a	a	a

Vireos:
White-Eyed Vireo	c		c
Bell’s Vireo	rx
Solitary Vireo	c		c
Yellow-Throated Vireo	c		c
Warbling Vireo	u		u
Philadelphia Vireo	u		c
Red-Eyed Vireo	a	c	a

Wood Warblers:
Blue-Winged Warbler	u		u
Golden-Winged Warbler	o		o
Tennessee Warbler	c		c
Orange-Crowned Warbler	u		u
Nashville Warbler	r		r	r
Northern Parula Warbler	u		u
Yellow Warbler	c		u
Chestnut-Sided Warbler	c		c
Magnolia Warbler	c		c
Cape May Warbler	c		u
Black-Throated Green Warbler	c		c
Blackburnian Warbler	u		u
Yellow-Rumped Warbler	c		c	o
Black-Throated Gren Warbler	c		c
Blackburnian Warbler	u		u
Yellow-Throated Warbler	u		u
Pine Warbler	c		c
Prairie Warbler	c		c
Palm Warbler	c		c
Bay-Breasted Warbler	c		c
Blackpoll Warbler	u		u
Cerulean Warbler	u		u
Black and White Warbler	c		c
American Redstart	c		c
Prothonotary Warbler	u
Worm-Eating Warbler	o		o
Swainson’s Warbler	c		c
Ovenbird	c		c
Northern Waterthrush	u		u
Louisana Waterthrush	c		c
Kentucky Warbler	c		c
Connecticut Warbler	u		r
Mourning Warbler	u		r
Common Yellowthroat	c	u	c
Hooded Warbler	c		u
Wilson’s Warbler	o		o
Canada Warbler	o		o
Yellow-Breasted Chat	u		u

Tanagers:
Summer Tanager	c		c
Scarlet Tanager	c		c

Grosbeaks and Buntings:
Northern Cardinal	c	c	c	c
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak	c		c
Blue Grosbeak	u
Indigo Bunting	c	c	c	c

Towhees:
Rufous-Sided Towhee	c	u	c	u

Sparrows:
American Tree Sparrow	u		u
Chipping Sparrow	c		c
Field Sparrow	c		c	c
Vesper Sparrow	o		o	r
Savannah Sparrow	r		r
Grasshopper Sparrow	r	r	r	r
Henslow’s Sparrow	r		r
Fox Sparrow	u		u	u
Song Sparrow	c	u	c	c
Lincoln’s Sparrow	o
Swamp Sparrow	o
White-Throated Sparrow	a		a	c
White-Crowned Sparrow	o			o
Dark-Eyed Junco	c		u	c

Longspurs:
Lapland Longspur				x

Blackbirds:
Red-Winged Blackbird	c	c	c	u
Eastern Meadowlark	c	c	c	u
Rusty Blackbird	u		u	u
Brewer’s Blackbird	o		o	r
Common Grackle	a	a	a	u
Brown-Headed Cowbird	a	c	c	c

Orioles:
Orchard Oriole	u	u	u
Northern Oriole	c	o	u

Finches:
Purple Finch	c		c	c
House Finch				c

Crossbills:
Red Crossbill	r			r
White-Winged Crossbill	r			r

Redpolls:
Common Redpoll	r			r
Pine Siskin	r		r	r
American Goldfinch	c	c	c	c
Evening Grosbeak			r	r

Old World Sparrows:
House Sparrow	a	a	a	a