Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip, led by David Scott. Great morning, sun came out. Only made it as far as the Dell and Harvard Hill.
39 species
Mallard 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Herring Gull 2
Common Loon 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Heard only
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 3
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 5 A pair mating on Indian Ridge at the start of the trip
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 3
Ovenbird 2 heard
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Nashville Warbler 1 Harvard Hill, elusive
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Cape May Warbler 2 Might have been 3
Northern Parula 10
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 4 Saw one in the Dry Dell
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 1 heard
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S234711742
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