Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 12, 2019 5:55 AM – 8:45 AM
Comments:    BBC Walk (J. Forbes)
40, cloudy start then heavy rain which shut down a lot of the activity
46 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  2
Mourning Dove  4
Herring Gull (American)  4
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  4
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  3
Blue Jay  2
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren (Northern)  1
Carolina Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Veery  1
American Robin  20
Gray Catbird  5
Cedar Waxwing  5
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  5
Field Sparrow  1    Aberrant singer continuing NW of Dell (somewhere near the pink flowering tree on the walking only road)
sparrow sp.  1
Baltimore Oriole  5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  20
Ovenbird  2
Black-and-white Warbler  7
Tennessee Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  5
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  10
Magnolia Warbler  4
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6
Black-throated Green Warbler  4
Northern Cardinal  1
House Sparrow  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56244553

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