Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 24, 2016 6:30 AM – 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk. 37-47, sunny.
33 species
Canada Goose X
Mallard (Northern) 3
Wild Turkey 4
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Mourning Dove 4
Great Horned Owl (Great Horned) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Merlin 1 probably 2, flyover by Halcyon and by Dell
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
American Robin 50
European Starling 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1 seen below tower, probably heard another 1-2 elsewhere
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10
Chipping Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 10
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 6
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