Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 17, 2019 6:29 AM – 8:48 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk, 45 degrees, sunny, 28 participants
36 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 17
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
gull sp. 1
Double-crested Cormorant 15 flyovers
Great Blue Heron 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Male and female on Indian Ridge. Photos
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 12
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Brown Creeper 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 23
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10
White-throated Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Common Grackle 20
Northern Cardinal 5
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55378776
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