Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
23-Apr-2023 06:30 – 08:12
Protocol: Traveling
2.057 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, J. Forbes leader
47, overcast, rain held off until about 8
34 species
Canada Goose  8
Mallard  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  3
Herring Gull (American)  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  15
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
European Starling  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  25
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  10
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  30
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  2
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