Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 30, 2017 6:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip
54 species
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 4
Hooded Merganser 1
Wild Turkey 4
Common Loon 2
Osprey 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 could have been two
Herring Gull 2
Mourning Dove 6
Great Horned Owl 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Swainson’s Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 4
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 10 I cannot defend this number as highly accurate. Many N. Parulas were singing high in the trees and moving around, so double-counting is certainly an option. However this does not strike me as a high number given that we visited many portions of the cemetery over the course of 4.5 hours and N. Parula song was common background music throughout the morning.
Yellow Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 25
Field Sparrow 1 could have been two since heard hours apart
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 1
Summer Tanager 1 female; initial impression was of a female Scarlet Tanager with Hermit-Thrush-like red tail and on wings. Upon consulting field guide, female Summer Tanager a much better match based on yellow and reddish coloration as well as larger bill size. Both relative bill size and coloration seen well on perched bird front-lit by sunlight. No calls or other sounds noted.
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore Oriole 5 had two males singing essentially simultaneously at two different parts of the cemetery (Auburn Lake and Willow Pond areas) plus one male singing in a third part of the cemetery. Not all 5 birds seen – some identified by song. Of those not seen, the song pattern and timbre was not reminiscent of Orchard Oriole.
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 10
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