Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
10-May-2023 06:00 – 08:30
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC Trip, led by David Scott.
46 species
Mallard  1
Wild Turkey  2    Heard
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  4
Great Blue Heron  1    Flyover just before the trip started
Green Heron  1    Spectacle Pond
Red-tailed Hawk  1    Robbed a Robin’s nest near Willow.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  3
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tree Swallow  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1    Heard
House Wren  1    Singing in the Dell
European Starling  4
Gray Catbird  4
American Robin  15
Cedar Waxwing  15
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  3
Baltimore Oriole  4
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  4
Ovenbird  1    Seen briefly by trip leader near Willow Pond, but elusive
Northern Waterthrush  1    Halcyon Pond
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  1    Laurel Circle
Nashville Warbler  1
Cape May Warbler  1    Laurel Circle. Possibly two.
Northern Parula  4
Yellow Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1    Singing near Willow Pond
Pine Warbler  1    Heard only, Tower
Yellow-rumped Warbler  20
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Wilson’s Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S136982658

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