Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 11, 2021 5:59 AM – 9:32 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.76 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC-Mt. Auburn- Leader: Kathy Dia. Sunny and seasonable upper 40’s to 50’s F.
40 species
Mallard  3
Mourning Dove  6
Herring Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Eastern Screech-Owl  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  7
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  2
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Gray Catbird  11
American Robin  65
House Sparrow  3
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  11
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3    Unexpected. Flew into the top of a tree and then continued on.
Song Sparrow  5
Orchard Oriole  1    Willow Pond
Baltimore Oriole  15
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  26
Ovenbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Nashville Warbler  1
American Redstart  4
Cape May Warbler  1    Heard after walk below Indian Ridge near Halcyon.
Northern Parula  8
Yellow Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  11
Yellow-throated Warbler  1    Continuing in Harvard Hill. Larger warbler white and blank with bright yellow throat. Feeding slowly though moving around a lot in an oak.
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S87834207

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