Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 13, 2018 6:00 AM – 10:18 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk, J. Forbes leader. Cool and cloudy, light was pretty awful for the first couple hours.
56 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 1
Mallard (Northern) 1
Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Herring Gull (American) 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 4
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 5
Common Raven 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 1
Swainson’s Thrush 1
Catharus sp. 1
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 3
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Common Yellowthroat 1
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 8
Magnolia Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 15
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Chipping Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 10
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 8
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 20
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45939660
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