Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 16, 2018 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: The third Wednesday evening walk was a relative bonanza compared with the first two, very quiet ones. The hotspot was from Spectacle Pond to the white oak tree above it on Oak Avenue.
35 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 1
gull sp. 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1 seen at the end of Central Ave.
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Swainson’s Thrush 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 6
Worm-eating Warbler 1 singing from a maple tree at the end of Central Ave.; witnessed by several incl. the BBC trip
Common Yellowthroat 1
Cape May Warbler 2 In the “magic oak” on Oak Ave. Male and female in same tree, seen well by several observers.
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Baltimore Oriole 7
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 5
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45939798