Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 16, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk, led by David Scott. Quiet for this time of year, and no sign of yesterday’s Kentucky Warbler
31 species
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 3
American Herring Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 2 heard
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1 heard
Northern House Wren 2
Gray Catbird 5
American Robin 8
Cedar Waxwing 19
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1 heard
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 3
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1 heard
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 3 Decent looks at one on Harvard Hill
Northern Cardinal 3 Family
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