Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 17, 2019 6:00 AM – 8:45 AM
Comments:    BBC walk started at 50 degrees with cloud cover (though sun rise was spectacular) but turned to drizzle for most of the trip.
41 species
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1    Enjoying a gray squirrel as a breakfast treat.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Kingbird  3
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  11
Blue Jay  5
Barn Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Veery  1
American Robin  16
Gray Catbird  2
Cedar Waxwing  3
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  4
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  9
Ovenbird  2
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  12
American Redstart  8
Northern Parula  9
Magnolia Warbler  5
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Wilson’s Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56458630

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