Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 18, 2018 6:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC Walk, started at 57 degrees with a stiff NE wind, and it seemed to get cooler as the morning progressed. Two coyotes casing the ‘joint’! With at least 45 participants, counts are probably low.
58 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1 flyover
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Swainson’s Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 5
European Starling X
Ovenbird 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1 Seen by others but we could not relocate
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 1 Heard only
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 2
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 8 5 in one tree found by David Hursch
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 2
Wilson’s Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow X
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