Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
18-May-2023 06:00 – 09:00
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC Walk, chilly 41 degrees, sunny but surprisingly birdy!
54 species
Mallard  1
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  5
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tree Swallow  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  1
Gray Catbird  3
Veery  1
Swainson’s Thrush  1
American Robin  12
Cedar Waxwing  4
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  3
Baltimore Oriole  12
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  5
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  3
Mourning Warbler  1    Heard only in the Dell
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  1
Cape May Warbler  3
Northern Parula  5
Magnolia Warbler  4
Bay-breasted Warbler  8    probably undercounted
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
Black-throated Green Warbler  6
Canada Warbler  1    heard only on Indian Ridge
Wilson’s Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  5    2 males, 3 femaies
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S138431859

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