Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 18, 2021 5:55 AM – 9:42 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.66 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC- Mt. Auburn- Leader: Kathy Dia- Sunny with some clouds and warm 50’s-60’s F. Coyotes pups under an evergreen bush in the Dry Dell.
45 species
Mallard  1
Mourning Dove  7
Chimney Swift  6
Herring Gull  2
Great Blue Heron  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue-headed Vireo  5
Warbling Vireo  7
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  12
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3
European Starling  1
Gray Catbird  17
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  65
House Sparrow  2
Purple Finch  2
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  8
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  6
Baltimore Oriole  15
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  7
Common Grackle  22
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Nashville Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  17
Northern Parula  5
Magnolia Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler  2
Blackpoll Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  5
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
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