Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
19-May-2023 05:55 – 08:30
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Fun trip, never seen so many Bay-breasted Warblers in one morning.
45 species
Mallard  1
Wild Turkey  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  5
Herring Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  12
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  2
European Starling  2
Gray Catbird  4
Veery  1    Brief look at Spectacle
Swainson’s Thrush  1
American Robin  12    Some fledglings out and about
Cedar Waxwing  3
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  5
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Mourning Warbler  1    Sang in the Dell
Common Yellowthroat  1    Heard only
American Redstart  3
Northern Parula  4
Magnolia Warbler  2
Bay-breasted Warbler  6    At least. Probably four in the Dell, individuals in other locations.
Yellow Warbler  1    Heard only
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Prairie Warbler  1    Harvard hill
Black-throated Green Warbler  1    Heard only
Canada Warbler  2    Indian Ridge and Spectacle Pond
Wilson’s Warbler  2    Might have been three.
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S138431961

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