Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 2, 2016 6:00 AM – 7:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk led by Neil Hayward. <br />Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.5 Build 44
30 species
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Mourning Dove 4
Great Horned Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 16
Cedar Waxwing 8
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Parula 4
Palm Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 8
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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