Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 2, 2018 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, cool, sunny
25 species
Double-crested Cormorant 7 Heading north
Great Blue Heron 2
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 8
Great Horned Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 6
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 25
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Cerulean Warbler 1 Spectacle pond, great looks while it fed in the bushes around the pond
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 7
Northern Cardinal 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45938948
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