Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 21, 2024 5:55 AM – 8:21 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.418 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC- Mt Auburn- Leader: Kathy Dia- sunny and clear mid 50’s to 60 but start of a very warm day.
47 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Oak near Harvard Hill. Lucy ,in my group, spotted the bird but hidden, then relocated by Randy.
Chimney Swift 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 9
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
House Wren 4
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 13
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 33
Cedar Waxwing 10
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 3
Baltimore Oriole 7
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 10
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 1 After the walk I went back to the Dell. I heard this bird loudly singing it’s classic “wheeta wheeta wheetio” song loudly! A photographer Dylan first got eyes on it.
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 1 After the walk Dell.
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