Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 23, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip, led by David Scott. Day after a Nor’easter. 43F. Joined by one birder. Still quite a few birds, and we even saw some of them.
40 species
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2 heard
Blue Jay 3
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Willow pond
Northern House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Swainson’s Thrush 2 Seen. One singing in Dell
American Robin 20 Many juveniles
House Sparrow 1
House Finch 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 1 Singing loudly on Indian Ridge
American Redstart 5
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 2 heard
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 heard
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 heard
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1 female
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S241507432
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