Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
04-May-2023 06:00 – 08:00
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Cold and overcast morning, tough to get good looks at the birds
39 species
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  2
Herring Gull  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1    Spectacle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    Heard
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1    Heard
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  1
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  18
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  9
Song Sparrow  4
Baltimore Oriole  4
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  8
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Northern Parula  4
Palm Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  14
Black-throated Green Warbler  1    Heard only
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S136076795

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