Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2022 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.8 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    We neither saw nor heard the Indigo Bunting or Waterthrush that had been observed this week.  Some in our party and nearby think they may have seen or heard an Orchard Oriole near Willow Pond, but I decided not to count it officially.
47 species
Canada Goose  5
Mallard  6
Wild Turkey  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  4
Herring Gull  4    flyovers
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  3
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  4
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  2
American Robin  16
Cedar Waxwing  1    Odd to see a loner.
House Sparrow  6
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  11
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  9
Ovenbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Northern Parula  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  25
Prairie Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S109398150

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