Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 8, 2022 5:58 AM – 10:33 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, J. Forbes leader. 46, cloudy then sunny, wind building. Indian Ridge to Halcyon to Spectacle to up above where most of the group had things to do, to Palm Ave and Dell, then up towards tower and down to Willow and out via Dry Dell.
52 species
Canada Goose  4
Mallard  3
Wild Turkey  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  5
Herring Gull (American)  6
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue-headed Vireo  4
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  3
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Tree Swallow  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
House Wren (Northern)  1
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  6
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  40
Cedar Waxwing  25
House Sparrow  5
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  5
Chipping Sparrow  10
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  25
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  8
Nashville Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  50
Prairie Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S109510549

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