Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 10, 2017 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip; unknown number of participants
54 species
Canada Goose 2
Wild Turkey 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 8
Great Horned Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 10
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 3
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 2
Veery 1
Swainson’s Thrush 1
American Robin 35
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 15
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 12
Nashville Warbler 2
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 20
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 40
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 30
White-throated Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 40
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Orchard Oriole 8 Reported by D. Hursh
Baltimore Oriole 15
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 12
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37146466
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