Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 13, 2016 6:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Leaders: Linda Ferraresso and Peter Vale – 57 degrees and sunny at start; became cloudy before 8 a.m. Adult and juv mink seen at Willow Pond
49 species
Mallard 4
Wild Turkey 2
Common Loon 1 flyover
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 5
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 20
Gray Catbird 8
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 20
Ovenbird 3
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 1 Reported by others in the cemetery though not found by our group
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 4 Laurel Ave
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 17
Savannah Sparrow 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1 On Bellforth Path, seen early by few others (thanks Chris for the call)
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1 only seen by a few
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Orchard Oriole 4
Baltimore Oriole 10
House Sparrow X
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