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

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S29704622

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