Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 16, 2017 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip; unknown number of participants
53 species
Canada Goose 1
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Chimney Swift 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 5
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Swainson’s Thrush 1
American Robin 20
Gray Catbird 6
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 30
Ovenbird 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Nashville Warbler 4
American Redstart 8
Northern Parula 9
Magnolia Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Wilson’s Warbler 3 Reported by D. Hursh
Chipping Sparrow 10
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orchard Oriole 4
Baltimore Oriole 15
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 12
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37147000
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