Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 17, 2016 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Leader: David Hursh
70 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Common Loon 4 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Herring Gull 2
Mourning Dove 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 10
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 8
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Swainson’s Thrush 1
American Robin 50
Gray Catbird 25
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 25
Ovenbird 4
Northern Waterthrush 4
Black-and-white Warbler 15
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 20
Cape May Warbler 4 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Northern Parula 16
Magnolia Warbler 12 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Bay-breasted Warbler 3 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Blackburnian Warbler 8
Yellow Warbler 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler 8
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 12 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 26
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Canada Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 7 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Chipping Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Orchard Oriole 4
Baltimore Oriole 14
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 25
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