Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 20, 2017 6:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC birding by ear trip. S. Hepburn leader, about 15 participants <br />Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.2.2 Build 70
59 species
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 5
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 2
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Veery 2
Swainson’s Thrush 8
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 20
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 12
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Tennessee Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 20
Northern Parula 7
Magnolia Warbler 10
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 15
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Black-throated Green Warbler 12
Canada Warbler 3
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 10
Baltimore Oriole 10
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 12
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37052398
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