Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 6, 2017 7:00 AM – 12:32 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, Sabrina Hepburn leader with up to 12 participants
60 species

Canada Goose 2
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 5
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 2
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Seen well by group. First seen flying with reddish in wing, and then sitting. Obvious yellow on bill especially lower mandible.
Great Horned Owl 2
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Veery 1
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 10
European Starling 2
Black-and-white Warbler 15
Nashville Warbler 5
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 10
Magnolia Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 6
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 150 Estimate
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Chipping Sparrow 30
White-throated Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 12
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 25

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36663848

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Photo credit: Manomet

Photo credit: Manomet