Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2016 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Leader: Sabrina Hepburn – 32 participants
39 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 7
Wild Turkey 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 2
Mourning Dove 5
Great Horned Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Warbling Vireo 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
House Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Catharus sp. 1
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 2 Heard by one participant
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 40
Chipping Sparrow 20
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 40
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 5
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