Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2017 6:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Mt. Auburn – Leader: Jason Forbes
Group size and estimate. Indian Ridge, Halcyon, Harvard Hill, Willow. Bit windy but nice, could have used a few more warblers and the cuckoos seen by others.
51 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard (Northern) 2
Common Loon 1 Leader only?
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Herring Gull (American) 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Barn Swallow (American) 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 20 Counted 12 then watched 20+ fly out near Robin Ave
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Northern Parula 3
Palm Warbler 1 Group only
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 40
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 5
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 10
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 15
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667817
Fresh Pond, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2017 9:35 AM – 12:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – extension from Mt. Auburn – Leader: Jason Forbes
Chasing the Prothonotary.
30 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard (Northern) 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Herring Gull (American) 60 Rough count of birds bathing middle of the pond
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 2
Tree Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 1
House Wren 1
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
Prothonotary Warbler 1 Continuing from earlier this morning.
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 6
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 3
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 4
American Goldfinch 3
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36667818
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