Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 11, 2016 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Leader: David Hursh
78 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Wild Turkey 15
Common Loon 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Chimney Swift 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Peregrine Falcon 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 10
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Veery 1
Swainson’s Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 60
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 30
Ovenbird 3
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 20 Observed and/or heard on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Nashville Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 6
Cape May Warbler 5 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Northern Parula 12
Magnolia Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 8
Palm Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 45
Prairie Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Grasshopper Sparrow 1 Observed on Brookline Bird Club trip by leader and participants
Chipping Sparrow 22
White-throated Sparrow 22
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 8
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 18
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