Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 24, 2024 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip, led by David Scott
35 species
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 18 2 family groups, one with 9 chicks, one with 5.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 2
Herring Gull 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 heard
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1 heard
Red-eyed Vireo 1 heard
Blue Jay 4
Tufted Titmouse 1 heard
Barn Swallow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard
House Wren 3
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 3
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 10
Cedar Waxwing 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 8
American Redstart 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 4 Good looks at a female and a male
Pine Warbler 2 male and female
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S177250360
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