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The Big Sit! 2006: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	North Carolina
Country:	United States

1. Common Loon Gavia imme
2. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
3. Great Egret Ardea alba
4. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
5. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
6. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
7. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
8. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
9. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
10. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
11. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
12. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
13. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
14. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
15. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
16. Black Tern Chlidonias niger
17. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
18. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
19. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
20. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
21. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
22. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
23. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
24. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
25. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
26. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
27. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
28. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
29. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
30. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
31. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
32. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
33. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
34. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
35. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
36. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
37. Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
38. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
39. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
40. Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
41. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
42. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
43. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
44. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
45. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
46. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
47. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
48. White Ibis Eudocimus albus
49. Merlin Falco columbarius
50. Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
51. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
52. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
53. American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
54. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
55. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
56. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
57. Dunlin Calidris alpina
58. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
59. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
60. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
61. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
62. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
63. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
64. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
65. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
66. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
67. Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni
68. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
69. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
70. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
71. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
72. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
73. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
74. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
75. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
76. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
77. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
78. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
79. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
80. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
81. Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
82. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
83. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
84. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
85. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
86. American Robin Turdus migratorius
87. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
88. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
89. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
90. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
91. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
92. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
93. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
94. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
95. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
96. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
97. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
98. Common Raven Corvus corax
99. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
100. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
101. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
102. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
103. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
104. Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens