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The Big Sit! 2007: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	North Carolina
Country:	United States

1. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
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. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
8. American Wigeon Anas americana
9. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
10. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
11. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
12. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
13. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
14. American Coot Fulica americana
15. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
16. Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
17. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
18. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
19. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
20. Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
21. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
22. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
23. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
24. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
25. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
26. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
27. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
28. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
29. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
30. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
31. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
32. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
33. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
34. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
35. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
36. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
37. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
38. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
39. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
40. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
41. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
42. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
43. Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
44. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
45. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
46. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
47. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
48. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
49. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
50. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
51. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
52. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
53. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
54. White Ibis Eudocimus albus
55. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
56. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
57. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
58. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
59. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
60. Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
61. Barred Owl Strix varia
62. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
63. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
64. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
65. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
66. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
67. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
68. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
69. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
70. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
71. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
72. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
73. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
74. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
75. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
76. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
77. American Robin Turdus migratorius
78. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
79. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
80. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
81. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
82. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
83. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
84. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
85. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
86. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
87. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
88. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
89. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
90. Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
91. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
92. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
93. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
94. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
95. Gadwall Anas strepera
96. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
97. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
98. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
99. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
100. Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
101. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
102. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
103. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
104. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
105. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
106. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
107. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
108. Dunlin Calidris alpina
109. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
110. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
111. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
112. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
113. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
114. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
115. Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
116. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
117. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
118. Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
119. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
120. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
121. Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
122. Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
123. Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
124. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
125. Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus
126. Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni
127. Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
128. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
129. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
130. Common Loon Gavia imme
131. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
132. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
133. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
134. Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
135. Merlin Falco columbarius
136. Common Raven Corvus corax
137. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis