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The Big Sit! 2008: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	North Carolina
Country:	United States

1. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
2. Great Egret Ardea alba
3. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
4. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
5. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
6. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
7. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
8. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
9. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
10. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
11. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
12. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
13. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
14. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
15. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
16. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
17. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
18. Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
19. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
20. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
21. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
22. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
23. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
24. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
25. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
26. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
27. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
28. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
29. Common Raven Corvus corax
30. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
31. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
32. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
33. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
34. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
35. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
36. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
37. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
38. American Robin Turdus migratorius
39. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
40. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
41. Northern Parula Parula americana
42. Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
43. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
44. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
45. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
46. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
47. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
48. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
49. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
50. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
51. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
52. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
53. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
54. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
55. Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
56. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
57. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
58. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
59. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
60. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
61. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
62. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
63. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
64. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
65. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
66. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
67. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
68. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
69. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
70. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
71. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
72. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
73. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
74. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
75. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
76. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
77. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
78. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
79. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
80. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
81. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
82. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
83. Spotted thrush species
84. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
85. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
86. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
87. Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
88. Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
89. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
90. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
91. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
92. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
93. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
94. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
95. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
96. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
97. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
98. White Ibis Eudocimus albus
99. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
100. Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
101. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
102. American Wigeon Anas americana
103. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
104. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
105. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
106. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
107. Merlin Falco columbarius
108. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
109. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
110. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
111. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
112. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
113. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
114. Sanderling Calidris alba
115. Dunlin Calidris alpina
116. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
117. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
118. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
119. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
120. Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
121. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
122. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
123. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
124. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
125. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
126. Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
127. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
128. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
129. Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
130. Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
131. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
132. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
133. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
134. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
135. Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
136. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus