Derb Carter's 2008 North Carolina Big Year
Birds in bold are “bonus birds” that are not on the list of 300 “should see birds”
1 | 1-Jan | Common Loon | Mattamuskeet |
2 | 1-Jan | Pied-billed Grebe | Mattamuskeet |
3 | 1-Jan | American White Pelican | Mattamuskeet |
4 | 1-Jan | Double-crested Cormorant | Mattamuskeet |
5 | 1-Jan | Great Blue Heron | Mattamuskeet |
6 | 1-Jan | Great Egret | Mattamuskeet |
7 | 1-Jan | Snowy Egret | Mattamuskeet |
8 | 1-Jan | Little Blue Heron | Mattamuskeet |
9 | 1-Jan | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Mattamuskeet |
10 | 1-Jan | White Ibis | Mattamuskeet |
11 | 1-Jan | Tundra Swan | Mattamuskeet |
12 | 1-Jan | Snow Goose | Mattamuskeet |
13 | 1-Jan | Canada Goose | Mattamuskeet |
14 | 1-Jan | Wood Duck | Mattamuskeet |
15 | 1-Jan | Green-winged Teal | Mattamuskeet |
16 | 1-Jan | American Black Duck | Mattamuskeet |
17 | 1-Jan | Mallard | Mattamuskeet |
18 | 1-Jan | Northern Pintail | Mattamuskeet |
19 | 1-Jan | Northern Shoveler | Mattamuskeet |
20 | 1-Jan | Gadwall | Mattamuskeet |
21 | 1-Jan | American Wigeon | Mattamuskeet |
22 | 1-Jan | Canvasback | Mattamuskeet |
23 | 1-Jan | Ring-necked Duck | Mattamuskeet |
24 | 1-Jan | Bufflehead | Mattamuskeet |
25 | 1-Jan | Hooded Merganser | Mattamuskeet |
26 | 1-Jan | Red-breasted Merganser | Mattamuskeet |
27 | 1-Jan | Ruddy Duck | Mattamuskeet |
28 | 1-Jan | Turkey Vulture | Mattamuskeet |
29 | 1-Jan | Bald Eagle | Mattamuskeet |
30 | 1-Jan | Northern Harrier | Mattamuskeet |
31 | 1-Jan | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Mattamuskeet |
32 | 1-Jan | Red-shouldered Hawk | Mattamuskeet |
33 | 1-Jan | Red-tailed Hawk | Mattamuskeet |
34 | 1-Jan | American Kestrel | Mattamuskeet |
35 | 1-Jan | American Coot | Mattamuskeet |
36 | 1-Jan | Black-bellied Plover | Mattamuskeet |
37 | 1-Jan | Killdeer | Mattamuskeet |
38 | 1-Jan | Greater Yellowlegs | Mattamuskeet |
39 | 1-Jan | Dunlin | Mattamuskeet |
40 | 1-Jan | Black-headed Gull | Mattamuskeet |
41 | 1-Jan | Bonaparte's Gull | Mattamuskeet |
42 | 1-Jan | Ring-billed Gull | Mattamuskeet |
43 | 1-Jan | Forster's Tern | Mattamuskeet |
44 | 1-Jan | Mourning Dove | Mattamuskeet |
45 | 1-Jan | Belted Kingfisher | Mattamuskeet |
46 | 1-Jan | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Mattamuskeet |
47 | 1-Jan | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Mattamuskeet |
48 | 1-Jan | Pileated Woodpecker | Mattamuskeet |
49 | 1-Jan | Eastern Phoebe | Mattamuskeet |
50 | 1-Jan | Tree Swallow | Mattamuskeet |
51 | 1-Jan | Fish Crow | Mattamuskeet |
52 | 1-Jan | Carolina Chickadee | Mattamuskeet |
53 | 1-Jan | Carolina Wren | Mattamuskeet |
54 | 1-Jan | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Mattamuskeet |
55 | 1-Jan | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Mattamuskeet |
56 | 1-Jan | Eastern Bluebird | Mattamuskeet |
57 | 1-Jan | American Robin | Mattamuskeet |
58 | 1-Jan | Northern Mockingbird | Mattamuskeet |
59 | 1-Jan | American Pipit | Mattamuskeet |
60 | 1-Jan | European Starling | Mattamuskeet |
61 | 1-Jan | Yellow-rumped Warbler | Mattamuskeet |
62 | 1-Jan | MacGillivray's Warbler | Mattamuskeet |
63 | 1-Jan | Common Yellowthroat | Mattamuskeet |
64 | 1-Jan | Northern Cardinal | Mattamuskeet |
65 | 1-Jan | Chipping Sparrow | Mattamuskeet |
66 | 1-Jan | Clay-colored Sparrow | Phelps Lake |
67 | 1-Jan | Savannah Sparrow | Phelps Lake |
68 | 1-Jan | Song Sparrow | Phelps Lake |
69 | 1-Jan | Swamp Sparrow | Phelps Lake |
70 | 1-Jan | White-throated Sparrow | Phelps Lake |
71 | 1-Jan | Red-winged Blackbird | Mattamuskeet |
72 | 1-Jan | Eastern Meadowlark | Mattamuskeet |
73 | 1-Jan | Common Grackle | Mattamuskeet |
74 | 1-Jan | Brown-headed Cowbird | Mattamuskeet |
75 | 1-Jan | American Goldfinch | Mattamuskeet |
76 | 2-Jan | Tricolored Heron | Pea Island NWR |
77 | 2-Jan | Red-throated Loon | Pea Island NWR |
78 | 2-Jan | Northern Gannet | Pea Island NWR |
79 | 2-Jan | Brown Pelican | Pea Island NWR |
80 | 2-Jan | Eurasian Wigeon | Pea Island NWR |
81 | 2-Jan | Greater Scaup | Pea Island NWR |
82 | 2-Jan | Common Eider | Oregon Inlet |
83 | 2-Jan | Black Scoter | Pea Island NWR |
84 | 2-Jan | Common Goldeneye | Pea Island NWR |
85 | 2-Jan | American Avocet | Pea Island NWR |
86 | 2-Jan | Willet | Pea Island NWR |
87 | 2-Jan | Ruddy Turnstone | Pea Island NWR |
88 | 2-Jan | Red Knot | Pea Island NWR |
89 | 2-Jan | Sanderling | Pea Island NWR |
90 | 2-Jan | Herring Gull | Pea Island NWR |
91 | 2-Jan | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pea Island NWR |
92 | 2-Jan | Great Black-backed Gull | Pea Island NWR |
93 | 2-Jan | Royal Tern | Pea Island NWR |
94 | 2-Jan | Razorbill | Pea Island NWR |
95 | 2-Jan | Rock Pigeon | Hatteras Island |
96 | 2-Jan | Cave Swallow | Oregon Inlet |
97 | 2-Jan | Boat-tailed Grackle | Pea Island NWR |
98 | 3-Jan | Cooper's Hawk | Hatteras Island |
99 | 3-Jan | Blue Jay | Hatteras Island |
100 | 3-Jan | House Finch | Hatteras Island |
101 | 4-Jan | Great Cormorant | Oregon Inlet |
102 | 4-Jan | Long-tailed Duck | Pea Island NWR |
103 | 4-Jan | White-winged Scoter | Pea Island NWR |
104 | 5-Jan | Mute Swan | Pea Island NWR |
105 | 5-Jan | Ross's Goose | Pungo NWR |
106 | 5-Jan | Redhead | Pea Island NWR |
107 | 5-Jan | Lesser Scaup | Pea Island NWR |
108 | 5-Jan | Surf Scoter | Pea Island NWR |
109 | 5-Jan | Common Merganser | Phelps Lake |
110 | 5-Jan | Merlin | Pungo NWR |
111 | 5-Jan | Peregrine Falcon | Pungo NWR |
112 | 5-Jan | Common Snipe | Pungo NWR |
113 | 5-Jan | Northern Flicker | Pungo NWR |
114 | 5-Jan | House Wren | Pungo NWR |
115 | 5-Jan | Hermit Thrush | Orange County |
116 | 5-Jan | Gray Catbird | Orange County |
117 | 5-Jan | Palm Warbler | Jordan Lake |
118 | 5-Jan | Eastern Towhee | Orange County |
119 | 5-Jan | House Sparrow | Orange County |
120 | 6-Jan | Red-necked Grebe | Lake Crabtree |
121 | 6-Jan | American Crow | Orange County |
122 | 6-Jan | Field Sparrow | Orange County |
123 | 6-Jan | White-crowned Sparrow | Orange County |
124 | 6-Jan | Dark-eyed Junco | Orange County |
125 | 7-Jan | Downy Woodpecker | Orange County |
126 | 7-Jan | Hairy Woodpecker | Orange County |
127 | 7-Jan | Tufted Titmouse | Orange County |
128 | 7-Jan | White-breasted Nuthatch | Orange County |
129 | 8-Jan | Cedar Waxwing | Orange County |
130 | 10-Jan | Horned Grebe | Jordan Lake |
131 | 10-Jan | Eared Grebe | Jordan Lake |
132 | 10-Jan | Red-headed Woodpecker | Jordan Lake |
133 | 11-Jan | Brown Creeper | Orange County |
134 | 11-Jan | Fox Sparrow | Orange County |
135 | 12-Jan | Black Vulture | Orange County |
136 | 12-Jan | Brown-headed Nuthatch | Orange County |
137 | 12-Jan | Purple Finch | Orange County |
138 | 18-Jan | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Raleigh |
139 | 19-Jan | Northern Fulmar | Hatteras pelagic |
140 | 19-Jan | Great Skua | Hatteras pelagic |
141 | 19-Jan | California Gull | Hatteras pelagic |
142 | 19-Jan | Black-legged Kittiwake | Hatteras pelagic |
143 | 20-Jan | American Bittern | Alligator River NWR |
144 | 20-Jan | Greater White-fronted Goose | Alligator River NWR |
145 | 20-Jan | Long-billed Dowitcher | Alligator River NWR |
146 | 20-Jan | Black-chinned Hummingbird | Manteo |
147 | 20-Jan | Horned Lark | Cape Point Hatteras |
148 | 20-Jan | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Manteo |
149 | 20-Jan | Brown Thrasher | Manteo |
150 | 29-Jan | Glaucous Gull | Wake County landfill |
151 | 29-Jan | Rufous Hummingbird | Raleigh |
152 | 30-Jan | Calliope Hummingbird | Monroe |
153 | 30-Jan | Scott's Oriole | Conover |
154 | 31-Jan | King Rail | Tidewater Experimental Farms |
155 | 31-Jan | Great Horned Owl | Alligator River NWR |
156 | 1-Feb | Barred Owl | Alligator River NWR |
157 | 1-Feb | Rough-legged Hawk | Alligator River NWR |
158 | 1-Feb | Northern Bobwhite | Alligator River NWR |
159 | 1-Feb | American Woodcock | Alligator River NWR |
160 | 1-Feb | Lapland Longspur | First Colony Farms |
161 | 2-Feb | American Oystercatcher | Pea Island NWR |
162 | 2-Feb | Dovekie | Cape Point Hatteras |
163 | 2-Feb | Loggerhead Shrike | Martin County |
164 | 5-Feb | Cackling Goose | Pungo NWR |
165 | 5-Feb | Wild Turkey | Northhampton County |
166 | 5-Feb | Sandhill Crane | Northhampton County |
167 | 10-Feb | Semipalmated Plover | Figure 8 Island |
168 | 10-Feb | Western Sandpiper | Figure 8 Island |
169 | 10-Feb | Purple Sandpiper | Wrightsville Beach |
170 | 10-Feb | Short-billed Dowitcher | Figure 8 Island |
171 | 10-Feb | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Scotts Hill |
172 | 10-Feb | Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Figure 8 Island |
173 | 10-Feb | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Figure 8 Island |
174 | 10-Feb | Seaside Sparrow | Figure 8 Island |
175 | 11-Feb | Sedge Wren | North River Farms |
176 | 11-Feb | Marsh Wren | North River Farms |
177 | 11-Feb | Prairie Warbler | North River Farms |
178 | 11-Feb | Le Conte's Sparrow | North River Farms |
179 | 16-Feb | Golden Eagle | Guilford County |
180 | 16-Feb | Common Raven | Guilford County |
181 | 21-Feb | Red Phalarope | Hatteras pelagic |
182 | 21-Feb | Little Gull | Hatteras pelagic |
183 | 21-Feb | Atlantic Puffin | Hatteras pelagic |
184 | 22-Feb | Purple Martin | Hatteras |
185 | 22-Feb | Snow Bunting | Cape Point Hatteras |
186 | 23-Feb | Blue-headed Vireo | Buxton Woods |
187 | 23-Feb | Orange-crowned Warbler | Buxton Woods |
188 | 23-Feb | Laughing Gull | Hatteras |
189 | 2-Mar | Blue-winged Teal | Pea Island NWR |
190 | 2-Mar | Least Sandpiper | Pea Island NWR |
191 | 2-Mar | Clapper Rail | Pea Island NWR |
192 | 7-Mar | Pine Siskin | Orange County |
193 | 15-Mar | Pine Warbler | Orange County |
194 | 17-Mar | Osprey | Cape Point Hatteras |
195 | 17-Mar | Piping Plover | Cape Point Hatteras |
196 | 17-Mar | Lesser Yellowlegs | Pea Island NWR |
197 | 18-Mar | Brant | Hatteras Inlet |
198 | 22-Mar | Sandwich Tern | Figure 8 Island |
199 | 22-Mar | Common Tern | Figure 8 Island |
200 | 22-Mar | Least Tern | Figure 8 Island |
201 | 23-Mar | Black Skimmer | Figure 8 Island |
202 | 23-Mar | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Holly Shelter Gameland |
203 | 23-Mar | Northern Parula | Holly Shelter Gameland |
204 | 23-Mar | Yellow-throated Warbler | Holly Shelter Gameland |
205 | 24-Mar | Louisiana Waterthrush | Orange County |
206 | 27-Mar | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Orange County |
207 | 29-Mar | Glossy Ibis | Pungo Lake |
208 | 7-Apr | Black-and-white Warbler | Orange County |
209 | 7-Apr | Ovenbird | Orange County |
210 | 8-Apr | Rusty Blackbird | Jordan Lake |
211 | 9-Apr | Barn Swallow | Orange County |
212 | 10-Apr | Eastern Screech-Owl | Orange County |
213 | 12-Apr | Eastern Kingbird | Orange County |
214 | 13-Apr | Anhinga | Orange County |
215 | 13-Apr | Green Heron | Orange County |
216 | 13-Apr | Chimney Swift | Orange County |
217 | 13-Apr | Cliff Swallow | Jordan Lake |
218 | 13-Apr | White-eyed Vireo | Orange County |
219 | 13-Apr | Red-eyed Vireo | Orange County |
220 | 13-Apr | Prothonotary Warbler | Orange County |
221 | 18-Apr | Caspian Tern | Figure 8 Island |
222 | 19-Apr | Pacific Loon | Figure 8 Island |
223 | 19-Apr | Swallow-tailed Kite | Holly Shelter Gameland |
224 | 19-Apr | Whimbrel | Figure 8 Island |
225 | 19-Apr | Parasitic Jaeger | Figure 8 Island |
226 | 19-Apr | Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Holly Shelter Gameland |
227 | 19-Apr | Great Crested Flycatcher | Holly Shelter Gameland |
228 | 19-Apr | Bachman's Sparrow | Holly Shelter Gameland |
229 | 19-Apr | Orchard Oriole | Pender County |
230 | 20-Apr | Wilson's Plover | Figure 8 Island |
231 | 21-Apr | Yellow-throated Vireo | Pender County |
232 | 21-Apr | Swainson's Warbler | Holly shelter Gameland |
233 | 21-Apr | Hooded Warbler | Holly Shelter Gameland |
234 | 21-Apr | Painted Bunting | Figure 8 Island |
235 | 23-Apr | Blue Grosbeak | Orange County |
236 | 23-Apr | Grasshopper Sparrow | Orange County |
237 | 25-Apr | Northern Saw-whet Owl | Devils Courthouse |
238 | 25-Apr | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Asheville |
239 | 25-Apr | Least Flycatcher | Cataloochee Ranch |
240 | 25-Apr | Wood Thrush | Buncombe County |
241 | 25-Apr | Yellow Warbler | Buncombe County |
242 | 25-Apr | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Buncombe County |
243 | 25-Apr | Cerulean Warbler | BRP Buncombe County |
244 | 25-Apr | American Redstart | Buncombe County |
245 | 25-Apr | Worm-eating Warbler | Buncombe County |
246 | 25-Apr | Scarlet Tanager | Buncombe County |
247 | 25-Apr | Indigo Bunting | Buncombe County |
248 | 26-Apr | Broad-winged Hawk | Buncombe County |
249 | 26-Apr | Black-throated Green Warbler | Buncombe County |
250 | 27-Apr | Spotted Sandpiper | Orange County |
251 | 27-Apr | Warbling Vireo | Anilorac Farm Orange County |
252 | 27-Apr | Black-throated Blue Warbler | Orange County |
253 | 27-Apr | Yellow-breasted Chat | Mason Farm Orange County |
254 | 27-Apr | Summer Tanager | Orange County |
255 | 27-Apr | Bobolink | Orange County |
256 | 27-Apr | Baltimore Oriole | Orange County |
257 | 29-Apr | Lincoln's Sparrow | Knap of Reeds |
258 | 30-Apr | Blackburnian Warbler | Orange County |
259 | 1-May | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Orange County |
260 | 1-May | Acadian Flycatcher | Orange County |
261 | 1-May | Blue-winged Warbler | Mason Farm Orange County |
262 | 1-May | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Mason Farm Orange County |
263 | 3-May | Solitary Sandpiper | Moore County |
264 | 3-May | Common Nighthawk | Thunder Road Moore County |
265 | 3-May | Chuck-will's-widow | Thunder Road Moore County |
266 | 3-May | Whip-poor-will | Thunder Road Moore County |
267 | 3-May | Gray-cheeked Thrush | Moore County |
268 | 3-May | Lark Sparrow | Moore County |
269 | 4-May | Mississippi Kite | Howell Woods |
270 | 4-May | Kentucky Warbler | Howell Woods |
271 | 8-May | Virginia Rail | Bodie Island |
272 | 8-May | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Bodie Island |
273 | 8-May | Gull-billed Tern | Cape Point Hatteras |
274 | 10-May | Veery | Mason Farm Orange County |
275 | 10-May | Northern Waterthrush | Mason Farm Orange County |
276 | 10-May | Canada Warbler | Mason Farm Orange County |
277 | 10-May | Dickcissel | Mid-pines Road Wake County |
278 | 11-May | Bank Swallow | Wake County Yates Park |
279 | 11-May | Magnolia Warbler | Wake County Yates Park |
280 | 11-May | Wilson's Warbler | Wake County Yates Park |
281 | 13-May | Swainson's Thrush | Orange County |
282 | 14-May | Blackpoll Warbler | Raleigh |
283 | 16-May | Golden-winged Warbler | Watauga County |
284 | 17-May | Black-capped Chickadee | Great Smoky Mountains NP |
285 | 17-May | Winter Wren | Great Smoky Mountains NP |
286 | 18-May | Black-necked Stilt | Pea Island NWR |
287 | 18-May | Wilson's Phalarope | Cape Point Hatteras |
288 | 18-May | Red-necked Phalarope | Cape Point Hatteras |
289 | 19-May | Fea's Petrel | Hatteras pelagic |
290 | 19-May | Black-capped Petrel | Hatteras pelagic |
291 | 19-May | Cory's Shearwater | Hatteras pelagic |
292 | 19-May | Sooty Shearwater | Hatteras pelagic |
293 | 19-May | Audubon's Shearwater | Hatteras pelagic |
294 | 19-May | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Hatteras pelagic |
295 | 19-May | Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hatteras pelagic |
296 | 19-May | European Storm-Petrel | Hatteras pelagic |
297 | 19-May | Pomarine Jaeger | Hatteras pelagic |
298 | 20-May | Henslow's Sparrow | Voice of America site |
299 | 24-May | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Mid-pines Road Raleigh |
300 | 25-May | Black Rail | Wanchese marshes |
301 | 25-May | Marbled Godwit | Pea Island NWR |
302 | 25-May | White-rumped Sandpiper | Pea Island NWR |
303 | 25-May | Stilt Sandpiper | Pea Island NWR |
304 | 26-May | Greater Shearwater | Hatteras pelagic |
305 | 26-May | Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hatteras pelagic |
306 | 26-May | Masked Booby | Hatteras pelagic |
307 | 26-May | Long-tailed Jaeger | Hatteras pelagic |
308 | 27-May | South Polar Skua | Hatteras pelagic |
309 | 27-May | Bridled Tern | Hatteras pelagic |
310 | 6-Jun | Alder Flycatcher | Watauga County |
311 | 6-Jun | Willow Flycatcher | Watauga County |
312 | 6-Jun | Vesper Sparrow | Watauga County |
313 | 9-Jun | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Durham County |
314 | 22-Jun | Wood Stork | Sunset Lakes |
315 | 22-Jun | Common Moorhen | Sunset Lakes |
316 | 23-Jun | Least Bittern | Sunset Lakes |
317 | 5-Jul | Reddish Egret | Figure 8 Island |
318 | 18-Jul | Ring-necked Pheasant | Cape Lookout NS |
319 | 18-Jul | Black Tern | Cape Lookout NS |
320 | 23-Jul | Cattle Egret | Carteret County |
321 | 23-Jul | Snowy Plover | Hammocks Beach State Park |
322 | 23-Jul | Pectoral Sandpiper | Hammock's Beach State Park |
323 | 9-Aug | Upland Sandpiper | Manteo airport |
324 | 9-Aug | Sooty Tern | Manteo pelagic |
325 | 23-Aug | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Highway 64 turf farms |
326 | 26-Aug | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Reynolda Gardens W-S |
327 | 27-Aug | Baird's Sandpiper | Falls Lake |
328 | 1-Sep | Black-billed Cuckoo | Allegheny County |
329 | 1-Sep | Tennessee Warbler | Allegheny County |
330 | 1-Sep | Cape May Warbler | Allegheny County |
331 | 1-Sep | Bay-breasted Warbler | Allegheny County |
332 | 6-Sep | American Golden-Plover | Mattamuskeet |
333 | 6-Sep | Hudsonian Godwit | Mattamuskeet |
334 | 14-Sep | Red Crossbill | Haywood County |
335 | 21-Sep | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Jackson Park Hendersonville |
336 | 21-Sep | Philadelphia Vireo | Jackson Park Hendersonville |
337 | 21-Sep | Nashville Warbler | Jackson Park Hendersonville |
338 | 25-Sep | Mottled Duck | Sunset Lakes |
339 | 15-Oct | Barn Owl | south of Asheville |
340 | 19-Oct | Sora | Futch Gameland |
341 | 19-Oct | Western Kingbird | Futch Gameland |
342 | 29-Oct | White-winged Dove | Fort Fisher |
343 | 7-Nov | Broad-billed Hummingbird | New Bern |
344 | 7-Nov | Brewer's Blackbird | Pea Island NWR |
8-Nov | White-faced Ibis | Bodie Island (countability not established) | |
345 | 4-Dec | Ash-throated Flycatcher | Catfish Lake impoundment Croatan NF |
346 | 12-Dec | Short-eared Owl | Alligator River NWR |
347 | 13-Dec | Long-billed Curlew | Shackleford Banks |
348 | 18-Dec | Iceland Gull | Wake County landfill |
349 | 26-Dec | Thick-billed Murre | Cedar Island ferry terminal |
350 | 27-Dec | Manx Shearwater | Hatteras pelagic |
351 | 30-Dec | Swainson's Hawk | Alligator River NWR |