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    Date
    Observer
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Native and Naturalized (96)

  1. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  2. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  3. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Gina Diggs
    Location: 7112 Old Watauga River Road, Sugar Grove, North Carolina, US (36.238, -81.826)
  4. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ellen Miller
    Location: Blue Ridge Pkwy, Blowing Rock US-NC 36.15333, -81.66723
  5. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Eggers
    Location: Vilas
  6. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will Bennett
    Location: Appalachian State University Campus
  7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Silas Powell
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  8. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Eggers
    Location: Vilas
  9. Green Heron Butorides virescens
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  10. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  11. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gina Diggs
    Location: 7112 Old Watauga River Road, Sugar Grove, North Carolina, US (36.238, -81.826)
  12. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Eggers
    Location: Vilas
  13. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  14. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gina Diggs
    Location: Watauga River Road/Watauga River/Sugar Grove
  15. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Silas Powell
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  16. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Briana Robinson
    Location: 257 Cameron Terr
  17. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Parks Marion
    Location: Boone Greenway--Created Wetland
  18. Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Debbie Shetterly
    Location: HIdden Forest
  19. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  20. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  21. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Gray
    Location: Boone Greenway Trail
  22. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  23. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John Lynch
    Location: Beech Creek Bog
  24. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: don woodruff
    Location: 28607, Boone US-NC 36.22929, -81.63799
  25. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Gwen Ringenberg
    Location: Sweet Rock Cottage SWEETGRASS House
  26. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Eggers
    Location: Vilas
  27. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  28. Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John Lynch
    Location: Beech Creek Bog
  29. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Anita Clemmer
    Location: Brookshire Park--Loop and Greenway
  30. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Corie Latta
    Location: Elk Knob Game Land
  31. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Will Bennett
    Location: Poplar Point
  32. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Will Bennett
    Location: Daniel Boone Native Gardens
  33. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  34. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Gray
    Location: Brookshire Park--Loop and Greenway
  35. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Bush
    Location: 1702 Junaluska Rd, Boone US-NC (36.2342,-81.6898)
  36. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  37. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Gray
    Location: Boone Greenway Trail
  38. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  39. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Debbie Shetterly
    Location: HIdden Forest
  40. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Guy McGrane
    Location: Brookshire Park--Loop and Greenway
  41. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Briana Robinson
    Location: 257 Cameron Terr
  42. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: 15 Flannery Fork Rd, Blowing Rock US-NC 36.17013, -81.68619
  43. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  44. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Janie Wey
    Location: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  45. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Corie Latta
    Location: Elk Knob Game Land
  46. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  47. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Janie Wey
    Location: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  48. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John Lynch
    Location: Beech Creek Bog
  49. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  50. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Bush
    Location: 1702 Junaluska Rd, Boone US-NC (36.2342,-81.6898)
  51. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Gina Diggs
    Location: 7112 Old Watauga River Road, Sugar Grove, North Carolina, US (36.238, -81.826)
  52. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Gray
    Location: Brookshire Park--Loop and Greenway
  53. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  54. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Silas Powell
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  55. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Eggers
    Location: Vilas
  56. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  57. Veery Catharus fuscescens
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  58. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Bush
    Location: 1702 Junaluska Rd, Boone US-NC (36.2342,-81.6898)
  59. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Corey
    Location: Beech Creek Slopes
  60. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  61. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  62. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Herman van Werkhoven
    Location: 1855 Blowing Rock Road, Boone, North Carolina, US (36.199, -81.656)
  63. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  64. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Corie Latta
    Location: Elk Knob Game Land
  65. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  66. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: John Lynch
    Location: Beech Creek Bog
  67. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  68. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  69. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  70. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: don woodruff
    Location: 28607, Boone US-NC 36.22929, -81.63799
  71. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Karen & John McFarland
    Location: Brookshire Park--Loop and Greenway
  72. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Guy McGrane
    Location: Brookshire Park--Loop and Greenway
  73. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Guy McGrane
    Location: Brookshire Park--Loop and Greenway
  74. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: David Gravermoen
    Location: Broyhill Park
  75. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Corie Latta
    Location: Elk Knob Game Land
  76. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ellen Miller
    Location: Blue Ridge Pkwy, Blowing Rock US-NC 36.15333, -81.66723
  77. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  78. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Hays
    Location: Elk Knob Game Land
  79. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Janie Wey
    Location: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  80. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  81. Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  82. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Gray
    Location: Boone Greenway Trail
  83. Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ellen Miller
    Location: Blue Ridge Pkwy, Blowing Rock US-NC 36.15333, -81.66723
  84. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  85. Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  86. Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Laurent
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  87. Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  88. Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  89. Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Clive Dsouza
    Location: Boone Greenway--Created Wetland
  90. Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Silas Powell
    Location: Valle Crucis Community Park
  91. Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Corey
    Location: Beech Creek Slopes
  92. Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  93. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  94. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: sheryl mcnair
    Location: *Moses Cone Memorial Park--Trout Lake
  95. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John Lynch
    Location: Beech Creek Bog
  96. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Gray
    Location: Boone Greenway Trail

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gina Diggs
    Location: 7112 Old Watauga River Road, Sugar Grove, North Carolina, US (36.238, -81.826)

Additional Taxa (1)

  1. woodpecker sp. Picidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Bush
    Location: 1702 Junaluska Rd, Boone US-NC (36.2342,-81.6898)