Mecklenburg Co. (NC) 2011-2013
Species Info
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currently sorted by: species, alphabetic |
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| Species | Alpha Code* | Safe date start** | Safe date end | Habitat |
| Acadian Flycatcher | ACFL | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Bottomland forest, forested floodplain and stream edges |
| Alder Flycatcher | ALFL | / | / | |
| American Bittern | AMBI | / | / | |
| American Black Duck | ABDU | / | / | |
| American Coot | AMCO | / | / | |
| American Crow | AMCR | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Conifers in forested areas, woodlots, yards, parks |
| American Golden-Plover | AMGP | / | / | |
| American Goldfinch | AMGO | 6 / 1 | 8 / 30 | Forest edge, copses, brushy areas, residential areas |
| American Kestrel | AMKE | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open country, scattered trees, edge, nest boxes |
| American Pipit | AMPI | / | / | |
| American Redstart | AMRE | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Secondary forest, copses |
| American Robin | AMRO | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Almost anywhere except the most open habitats |
| American White Pelican | AWPE | / | / | |
| American Wigeon | AMWI | / | / | |
| American Woodcock | AMWO | 1 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Forest edges, wet fields |
| Anhinga | ANHI | / | / | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | ANHU | / | / | |
| Bachman's Sparrow | BACS | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open, park-like pine stands with grassy ground cover maintained by fire |
| Baird's Sandpiper | BASA | / | / | |
| Bald Eagle | BAEA | 1 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Tall trees along large lake and river margins |
| Baltimore Oriole | BAOR | / | / | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | BTPI | / | / | |
| Bank Swallow | BANS | / | / | |
| Barn Owl | BANO | 1 / 1 | 12 / 31 | Farm barns, silos, out buildings near large open habitats |
| Barn Swallow | BARS | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Structures - eves of barns, garages, sheds, bridges |
| Barred Owl | BADO | 12 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Moist woods, wooded swamps, bottomlands |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | BBWA | / | / | |
| Belted Kingfisher | BEKI | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Stream, river, or lake shore with banks |
| Bewick's Wren | BEWR | / | / | |
| Black Rail | BLRA | / | / | |
| Black Scoter | BLSC | / | / | |
| Black Skimmer | BLSK | / | / | |
| Black Tern | BLTE | / | / | |
| Black Vulture | BLVU | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Woods, rocky outcrops, abandoned buildings |
| Black-and-white Warbler | BAWW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Primarily deciduous forest |
| Black-bellied Plover | BBPL | / | / | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | BBCU | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Forested habitats, edge |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | BCHU | / | / | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | BCNH | / | / | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | BTBW | / | / | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | BTNW | / | / | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | BLBW | / | / | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | BLPW | / | / | |
| Blue Grosbeak | BLGR | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy habitats, woodland edge, fields, pastures, overgrown fields, utility corridors |
| Blue Jay | BLJA | 5 / 15 | 7 / 15 | Varied; most forest types, thickets, yards, parks |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | BGGN | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wooded edges along ponds, rivers, streams, swamps |
| Blue-headed Vireo | BHVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature coniferous or mixed pine-hardwood forests |
| Blue-winged Teal | BWTE | / | / | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | BWWA | / | / | |
| Bobolink | BOBO | / | / | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | BOGU | / | / | |
| Brewer's Blackbird | BRBL | / | / | |
| Bridled Tern | BRTE | / | / | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | BWHA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature mixed woodlands |
| Brown Creeper | BRCR | / | / | |
| Brown Noddy | BRNO | / | / | |
| Brown Pelican | BRPE | / | / | |
| Brown Thrasher | BRTH | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Dry second-growth; powerlines, overgrown pastures, thickets |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | BHCO | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Virtually all habitats |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | BHNU | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Natural or artificial nest cavities in open pine woods |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | BBSA | / | / | |
| Bufflehead | BUFF | / | / | |
| Cackling Goose | CACG | / | / | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | CAHU | / | / | |
| Canada Goose | CANG | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Parks, golf courses, lawns, ponds, lakes, rivers |
| Canada Warbler | CAWA | / | / | |
| Canvasback | CANV | / | / | |
| Cape May Warbler | CMWA | / | / | |
| Carolina Chickadee | CACH | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Woodlands, orchards, shade trees, yards, and city parks |
| Carolina Wren | CARW | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Wet woods, stream edges, thickets, brush piles suburban yards |
| Caspian Tern | CATE | / | / | |
| Cattle Egret | CAEG | / | / | |
| Cedar Waxwing | CEDW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Second-growth forests, parks, margins of waterways |
| Cerulean Warbler | CERW | / | / | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | CSWA | / | / | |
| Chimney Swift | CHSW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Urban chimneys |
| Chipping Sparrow | CHSP | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open mixed forest, suburbs, parks, cemeteries |
| Chuck-will's-widow | CWWI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open oak woodlands |
| Clapper Rail | CLRA | / | / | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | CCSP | / | / | |
| Cliff Swallow | CLSW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Eves and sides of bridges |
| Common Goldeneye | COGO | / | / | |
| Common Grackle | COGR | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wide variety of urban and rural habitats |
| Common Ground-Dove | COGD | / | / | |
| Common Loon | COLO | / | / | |
| Common Merganser | COME | / | / | |
| Common Moorhen | COMO | / | / | |
| Common Nighthawk | CONI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Tops of buildings |
| Common Raven | CORA | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Rock ledges in local rock quarry sites |
| Common Redpoll | CORE | / | / | |
| Common Tern | COTE | / | / | |
| Common Yellowthroat | COYE | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy areas, thickets, powerline cuts, preferably wet |
| Connecticut Warbler | CONW | / | / | |
| Cooper's Hawk | COHA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mixed woodlands, groves, copses |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored Junco) | SCJU | / | / | |
| Dickcissel | DICK | / | / | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | DCCO | / | / | |
| Downy Woodpecker | DOWO | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Forests, copses, suburbs |
| Dunlin | DUNL | / | / | |
| Eared Grebe | EAGR | / | / | |
| Eastern Bluebird | EABL | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Natural or artificial nest cavities in fields with scattered trees |
| Eastern Kingbird | EAKI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open habitats, including edge, copses, often near water |
| Eastern Meadowlark | EAME | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Extensive grasslands, hayfields, possibly airport areas |
| Eastern Phoebe | EAPH | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Ledges, bridges, porch sills, etc. usually near water |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | EASO | 12 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Cavities in open deciduous forests, woodlots, residential areas |
| Eastern Towhee | EATO | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Dry, open forest, edge, brushy habitats including thickets and utility corridors |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | EAWP | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature forest |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | EUCD | 1 / 1 | 12 / 31 | Buildings, bridges, towers in urban areas, farms |
| European Starling | EUST | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Everywhere except remote rural areas |
| Evening Grosbeak | EVGR | / | / | |
| Field Sparrow | FISP | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy areas, weedy fields, utility corridors |
| Fish Crow | FICR | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mixed woods, woodlots, yards, parks |
| Forster's Tern | FOTE | / | / | |
| Fox Sparrow | FOSP | / | / | |
| Franklin's Gull | FRGU | / | / | |
| Gadwall | GADW | / | / | |
| Glossy Ibis | GLIB | / | / | |
| Golden Eagle | GOEA | / | / | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | GCKI | / | / | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | GWWA | / | / | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | GRSP | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Grasslands, hayfields, possibly airport areas |
| Gray Catbird | GRCA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Dense tangles and thickets |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | GCTH | / | / | |
| Great Blue Heron | GBHE | 1 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, beaver ponds, river islands |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | GCFL | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature forest edge, nest boxes |
| Great Egret | GREG | / | / | |
| Great Horned Owl | GHOW | 12 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Wide variety of habitats from forest to farmland |
| Greater Scaup | GRSC | / | / | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | GRYE | / | / | |
| Green Heron | GRHE | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Woody growth near marshes or open water |
| Green-winged Teal | AGWT | / | / | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | HAWO | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Forests |
| Henslow's Sparrow | HESP | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Weedy fields, wet meadows |
| Hermit Thrush | HETH | / | / | |
| Herring Gull | HERG | / | / | |
| Hooded Merganser | HOME | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, marshes, streams, rivers |
| Hooded Warbler | HOWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Moist thickets in woodlands |
| Horned Grebe | HOGR | / | / | |
| Horned Lark | HOLA | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Abandoned agricultural fields, sparsely vegetated areas, airports |
| House Finch | HOFI | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Scattered trees, especially conifers - usually in residential areas |
| House Sparrow | HOSP | 1 / 1 | 12 / 31 | Residential areas, farms |
| House Wren | HOWR | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open forests, wood edges, farms, suburbs, parks |
| Indigo Bunting | INBU | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy habitats including forest edge, overgrown fields, utility corridors |
| Kentucky Warbler | KEWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wet thickets, dense understory in moist or wet deciduous forest bottomlands |
| Killdeer | KILL | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open, sparsely vegetated areas; flat rooftops |
| King Rail | KIRA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Reedy ponds, or marshes |
| Kirtland's Warbler | KIWA | / | / | |
| Lapland Longspur | LALO | / | / | |
| Lark Sparrow | LASP | / | / | |
| Laughing Gull | LAGU | / | / | |
| Le Conte's Sparrow | LCSP | / | / | |
| Least Bittern | LEBI | / | / | |
| Least Flycatcher | LEFL | / | / | |
| Least Sandpiper | LESA | / | / | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | LBBG | / | / | |
| Lesser Scaup | LESC | / | / | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | LEYE | / | / | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | LISP | / | / | |
| Little Blue Heron | LBHE | / | / | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | LOSH | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Farmland and other open habitats |
| Long-tailed Duck | LTDU | / | / | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | LTJA | / | / | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | LOWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Rocky streams in forest areas |
| Magnolia Warbler | MAWA | / | / | |
| Mallard | MALL | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | All wetlands and adjacent yards, etc. |
| Marbled Godwit | MAGO | / | / | |
| Marsh Wren | MAWR | / | / | |
| Merlin | MERL | / | / | |
| Mississippi Kite | MIKI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Tall trees along stream bottomland |
| Mourning Dove | MODO | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Suburbs, woodlots, farmlands |
| Mourning Warbler | MOWA | / | / | |
| Nashville Warbler | NAWA | / | / | |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | NSTS | / | / | |
| Northern Bobwhite | NOBO | 3 / 15 | 9 / 30 | Open fields, pastures, scrub |
| Northern Cardinal | NOCA | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Suburban or semi-rural areas; forest edge, woodlots, thickets, parks, gardens |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted Flicker) | YSFL | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Forest, park lands |
| Northern Harrier | NOHA | / | / | |
| Northern Mockingbird | NOMO | 4 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Suburban or semi-rural habitats with thickets, brushy edges |
| Northern Parula | NOPA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Woodlands with Usnea lichen |
| Northern Pintail | NOPI | / | / | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | NRWS | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Often near water, in cavity, pipe, or excavated burrow |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | NSWO | / | / | |
| Northern Shoveler | NSHO | / | / | |
| Northern Waterthrush | NOWA | / | / | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | OSFL | / | / | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | OCWA | / | / | |
| Orchard Oriole | OROR | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open patchy forest, copses, often near river, stream, or pond |
| Osprey | OSPR | 4 / 15 | 7 / 31 | Tall trees or towers along river edges |
| Ovenbird | OVEN | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open forests with little or no understory vegetation and ample lleaf litter |
| Painted Bunting | PABU | / | / | |
| Palm Warbler | PAWA | / | / | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | PAJA | / | / | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | PESA | / | / | |
| Peregrine Falcon | PEFA | / | / | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | PHVI | / | / | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | PBGR | / | / | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | PIWO | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Mature forest, especially bottomlands |
| Pine Siskin | PISI | / | / | |
| Pine Warbler | PIWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Variety of pine forests |
| Piping Plover | PIPL | / | / | |
| Prairie Warbler | PRAW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy fields, powerline cuts, edges |
| Prothonotary Warbler | PROW | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, nest cavities over water |
| Purple Finch | PUFI | / | / | |
| Purple Martin | PUMA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Farms, large yards, and golf courses in artificial nest boxes |
| Red Crossbill | RECR | / | / | |
| Red Knot | REKN | / | / | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | RBWO | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Older-growth forests and wood lots |
| Red-breasted Merganser | RBME | / | / | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | RBNU | / | / | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | REVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mixed and deciduous forests |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | RHWO | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open country with scattered trees |
| Red-necked Grebe | RNGR | / | / | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | RSHA | 3 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wet mixed pine-hardwood forests, swamps |
| Red-tailed Hawk | RTHA | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature woodlands often near edges |
| Red-throated Loon | RTLO | / | / | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | RWBL | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Wide variety of densely vegetated wet habitats |
| Reddish Egret | REEG | / | / | |
| Redhead | REDH | / | / | |
| Ring-billed Gull | RBGU | / | / | |
| Ring-necked Duck | RNDU | / | / | |
| Rock Pigeon | ROPI | 1 / 1 | 12 / 31 | Buildings, bridges, towers in urban areas, farms |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | RBGR | / | / | |
| Ross's Goose | ROGO | / | / | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | RLHA | / | / | |
| Royal Tern | ROYT | / | / | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | RCKI | / | / | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | RTHU | 5 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Open woodland, rural and suburban gardens, edge |
| Ruddy Duck | RUDU | / | / | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | RUTU | / | / | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | RUHU | / | / | |
| Rusty Blackbird | RUBL | / | / | |
| Sabine's Gull | SAGU | / | / | |
| Sanderling | SAND | / | / | |
| Sandhill Crane | SACR | / | / | |
| Savannah Sparrow | SAVS | / | / | |
| Scarlet Tanager | SCTA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature deciduous forests |
| Sedge Wren | SEWR | / | / | |
| Semipalmated Plover | SEPL | / | / | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | SESA | / | / | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | SSHA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Conifers in mature woodlands |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | SBDO | / | / | |
| Short-eared Owl | SEOW | / | / | |
| Snow Goose | SNGO | / | / | |
| Snowy Egret | SNEG | / | / | |
| Snowy Owl | SNOW | / | / | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | SOSA | / | / | |
| Song Sparrow | SOSP | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Forest edge, brushy areas, marsh edges, suburbs |
| Sora | SORA | / | / | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | SPSA | / | / | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | STSA | / | / | |
| Summer Tanager | SUTA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Variety of forests - most often in open pines |
| Surf Scoter | SUSC | / | / | |
| Swainson's Thrush | SWTH | / | / | |
| Swainson's Warbler | SWWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Dense shrub thickets, vine tangles, privet hedges in forest wetlands |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | STKI | / | / | |
| Swamp Sparrow | SWSP | / | / | |
| Tennessee Warbler | TEWA | / | / | |
| Tree Swallow | TRES | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open areas near wetlands, in nest boxes |
| Tricolored Heron | TRHE | / | / | |
| Tufted Titmouse | TUTI | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Deciduous oak forests, riparian woodlands, and residential areas |
| Tundra Swan | TUSW | / | / | |
| Turkey Vulture | TUVU | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Woods, rocky outcrops, abandoned buildings |
| Upland Sandpiper | UPSA | / | / | |
| Veery | VEER | / | / | |
| Vesper Sparrow | VESP | / | / | |
| Virginia Rail | VIRA | / | / | |
| Warbling Vireo | WAVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open groves of deciduous trees often adjacent to rivers |
| Western Grebe | WEGR | / | / | |
| Western Sandpiper | WESA | / | / | |
| Western Tanager | WETA | / | / | |
| Whimbrel | WHIM | / | / | |
| Whip-poor-will | WPWI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Secondary forest, copses, scrub pine-oak, edge |
| White Ibis | WHIB | / | / | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | WBNU | 3 / 1 | 6 / 30 | Deciduous forest |
| White-crowned Sparrow | WCSP | / | / | |
| White-eyed Vireo | WEVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Moist area thickets, tangles of vines, or briers |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | WRSA | / | / | |
| White-throated Sparrow | WTSP | / | / | |
| White-winged Dove | WWDO | / | / | |
| White-winged Scoter | WWSC | / | / | |
| Wild Turkey | WITU | 3 / 15 | 9 / 30 | Mature deciduous woods, edge |
| Willet | WILL | / | / | |
| Willow Flycatcher | WIFL | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Willow shrub swamps |
| Wilson's Phalarope | WIPH | / | / | |
| Wilson's Snipe | WISN | / | / | |
| Wilson's Warbler | WIWA | / | / | |
| Winter Wren | WIWR | / | / | |
| Wood Duck | WODU | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, marshes, streams, rivers |
| Wood Stork | WOST | / | / | |
| Wood Thrush | WOTH | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Mature forest |
| Worm-eating Warbler | WEWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Brushy undergrowth of rocky wooded hillsides and ravines |
| Yellow Rail | YERA | / | / | |
| Yellow Warbler | YWAR | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Marsh margins, wet brushy areas, farmlands |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | YBFL | / | / | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | YBSA | / | / | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | YBCU | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Forested habitats, edge |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | YBCH | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Thickets in fields, pastures, utility corridors |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | YCNH | 4 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Pine trees in older neighborhoods with adjacent streams |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle Warbler) | MYWA | / | / | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | YTVI | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Open deciduous and mixed forest and riparian woodlands |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | YTWA | 5 / 15 | 6 / 30 | Pine woods, or swamps and bottomlands -esp. in conifers |
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* Alpha Codes are also known as 'banding codes' (not AOU codes, which are numeric) ** Safe dates represent a window when a singing male is assumed not to be in migration, and therefore on territory. Some atlases do not use safe dates, because they prefer (given present knowledge) not to assume migration or territorial status of all individuals. Safe dates generally apply to the Possible breeding category only when used. |
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