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Chapel Hill Bird Club Weekly Frequency. Checklist <br />ver. 2002.1.0 v <br />Sigh nngs from i975- 312002 from Chatham, Durham, and Urange Counties, NC:, plus areas of Palls Lake in Granville and Wake Counties. 326 species. <br />January <br />Februaryl <br />March <br />Aril I <br />May <br />June <br />July <br />August <br />Set <br />October <br />Nov I <br />Dee <br />D -e "Slate - colored" Junco <br />a a a a <br />a a a a <br />a a c c <br />fc u o r <br />r <br />75 -100% <br />20 -50 <br />usually present and seen most days inappropriate habitat <br />uncommon <br />o u fc c <br />a a a a <br />a a a a <br />Dark -eyed "Oregon" Junco <br />occasional <br />0 <br />25 -75% <br />1 -5 <br />usually present but not seen most weeks <br />rare <br />r <br />10 -50% <br /><1 <br />may be present but not detected most years <br />very rare <br />x <br />D -e "Pink- sided" Junco <br /><1 <br />x <br />accidental <br />x <br /><5% <br /><I <br />five or fewer reports in 25 years/temporally isolated reports <br />Lapland Longspur <br />x <br />VI <br />yr yr <br />Smith's Long spur <br />x <br />Snow Bunting <br />yr yr <br />yr VI <br />yr yr yr vi <br />yr yr yr vi <br />Northern Cardinal* <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c -c c c <br />c c c c <br />Rose - breasted Grosbeak <br />r o u <br />u o <br />r o u u <br />u o r r <br />yr yr <br />Blue Grosbeak* <br />yr <br />yr yr yr vi <br />yr r u c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />fc fc fc fc <br />fe fc fc fc <br />fe u o r <br />yr yr yr vi <br />yr yr yr VI <br />Indigo Bunting* <br />yr yr v <br />yr r u c <br />Ic c c c <br />c c c c <br />Ic c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />Ifi; u o r <br />Dickcissel* <br />x <br />yr yr yr vt <br />yr yr yr VI <br />yr yr yr <br />x <br />Bobolink <br />u <br />fcor <br />x <br />r o <br />o o o o <br />o r r <br />Red - winged Blackbird* <br />a a a a <br />a a a a <br />a a a a <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c e <br />a a a a <br />a a a a <br />Eastern Meadowlark* <br />fc fe fc fc <br />fe fc fe fc <br />fc fc fc fc <br />fc fc fc fc <br />fe fc fe fc <br />fc fc fc fc <br />fe fc fc fc <br />fc fc fc fc <br />fc fc fc fc <br />fc fc fc fc <br />fc fc fc f <br />fc fc fc fc <br />Yellow- headed Blackbird <br />x <br />x <br />Rusty Blackbird <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />o o o o <br />o r <br />r <br />r o u u <br />u u u u <br />Brewer's Blackbird <br />yr yr yr <br />yr yr vi <br />x <br />yr yr vi <br />yr yr yr vr <br />Common Grackle* <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c e c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />Brown- headed Cowbird* <br />fc fe fc fe <br />fe fc fe fc <br />fe fe fc fc <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />fc fe fc fe <br />fe fe fe fe <br />fe fe fc fc <br />fe fc fc fc <br />fe fc fe fc <br />fe fe fe fc <br />Orchard Oriole* <br />yr yr <br />r u u <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />o o o 0 <br />o o o o <br />o o r <br />Baltimore Oriole <br />r r r r <br />r <br />r r <br />r r o u <br />o r yr vt <br />yr yr <br />r o <br />u u o o <br />o r r r <br />r r r r <br />r r r r <br />Pine Grosbeak <br />x <br />Purple Finch <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />u u o o <br />r r <br />x <br />r r <br />r o 0 o <br />o o u u <br />u fe fc fc <br />House Finch* <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c e c c <br />c c e c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />Red Crossbill <br />yr yr yr vi <br />yr yr yr vi <br />x <br />x <br />x x <br />vi <br />White- winged Crossbill <br />x <br />x <br />Common Redpoll <br />yr yr yr vi <br />yr <br />yr vi <br />yr yr yr vi <br />Pine Siskin <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />u u o o <br />o r r r <br />r <br />r r o <br />o u u u <br />u u u u <br />American Goldfinch* <br />c c c o <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c e c <br />c c c c <br />e c c c <br />c c c c <br />Evening Grosbeak <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />u u u u <br />u u u o <br />o r r r <br />yr yr <br />Ir yr yr y <br />r o o u <br />u u u u <br />House Sparrow* <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c ccc <br />c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />c c c c <br />Sigh nngs from i975- 312002 from Chatham, Durham, and Urange Counties, NC:, plus areas of Palls Lake in Granville and Wake Counties. 326 species. <br />Compiled by Will Cook (cwcook@duke.edu) from sightings published in The Chat and The Bulletin (CHBC) and posted on Carolinabirds. <br />code <br />count freq <br />count avg <br />description <br />abundant <br />a <br />100% <br />>500 <br />always present and easy to find in large numbers * breeding species <br />common <br />c <br />90 -100% <br />50 -500 <br />always present and easy to find in appropriate habitat " suspected breeding sp. <br />fairly common <br />fc <br />75 -100% <br />20 -50 <br />usually present and seen most days inappropriate habitat <br />uncommon <br />u <br />50 -100% <br />5 -20 <br />usually present but not seen most days <br />occasional <br />0 <br />25 -75% <br />1 -5 <br />usually present but not seen most weeks <br />rare <br />r <br />10 -50% <br /><1 <br />may be present but not detected most years <br />very rare <br />yr <br />5 -10% <br /><1 <br />not present most years <br />accidental <br />x <br /><5% <br /><I <br />five or fewer reports in 25 years/temporally isolated reports <br />C -5 <br />