Table 4 (concluded) 



Guild and species 



Abundance 



Diet 



Residency status in N.C. 



Horned Grebe 



(Podiceps auritus) 

 Pied-billed Grebe 



(Podilymbus podiceps) 

 Double-crested Cormorant 



(Phalacrocorax auritus) 

 Whistling Swan 



(Olor columbianus) 

 Canada Goose 



(Branta canadensis) 

 Brant (Black Brant) 



(Branta bemicla) 

 Snow Goose 



(Chen caerulescens) 

 Black Duck 



(Anas rubripes) 

 Redhead 



(Aythya americana) 

 Canvasback 



(Aythya valisineria) 

 Greater Scaup 



(Aythya marila) 

 Lesser Scaup 



(Aythya affinis) 

 Common Goldeneye 



(Bucephala clangula) 

 Bufflehead 



(Bucephala albeola) 

 White-winged Scoter 



(Melanitta fusca) 

 Surf Scoter 



(Melanitta perspicillata) 



Common Scoter (Black Scoter) 



(Melanitta nigra) 

 Ruddy Duck 



(Oxyura jamaicensis) 

 Red-breasted Merganser 



(Mergus serrator) 

 Hooded Merganser 



(Lophodytes cucullatus) 



6) BIRDS OF PREY 

 Osprey 



(Pandion haliaetus) 

 Bald Eagle 



(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 

 Marsh Hawk 



(Circus cyaneus) 

 Short-eared Owl 



(Asia flammeus) 

 Bam Owl 



(Tyto alba) 



FC 



FC 



U 



C (north of 

 Cape Hatteras) 

 FC (only near 

 Ocracoke Inlet) 

 C (around 

 Bodie Island) 

 FC 



U (C in Core 

 Sound) 

 U (Cin 



Pamlico River) 

 U 



FC (C in 

 Neuse River) 

 U 



FC 



U (north of 

 Cape Hatteras) 

 FC (C in Neuse 

 River and 

 Pamlico Sound) 

 C 



C (Neuse River, 

 Core Sound) 

 C 



FC 



U 

 R 

 FC 



U 



u 



Fishes 



Fishes 



Fishes 



Herbivorous-omnivorous 



Herbivorous-omnivorous 



Benthic macro-algae, 



seagrass 



Herbivorous-omnivorous 



Benthic mud flat algae, 



invertebrates 



Herbivorous-omnivorous 



Algae, invertebrates 



Predominantly molluscs 



Predominantly molluscs 



Predominantly molluscs 



Predominantly molluscs 



Predominandy molluscs 



Predominantly molluscs 



Predominantly molluscs 



Molluscs and other 



invertebrates 



Baitfishes 



Baitfishes 



Large fishes 

 Large fishes 

 Rodents, birds 

 Rodents, perhaps birds 

 Rodents, perhaps birds 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 

 (few summer) 

 Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 



Winter resident 

 Winter resident 

 Winter resident 

 Winter resident 



Summer resident 

 Winter resident 

 Winter resident 

 Winter resident 

 Winter resident 



Data for this list were assembled from Harper (1914), Simpson (1940), Pearson et al. (1942), Funderburg and Quay (1959), Palmer (1962), 

 Robbins et al. (1966), Parnell and Soots (1978), Zingmark (1978), personal observations, and (predominantly) from John Fussell, Ill's ob- 

 servations. 



Abundance categories: R = rare, U = uncommon, FC = fairly common, C = common. If abundance changes during period of presence in 

 North Carolina season is given in parentheses. 



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