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Locations where Golden-crowned Kinglet has been recently reported in North Carolina

Only the most recent report per location is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 16

XGolden-crowned Kinglet ✓Great Smoky Mountains NP--Clingmans Dome (North Carolina)
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Grandfather Mountain--Swinging Bridge
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Great Smoky Mountains NP--Spruce-Fir Trail
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Unnamed Trail, Roseboro Road

May 15

1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Brushy Face Preserve
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Heintooga Ridge Rd.
5Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Highlands Biological Station

May 14

4Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Mount Mitchell SP--Summit Area
XGolden-crowned Kinglet ✓Tate-Evans Park (Banner Elk)
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Plank Road Gap Highpoint

May 13

1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Bent Creek to Mt. Pisgah
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Great Smoky Mountains NP--Flat Creek Trail
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Great Smoky Mountains NP--Appalachian Trail (Newfound Gap--Boulevard Trail)

May 12

1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Glen Falls Trail, Highlands US-NC 35.03120, -83.23770
13Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Mount Mitchell SP
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Grandfather Mountain--Nature Museum
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Grandfather Mountain SP--Daniel Boone Scout Trail (Tanawha Trail Access)
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Waterrock Knob
17Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Noland Divide Trail, Clingmans Dome Rd to Upper Sassafras Gap,Bryson City US-NC 35.56728, -83.48162
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Pisgah NF--Black Balsam Knob
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Pisgah NF--Black Balsam Knob Rd.
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Nantahala NF--Cliffside Lake Recreation Area

May 11

1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Moore's Spring Rd.
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Moses H. Cone Memorial Park--Bass Lake
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Mount Mitchell SP--Commissary Trail
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Road Opposite Nature Museum.
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Great Smoky Mountains NP--Balsam Mountain Campground
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Grandfather and Underwood Trails
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Bearpen Gap
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Pines Recreation Area
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Art Loeb to Cold Mountain
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Overmountain Victory Trail — Yellow Mountain
7Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Grandfather Mountain - Grandfather Trail
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓The Tree House
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Jackson County, North Carolina, US
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Boogerman Trail
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Rough Ridge
8Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Daniel Boone Scout Trail, Banner Elk, North Carolina, US (36.11, -81.798)
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Cashiers Lake
10Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Grandfather Mtn Boone Scout Trail from Boone Fork Parking Area
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Beetree Gap
19Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Grandfather Mountain SP--Profile Trail

May 10

6Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Bald Knob Ridge Trail
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Beacon Heights
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Pisgah NF--Carvers Gap
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓Land Harbor Lake