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Locations where Chipping Sparrow has been recently reported in North Carolina

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

August 23

1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home Moore Rouse
4Chipping Sparrow ✓casa
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Riverwalk Pointe, North Carolina, US (34.179, -77.992)
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Rybczynski Home Cary US-NC (35.7532,-78.7722)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Private Property off Hedgepeth Rd.
5Chipping Sparrow ✓Windy Ridge, Foxfire US-NC (private)
2Chipping Sparrow ✓2602 Newkirk Avenue, Wilmington, North Carolina, US (34.193, -77.923)
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Goldsboro Wastewater Treatment Plant
4Chipping Sparrow ✓Bradford Creek Soccer Complex, Greenville, North Carolina, US (35.617, -77.304)
2Chipping Sparrow ✓William B. Umstead State Park, Raleigh US-NC (35.8366,-78.7600) Company Mill Trail
8Chipping Sparrow ✓Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Brumley Nature Preserve--North
5Chipping Sparrow ✓C.G. Hill Memorial Park, Pfafftown US-NC 36.16998, -80.37604
6Chipping Sparrow ✓Lookout Loop, Raleigh, NC
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Baldwin Rd. (Guilford Co.)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Schenck Forest
6Chipping Sparrow ✓710 Bluebird Trail, Durham US-NC 36.00595, -79.02834
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Latta Nature Preserve--Waterfront
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Little Tennessee River Greenway--Macon County Library to Nonah Bridge
11Chipping Sparrow ✓Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY
2Chipping Sparrow ✓9 Hawthorne Dr, Durham US-NC 36.04678, -78.96591
1Chipping Sparrow ✓North Carolina Botanical Garden
2Chipping Sparrow ✓ILM Observation Area
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Pilot Mountain SP--Little Pinnacle Overlook
1Chipping Sparrow ✓222 Phelps Rd, Franklinton US-NC 36.09234, -78.36139
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Pinehurst Lake
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home
11Chipping Sparrow ✓Mead Melian
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Shirby Home
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Historic Bethabara Park--Lower Trails
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Kerr Scott Lake - Smithey’s Creek Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓19 Clover Hill Pl, Durham US-NC 36.07546, -78.95059
2Chipping Sparrow ✓1266 McCoy Road, Reidsville, North Carolina, US (36.297, -79.707)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Lake Reidsville
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Long Wood Drive
5Chipping Sparrow ✓Biltmore Estate--Deer Park River Trail
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Dorothea Dix Park
5Chipping Sparrow ✓River Home
6Chipping Sparrow ✓Halcyon Drive and Maples Rd
5Chipping Sparrow ✓Lake Norman - Little Creek Arm
2Chipping Sparrow ✓200 4th Street Southwest, Catawba, North Carolina, US (35.702, -81.085)F k
3Chipping Sparrow ✓White Deer Park
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Hickory Nut Gap Farm
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Flat Top Mountain
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Blue Jay Point County Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Guilford County Farm/Howerton Rd. (Guilford Co.)
3Chipping Sparrow ✓GUC-WWTP
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Raleigh private residence
7Chipping Sparrow ✓Mackay Island NWR
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Alton King Road--Field and Ponds
2Chipping Sparrow ✓27023, Lewisville US-NC 36.08173, -80.51180
2Chipping Sparrow ✓1160 monticello drive
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Crabtree Creek Greenway
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Sim Daniel Rd.
5Chipping Sparrow ✓Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek
21Chipping Sparrow ✓121 Kintyre Drive, Clayton, North Carolina, US (35.568, -78.527)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Sandy Creek Park
XChipping Sparrow ✓560 Judson Church Road, Fayetteville, North Carolina, US (35.011, -78.816)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Ecusta Pond (private)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Dehart Botanical Gardens
1Chipping SparrowHatteras Point
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Crabtree Creek Watershed
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Brian P's Yard (Private)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Mountain Falls Retreat, 78 Upper Tanglewood Rd, Lake Toxaway, NC 28747
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home NC

August 22

1Chipping Sparrow ✓2440 Cimarron Circle, Midland, North Carolina, US (35.239, -80.529)
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Cane Creek Reservoir (Restricted Access)
16Chipping Sparrow ✓Talley Woodland Park
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access
1Chipping Sparrow ✓5341 Covington Cross Dr, Knightdale US-NC 35.76552, -78.45574
3Chipping Sparrow ✓1085 Norris Road
12Chipping Sparrow ✓Chimney Rock SP
4Chipping Sparrow ✓NC Backyard
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Fisher Farm Park
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Pocosin Lakes NWR--Pungo Unit
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Hugh MacRae Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓NC Academy Volleyball
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Rivermont Road
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Boan Residence
1Chipping Sparrow ✓148 Queen Annes Court, Oriental, North Carolina, US (35.035, -76.721)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Mutt Winstead Tree Farm & Fields
3Chipping Sparrow ✓My Home 🏡
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Private Hunting Country Rd, Tryon US-NC 35.20366, -82.17618
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Foxwood Drive (Beegle's yard) (35.8893402, -78.6553067)
4Chipping Sparrow ✓Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway
2Chipping Sparrow ✓210 Phelps Rd, Franklinton US-NC 36.09299, -78.36155
1Chipping Sparrow ✓314 John Cline Rd, Cherryville US-NC 35.31314, -81.45484
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Parkwood Lake
1Chipping Sparrow ✓29312 Bobcat Road, Albemarle, North Carolina, US (35.35, -80.241)
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Crystal Lake
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Hayes Historical Site Edenton NC
4Chipping Sparrow ✓Ferguson Fields (Kituwah Farm)
9Chipping Sparrow ✓Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd (general area)
9Chipping Sparrow ✓The Barn
1Chipping Sparrow ✓LPP (Private) (35,463, -80,224)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓City Lake (Albemarle)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Biltmore Estate
14Chipping Sparrow ✓Hilltop Needmore Park--North
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home -- Stoneridge/Sedgefield - Orange Co. NC
5Chipping Sparrow ✓1160 monticello drive
10Chipping Sparrow ✓Carl Alwin Schenck Memorial Forest, Raleigh US-NC 35.81595, -78.72257
2Chipping Sparrow ✓159 Southern Magnolia Ln, Wallace, North Carolina, US (34.758, -77.941)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓yard US-North Carolina-Hillsborough-2304 Old Oak Place - 36.052x-79.067
1Chipping Sparrow ✓***Home - 232 Buffalo Church Rd
10Chipping Sparrow ✓Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Lake Norman, Lincoln County
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home
1Chipping Sparrow ✓River Bend
XChipping Sparrow ✓Rock Hill Rd
4Chipping Sparrow ✓Home Feeders - Parkwood Durham NC

August 21

1Chipping Sparrow ✓Severin Street - my yard
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Mid Pines Rd.
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Lake Norman--Energy Explorium viewing area
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Vandemark Farms
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Fox Court, Cary
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Carolina preserve
1Chipping Sparrow ✓FARM - CHILDRESS RD
1Chipping Sparrow ✓FARM-CHILDRESS RD.
17Chipping Sparrow ✓Mingo Creek Trail
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Pisgah NF--NC Arboretum
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Cedar Fork District Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓5515 S Roxboro St, Durham US-NC 35.92670, -78.95316
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Yates Mill County Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Private Residence, Leicester US-NC 35.61582, -82.72101
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Stowe
11Chipping Sparrow ✓East Piney Mountain Road
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Bennett Place State Historic Site
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Ray's Mill Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓HWB
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Kevin Lofton Riverfront Park
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Jordan Game Land--Northeast Creek Marsh & Seasonal Mudflats
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve--Boyd Tract
1Chipping Sparrow ✓JG
2Chipping Sparrow ✓101 Earnscliff Court, Cary, North Carolina, US (35.792, -78.876)
7Chipping Sparrow ✓Palmerville Picnic & Boating Access
10Chipping Sparrow ✓221 Prescott Drive, Durham, North Carolina, US
1Chipping Sparrow ✓277 Springhill Lane, Garner, North Carolina, US (35.616, -78.583)

August 20

1Chipping Sparrow ✓Pond at Riverwood (35.693, -78.432)
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Home
20Chipping Sparrow ✓265 Valhalla Rd, Southern Pines US-NC 35.15254, -79.35980
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home
2Chipping Sparrow ✓804 Ancient Oaks Dr, Holly Springs US-NC 35.66108, -78.88617
1Chipping Sparrow ✓1501 Highwoods Blvd, Greensboro US-NC (36.1096,-79.8815)
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Home 35.828200 -82.341060
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Clairway Neighborhood
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Mountains to Sea Trail, Sparta US-NC 36.43092, -81.18086
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Chasewood
2Chipping Sparrow ✓NC 35.76612, -78.86548
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Forest Ridge(private residence)
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Smith Creek Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Flat Rock
1Chipping Sparrow ✓HOME: 2404 Bristers Spring Way, Apex, North Carolina, US (35.754, -78.883)
2Chipping Sparrow ✓909 Tanglewood Dr, Cary US-NC (35.7716,-78.7685)
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Blue Ridge Pkwy--Bluff Mountain Overlook
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Biltmore Estate--The Lagoon
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Kendal’s path to Bolin Creek
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Baileywick Road Park
5Chipping Sparrow ✓Riverview Road
2Chipping Sparrow ✓148 Queen Annes Court, Oriental, NC, (35.035, -76.721)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Pilot Mountain SP--Grassy Ridge Trail
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Lake Johnson Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓*Yard List

August 19

2Chipping Sparrow ✓Oddie Farms Sunflower Fields area: Oddie, Stokes Ferry and fish pond Roads
1Chipping Sparrow ✓1111 Grogans Mill Dr, Cary US-NC 35.80714, -78.90868
4Chipping Sparrow ✓4185 Big Piney Grove Road, Clinton, North Carolina, US (34.898, -78.406)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, US (35.132, -80.77)
3Chipping Sparrow ✓28562, New Bern, NC (Private)
2Chipping Sparrow ✓1842 Smith Road, Oak City, North Carolina, US (36, -77.343) Mayer Swamp That Feeds The Conoho Swamp
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Baird Drive*
2Chipping Sparrow ✓9900 Belt Road, Midland, North Carolina, US (35.211, -80.563)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Bentonville Battlefield SHS--Cole Plantation
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Biltmore Estate--Deer Park Area
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Bond Park
6Chipping Sparrow ✓Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.
11Chipping Sparrow ✓Valle Crucis Community Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Jackson Park, Hendersonville US-NC 35.31842, -82.44964
4Chipping Sparrow ✓Jackson Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓396 Browntown Rd, Leicester US-NC 35.61577, -82.72103
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Brevard Hike & Bike Path--Hospital Fields
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Lake Julian Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓939 Carolina Avenue North, Statesville, North Carolina, US (35.806, -80.877)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Home
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Pineview Drive/Swift Drive neighborhood
1Chipping Sparrow ✓1160 monticello dr
7Chipping Sparrow ✓Home

August 18

1Chipping Sparrow ✓910 Alden Bridge Dr, Cary US-NC 35.81340, -78.91075
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Kilmarlic Golf Club
1Chipping Sparrow ✓The Coop
1Chipping Sparrow ✓stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓1316 Champion Dr, Wake Forest US-NC 36.06973, -78.57726
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Small roadside pond (private residence but can be viewed from public road)
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Meadowlands Golf Club
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Surry County Rest Area/Welcome Center (I-77 Southbound)
4Chipping Sparrow ✓Lake Thom-A-Lex Park
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Occoneechee Mt. State Natural Area
1Chipping Sparrow ✓222 Phelps Rd, Franklinton US-NC 36.09228, -78.36174
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Tanawha Trail at Holloway Mountain Road
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Neuse River Trail, Raleigh US-NC
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Boone Greenway--Created Wetland
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Cliffs of the Neuse State Park
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Brevard College--East End Walk
7Chipping Sparrow ✓Horton Grove Nature Preserve
18Chipping Sparrow ✓Falls Lake--Rolling View
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Freedom Park - Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Garden
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Thousand Trails Lake Gaston campground: 27850, Littleton US-NC 36.48120, -77.91985
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Cowan’s Ford Area Lincoln County
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Howard's Home
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Heathbrook Cir neighborhood , Asheville US-NC (35.4838,-82.5499)
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Ayr Mount Plantation
XChipping Sparrow ✓200 4th Street Southwest, Catawba, North Carolina, US (35.702, -81.085)
9Chipping Sparrow ✓V.E. and Lydia H. Owens Recreational Park
3Chipping Sparrow ✓1065 Beatrice Drive, King, North Carolina, US (36.295, -80.296)
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Mason Farm Biological Reserve
5Chipping Sparrow ✓Zion Church Road
4Chipping Sparrow ✓Home

August 17

1Chipping Sparrow ✓USA Home
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Parks-Williams Athletic Complex
1Chipping Sparrow ✓1160 monticello dr.
3Chipping Sparrow ✓Mattamuskeet NWR
4Chipping Sparrow ✓Green Hill Cemetery
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
1Chipping Sparrow ✓North Fork New River Ashe NC
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Jack Warren Park
2Chipping Sparrow ✓Sherwood Forest Golf Course
1Chipping Sparrow ✓100 Deer Mountain Rd, Pittsboro US-NC 35.86160, -79.17614
2Chipping Sparrow ✓1155 Soquili Dr, Brevard US-NC 35.13904, -82.71753
1Chipping Sparrow ✓Indian Peaks
XChipping Sparrow ✓200 4th Street Southwest, Catawba, North Carolina, US (35.702, -81.084)