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Top Birds at Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 175 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade in October. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Great Egret 15.5% 86.9% 71.4%
2   Great Blue Heron 44.8% 81.1% 36.4%
3   Northern Flicker 54.8% 78.3% 23.5%
4   American Crow 68.2% 77.1% 9.0%
5   Carolina Wren 75.3% 74.3% 1.0%
6   Killdeer 24.4% 74.3% 49.9%
7   Blue Jay 70.1% 71.4% 1.4%
8   Carolina Chickadee 70.8% 70.9% 0.1%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 19.9% 68.0% 48.1%
10   Northern Cardinal 72.2% 66.9% 5.3%
11   Red-bellied Woodpecker 69.0% 64.6% 4.4%
12   Eastern Bluebird 53.8% 64.6% 10.8%
13   Tufted Titmouse 65.3% 63.4% 1.8%
14   Eastern Phoebe 56.3% 60.6% 4.3%
15   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.0% 57.7% 56.7%
16   Downy Woodpecker 57.8% 54.9% 3.0%
17   Belted Kingfisher 30.5% 50.9% 20.4%
18   Palm Warbler 18.6% 49.7% 31.1%
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.5% 48.6% 15.0%
20   Northern Mockingbird 41.2% 46.9% 5.6%
21   Red-shouldered Hawk 35.3% 46.3% 11.0%
22   Turkey Vulture 43.6% 44.6% 1.0%
23   Song Sparrow 35.7% 42.9% 7.1%
24   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.7% 42.9% 8.2%
25   Fish Crow 16.0% 42.3% 26.3%
26   Brown Thrasher 32.0% 41.1% 9.1%
27   Least Sandpiper 1.6% 40.0% 38.4%
28   Pileated Woodpecker 21.2% 37.7% 16.5%
29   Greater Yellowlegs 1.8% 37.7% 35.9%
30   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.1% 37.7% 36.6%
31   Pine Warbler 34.9% 37.1% 2.2%
32   American Goldfinch 33.5% 36.6% 3.0%
33   Eastern Towhee 37.5% 36.0% 1.5%
34   Ring-billed Gull 4.8% 32.6% 27.8%
35   Bald Eagle 16.4% 31.4% 15.0%
36   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.0% 28.6% 7.4%
37   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.1% 28.0% 14.9%
38   Golden-crowned Kinglet 15.4% 26.9% 11.5%
39   Gray Catbird 29.0% 25.1% 3.8%
40   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.8% 24.0% 10.8%
41   White-throated Sparrow 23.9% 24.0% 0.1%
42   Glossy Ibis 0% 22.3% 22.3%
43   Mourning Dove 26.0% 20.0% 6.0%
44   Black Vulture 21.2% 18.9% 2.3%
45   Blue-winged Teal 1.5% 18.3% 16.7%
46   Swamp Sparrow 10.0% 16.6% 6.5%
47   Dunlin 0.2% 16.6% 16.3%
48   American Robin 34.4% 16.0% 18.4%
49   Common Yellowthroat 18.4% 14.3% 4.1%
50   House Finch 28.7% 13.7% 15.0%
51   Connecticut Warbler 0.2% 13.7% 13.6%
52   American Pipit 1.4% 13.1% 11.8%
53   Hairy Woodpecker 14.6% 12.6% 2.0%
54   Canada Goose 26.4% 12.0% 14.4%
55   Chimney Swift 12.3% 12.0% 0.3%
56   Common Grackle 13.4% 11.4% 2.0%
57   Red-tailed Hawk 12.0% 11.4% 0.5%
58   Osprey 8.2% 11.4% 3.2%
59   Tree Swallow 1.6% 10.3% 8.7%
60   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.3% 10.3% 10.0%
61   American Avocet 0.2% 10.3% 10.1%
62   American Redstart 15.9% 9.1% 6.8%
63   White-eyed Vireo 5.7% 9.1% 3.5%
64   Northern Parula 22.2% 8.6% 13.6%
65   Indigo Bunting 8.3% 8.6% 0.2%
66   Wood Duck 5.5% 8.6% 3.1%
67   White Ibis 0.1% 8.6% 8.5%
68   Black Swan 0% 8.6% 8.6%
69   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17.7% 8.0% 9.7%
70   Savannah Sparrow 2.7% 8.0% 5.3%
71   Red-breasted Merganser 0.0% 8.0% 8.0%
72   Magnolia Warbler 12.7% 7.4% 5.2%
73   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.5% 7.4% 1.9%
74   Spotted Sandpiper 1.5% 7.4% 5.9%
75   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.1% 7.4% 7.3%
76   Eastern Wood-Pewee 13.5% 6.9% 6.7%
77   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8.3% 6.9% 1.4%
78   House Wren 8.2% 6.9% 1.3%
79   Red-winged Blackbird 7.7% 6.9% 0.8%
80   American Kestrel 5.1% 6.9% 1.8%
81   Barred Owl 3.6% 6.9% 3.3%
82   Cooper's Hawk 7.1% 6.3% 0.8%
83   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 6.3% 6.1%
84   Cape May Warbler 15.0% 5.7% 9.3%
85   Cedar Waxwing 6.1% 5.7% 0.4%
86   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.1% 5.7% 2.6%
87   Black-and-white Warbler 12.5% 5.1% 7.3%
88   Hermit Thrush 3.8% 5.1% 1.4%
89   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 5.1% 5.1%
90   Chipping Sparrow 23.6% 4.6% 19.0%
91   Red-eyed Vireo 6.2% 4.6% 1.7%
92   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3.6% 4.6% 0.9%
93   Northern Shoveler 1.3% 4.6% 3.3%
94   Northern Harrier 1.3% 4.6% 3.3%
95   Wilson's Snipe 1.2% 4.6% 3.4%
96   European Starling 13.6% 4.0% 9.6%
97   Winter Wren 5.6% 4.0% 1.6%
98   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4.5% 4.0% 0.5%
99   Semipalmated Plover 0.2% 4.0% 3.8%
100   Roseate Spoonbill 0.0% 4.0% 4.0%
101   Short-billed Dowitcher 0% 4.0% 4.0%
102   Swainson's Thrush 4.9% 3.4% 1.5%
103   Merlin 1.2% 3.4% 2.2%
104   Green-winged Teal 1.1% 3.4% 2.3%
105   Ruddy Turnstone 0.0% 3.4% 3.4%
106   Mallard 23.1% 2.9% 20.3%
107   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.7% 2.9% 5.9%
108   Scarlet Tanager 5.2% 2.9% 2.4%
109   Blue Grosbeak 2.1% 2.9% 0.7%
110   Laughing Gull 0.7% 2.9% 2.1%
111   American Golden-Plover 0.3% 2.9% 2.5%
112   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.6% 2.3% 11.3%
113   Pied-billed Grebe 7.9% 2.3% 5.6%
114   Red-breasted Nuthatch 4.4% 2.3% 2.1%
115   Blue-headed Vireo 3.5% 2.3% 1.2%
116   Solitary Sandpiper 1.1% 2.3% 1.2%
117   Herring Gull 0.9% 2.3% 1.4%
118   Peregrine Falcon 0.8% 2.3% 1.5%
119   Prairie Warbler 0.6% 2.3% 1.6%
120   Marsh Wren 0.5% 2.3% 1.8%
121   Vesper Sparrow 0.4% 2.3% 1.9%
122   Northern Pintail 0.4% 2.3% 1.9%
123   Wood Stork 0.1% 2.3% 2.2%
124   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 2.3% 2.2%
125   Field Sparrow 4.7% 1.7% 3.0%
126   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.4% 1.7% 2.7%
127   Ruddy Duck 3.4% 1.7% 1.7%
128   Chestnut-sided Warbler 2.8% 1.7% 1.1%
129   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2.6% 1.7% 0.9%
130   Dark-eyed Junco 2.5% 1.7% 0.7%
131   Pine Siskin 2.2% 1.7% 0.4%
132   Brown Creeper 2.0% 1.7% 0.2%
133   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.7% 0.0%
134   Yellow Warbler 1.3% 1.7% 0.4%
135   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.8% 1.7% 0.9%
136   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 1.7% 1.2%
137   Wild Turkey 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
138   Barn Swallow 0.3% 1.7% 1.5%
139   Stilt Sandpiper 0.1% 1.7% 1.6%
140   Red-necked Phalarope 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
141   Eastern Meadowlark 4.4% 1.1% 3.3%
142   Wood Thrush 2.1% 1.1% 1.0%
143   American Coot 1.8% 1.1% 0.7%
144   Green Heron 1.8% 1.1% 0.6%
145   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.7% 1.1% 0.6%
146   Bonaparte's Gull 1.2% 1.1% 0.0%
147   Common Raven 0.6% 1.1% 0.5%
148   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
149   Rock Pigeon 5.2% 0.6% 4.6%
150   Blackburnian Warbler 3.1% 0.6% 2.5%
151   Muscovy Duck 2.3% 0.6% 1.8%
152   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.4% 0.6% 0.9%
153   Ring-necked Duck 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
154   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 0.6% 0.3%
155   Purple Finch 0.7% 0.6% 0.2%
156   Forster's Tern 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
157   Veery 0.5% 0.6% 0.0%
158   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.6% 0.3%
159   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
160   Snowy Egret 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%