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

based on 72 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade during the month of May. 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 Relative
1   Great Blue Heron 47.7% 94.4% 46.7% 2.0x
2   Double-crested Cormorant 18.6% 87.5% 68.9% 4.7x
3   Osprey 15.1% 83.3% 68.2% 5.5x
4   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.3% 81.9% 25.7% 1.5x
5   Northern Cardinal 79.4% 79.2% 0.3% 1.0x
6   White-eyed Vireo 31.7% 79.2% 47.5% 2.5x
7   Great Egret 2.0% 73.6% 71.7% 37.7x
8   Indigo Bunting 44.7% 72.2% 27.5% 1.6x
9   Fish Crow 33.0% 69.4% 36.4% 2.1x
10   Carolina Wren 70.0% 68.1% 2.0% 1.0x
11   Prothonotary Warbler 16.2% 68.1% 51.9% 4.2x
12   Carolina Chickadee 60.5% 66.7% 6.2% 1.1x
13   Tufted Titmouse 64.7% 65.3% 0.5% 1.0x
14   Northern Parula 36.1% 63.9% 27.8% 1.8x
15   Tree Swallow 12.9% 63.9% 51.0% 5.0x
16   American Goldfinch 43.4% 62.5% 19.1% 1.4x
17   American Crow 56.7% 59.7% 3.1% 1.1x
18   Summer Tanager 37.7% 59.7% 22.0% 1.6x
19   Killdeer 19.8% 58.3% 38.6% 3.0x
20   Red-eyed Vireo 51.4% 56.9% 5.6% 1.1x
21   Eastern Kingbird 26.2% 55.6% 29.3% 2.1x
22   Yellow-throated Warbler 14.6% 54.2% 39.6% 3.7x
23   Great Crested Flycatcher 47.9% 52.8% 4.8% 1.1x
24   Canada Goose 42.3% 52.8% 10.5% 1.2x
25   Pine Warbler 38.9% 52.8% 13.8% 1.4x
26   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.7% 52.8% 17.1% 1.5x
27   Barn Swallow 31.2% 52.8% 21.6% 1.7x
28   Orchard Oriole 15.0% 52.8% 37.7% 3.5x
29   Mourning Dove 49.3% 50.0% 0.7% 1.0x
30   Eastern Bluebird 49.4% 47.2% 2.2% 1.0x
31   Spotted Sandpiper 16.1% 45.8% 29.8% 2.9x
32   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.9% 45.8% 34.0% 3.9x
33   Least Sandpiper 5.0% 44.4% 39.4% 8.9x
34   Common Yellowthroat 40.7% 41.7% 1.0% 1.0x
35   Bald Eagle 10.2% 41.7% 31.4% 4.1x
36   Semipalmated Plover 2.1% 41.7% 39.6% 19.8x
37   Chimney Swift 28.8% 40.3% 11.5% 1.4x
38   Eastern Towhee 37.8% 38.9% 1.1% 1.0x
39   Common Grackle 36.9% 38.9% 2.0% 1.1x
40   Black Vulture 21.1% 38.9% 17.8% 1.8x
41   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 33.3% 37.5% 4.2% 1.1x
42   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.5% 37.5% 7.0% 1.2x
43   Turkey Vulture 39.4% 36.1% 3.3% 0.9x
44   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.0% 36.1% 33.2% 12.2x
45   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.3% 34.7% 20.5% 0.6x
46   Downy Woodpecker 39.3% 33.3% 6.0% 0.8x
47   Northern Mockingbird 31.4% 29.2% 2.2% 0.9x
48   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 27.8% 27.7% 878.0x
49   Eastern Phoebe 34.0% 25.0% 9.0% 0.7x
50   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.0% 25.0% 14.0% 2.3x
51   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.7% 23.6% 8.1% 0.7x
52   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.0% 23.6% 4.6% 1.2x
53   Wood Duck 12.7% 23.6% 10.9% 1.9x
54   Mallard 30.4% 22.2% 8.2% 0.7x
55   Chipping Sparrow 37.3% 20.8% 16.4% 0.6x
56   Pileated Woodpecker 19.4% 20.8% 1.5% 1.1x
57   Ovenbird 18.7% 20.8% 2.1% 1.1x
58   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 20.8% 13.0% 2.7x
59   Gray Catbird 31.4% 19.4% 11.9% 0.6x
60   Barred Owl 8.0% 18.1% 10.0% 2.3x
61   Blue Jay 44.6% 16.7% 27.9% 0.4x
62   Red-winged Blackbird 27.2% 15.3% 11.9% 0.6x
63   Acadian Flycatcher 26.8% 15.3% 11.5% 0.6x
64   Brown Thrasher 16.8% 15.3% 1.5% 0.9x
65   Cliff Swallow 5.5% 15.3% 9.8% 2.8x
66   House Finch 27.2% 13.9% 13.4% 0.5x
67   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.7% 13.9% 7.8% 0.6x
68   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.2% 13.9% 2.6% 1.2x
69   Ring-billed Gull 1.8% 13.9% 12.1% 7.8x
70   Caspian Tern 0.9% 13.9% 13.0% 15.1x
71   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.3% 12.5% 11.2% 9.5x
72   European Starling 22.8% 11.1% 11.7% 0.5x
73   Belted Kingfisher 12.0% 11.1% 0.9% 0.9x
74   Blackpoll Warbler 7.5% 11.1% 3.7% 1.5x
75   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.4% 11.1% 4.7% 1.7x
76   peep sp. 0.9% 11.1% 10.2% 12.5x
77   Northern Flicker 9.2% 9.7% 0.5% 1.1x
78   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 9.7% 1.4% 1.2x
79   Solitary Sandpiper 8.0% 9.7% 1.7% 1.2x
80   Prairie Warbler 7.7% 9.7% 2.0% 1.3x
81   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.7% 8.3% 15.4% 0.4x
82   Blue Grosbeak 23.4% 8.3% 15.1% 0.4x
83   American Redstart 22.6% 8.3% 14.3% 0.4x
84   Scarlet Tanager 12.1% 8.3% 3.8% 0.7x
85   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.2% 8.3% 2.8% 0.7x
86   Cedar Waxwing 13.0% 6.9% 6.1% 0.5x
87   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.3% 6.9% 0.4% 1.0x
88   Bank Swallow 1.2% 6.9% 5.7% 5.8x
89   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.9% 6.9% 6.1% 8.1x
90   Black-and-white Warbler 15.5% 5.6% 9.9% 0.4x
91   Wood Thrush 14.3% 5.6% 8.7% 0.4x
92   Hooded Warbler 11.1% 5.6% 5.5% 0.5x
93   Wild Turkey 1.4% 5.6% 4.1% 3.9x
94   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 5.6% 5.4% 30.5x
95   Black-throated Blue Warbler 14.7% 4.2% 10.6% 0.3x
96   Red-tailed Hawk 14.1% 4.2% 10.0% 0.3x
97   White-throated Sparrow 7.6% 4.2% 3.4% 0.6x
98   Northern Waterthrush 7.3% 4.2% 3.2% 0.6x
99   Swainson's Thrush 6.5% 4.2% 2.3% 0.6x
100   Magnolia Warbler 3.7% 4.2% 0.5% 1.1x
101   shorebird sp. 0.0% 4.2% 4.1% 87.8x
102   American Robin 38.2% 2.8% 35.4% 0.1x
103   Song Sparrow 14.2% 2.8% 11.4% 0.2x
104   Green Heron 10.7% 2.8% 8.0% 0.3x
105   Purple Martin 10.1% 2.8% 7.3% 0.3x
106   House Wren 9.2% 2.8% 6.4% 0.3x
107   Rock Pigeon 6.6% 2.8% 3.8% 0.4x
108   Field Sparrow 3.7% 2.8% 1.0% 0.7x
109   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 2.8% 0.0% 1.0x
110   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.3% 2.8% 0.4% 1.2x
111   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.5% 2.8% 1.3% 1.8x
112   Greater Yellowlegs 1.3% 2.8% 1.5% 2.2x
113   swallow sp. 1.2% 2.8% 1.6% 2.3x
114   Blue-headed Vireo 1.1% 2.8% 1.7% 2.5x
115   Dunlin 0.6% 2.8% 2.2% 4.7x
116   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 2.8% 2.6% 14.6x
117   Herring Gull 0.1% 2.8% 2.7% 29.3x
118   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 2.8% 2.7% 31.9x
119   Least Tern 0.1% 2.8% 2.7% 39.0x
120   Eastern Meadowlark 8.3% 1.4% 6.9% 0.2x
121   Bobolink 3.1% 1.4% 1.7% 0.5x
122   Red-necked Phalarope 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% 1.0x
123   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.4% 0.2% 1.1x
124   Palm Warbler 0.9% 1.4% 0.5% 1.6x
125   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.7% 1.4% 0.7% 2.0x
126   Snowy Egret 0.2% 1.4% 1.2% 5.9x
127   Common Raven 0.2% 1.4% 1.2% 8.0x
128   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 0.0% 1.4% 1.4% 43.9x
129   Gadwall 0.0% 1.4% 1.4% 87.8x
130   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.0% 1.4% 1.4% 175.6x