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

based on 216 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade in August. 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 32.5% 90.3% 57.8%
2   Great Blue Heron 46.5% 86.1% 39.6%
3   Killdeer 23.5% 77.3% 53.8%
4   Osprey 21.1% 69.0% 47.9%
5   American Crow 53.4% 66.2% 12.8%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 13.6% 66.2% 52.6%
7   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 39.7% 65.3% 25.6%
8   Carolina Wren 71.5% 62.0% 9.5%
9   Least Sandpiper 9.8% 61.6% 51.7%
10   American Goldfinch 60.2% 60.6% 0.5%
11   Spotted Sandpiper 10.7% 60.6% 50.0%
12   Carolina Chickadee 56.3% 60.2% 3.9%
13   Northern Cardinal 65.5% 53.2% 12.2%
14   Pectoral Sandpiper 6.4% 44.9% 38.5%
15   Tufted Titmouse 51.5% 44.0% 7.5%
16   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.6% 41.7% 8.1%
17   Fish Crow 25.2% 41.7% 16.5%
18   Solitary Sandpiper 7.9% 41.7% 33.8%
19   Downy Woodpecker 39.2% 41.2% 2.0%
20   White-eyed Vireo 20.2% 40.3% 20.1%
21   Lesser Yellowlegs 5.3% 38.9% 33.6%
22   Mourning Dove 47.0% 37.5% 9.5%
23   Belted Kingfisher 21.8% 35.6% 13.9%
24   Canada Goose 25.6% 34.3% 8.7%
25   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.8% 34.3% 30.5%
26   Turkey Vulture 32.4% 30.6% 1.8%
27   Little Blue Heron 8.3% 30.6% 22.3%
28   Red-shouldered Hawk 24.6% 27.3% 2.7%
29   Eastern Kingbird 14.3% 26.9% 12.6%
30   Red-bellied Woodpecker 36.6% 24.1% 12.5%
31   Indigo Bunting 30.0% 24.1% 5.9%
32   Mallard 22.3% 23.6% 1.3%
33   Eastern Phoebe 20.7% 23.6% 3.0%
34   Semipalmated Plover 5.2% 21.8% 16.6%
35   Eastern Towhee 25.7% 21.3% 4.4%
36   Pileated Woodpecker 15.6% 21.3% 5.6%
37   Eastern Bluebird 40.1% 20.8% 19.2%
38   Wood Duck 11.8% 18.1% 6.3%
39   Bald Eagle 9.0% 18.1% 9.0%
40   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.8% 17.1% 1.3%
41   Blue Jay 34.6% 16.2% 18.4%
42   Greater Yellowlegs 3.7% 15.7% 12.0%
43   Snowy Egret 2.4% 15.7% 13.3%
44   Brown-headed Nuthatch 25.3% 14.8% 10.5%
45   Black Vulture 16.8% 14.8% 1.9%
46   Pine Warbler 16.0% 13.9% 2.1%
47   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 13.4% 14.9%
48   Green Heron 17.5% 12.5% 5.0%
49   Summer Tanager 14.5% 12.5% 2.0%
50   Caspian Tern 1.6% 12.5% 10.9%
51   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.5% 12.0% 10.6%
52   Red-eyed Vireo 22.0% 10.6% 11.3%
53   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.1% 10.2% 0.1%
54   Gray Catbird 26.7% 9.7% 17.0%
55   American Robin 26.3% 9.7% 16.5%
56   American Avocet 1.4% 9.7% 8.3%
57   Red-tailed Hawk 10.5% 9.3% 1.2%
58   Great Crested Flycatcher 17.7% 8.8% 8.9%
59   Northern Parula 7.2% 8.8% 1.6%
60   Wild Turkey 0.8% 8.8% 8.0%
61   Barn Swallow 11.9% 8.3% 3.5%
62   Chipping Sparrow 19.8% 7.9% 11.9%
63   House Finch 19.4% 7.9% 11.5%
64   Baird's Sandpiper 1.3% 7.9% 6.6%
65   Chimney Swift 18.4% 7.4% 11.0%
66   Western Sandpiper 0.8% 7.4% 6.6%
67   Stilt Sandpiper 1.4% 6.9% 5.6%
68   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 6.9% 6.8%
69   Blue Grosbeak 24.0% 6.5% 17.6%
70   Northern Flicker 8.1% 6.5% 1.6%
71   Hairy Woodpecker 8.0% 6.0% 2.0%
72   Yellow Warbler 2.6% 6.0% 3.4%
73   Brown Thrasher 14.7% 5.6% 9.2%
74   Prothonotary Warbler 2.7% 5.6% 2.8%
75   Red-winged Blackbird 5.7% 5.1% 0.6%
76   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.0% 4.6% 16.4%
77   Common Grackle 9.6% 4.6% 5.0%
78   Cooper's Hawk 4.6% 4.6% 0.1%
79   Tricolored Heron 3.2% 4.6% 1.4%
80   Blue-winged Teal 2.5% 4.6% 2.1%
81   European Starling 9.1% 4.2% 5.0%
82   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.7% 4.2% 2.5%
83   Pied-billed Grebe 0.4% 4.2% 3.8%
84   White-breasted Nuthatch 26.6% 3.7% 22.9%
85   Prairie Warbler 3.1% 3.7% 0.6%
86   Field Sparrow 2.2% 3.7% 1.5%
87   Common Yellowthroat 12.4% 3.2% 9.2%
88   American Redstart 6.2% 3.2% 3.0%
89   Barred Owl 4.7% 3.2% 1.4%
90   Wood Stork 2.4% 3.2% 0.9%
91   Sanderling 0.5% 3.2% 2.7%
92   Yellow-throated Vireo 3.9% 2.3% 1.6%
93   Black Tern 1.2% 2.3% 1.1%
94   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.5% 2.3% 1.8%
95   Ruddy Turnstone 0.2% 2.3% 2.2%
96   Anhinga 1.6% 1.9% 0.2%
97   Cedar Waxwing 1.3% 1.9% 0.5%
98   Northern Waterthrush 1.2% 1.9% 0.6%
99   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.7% 1.9% 1.1%
100   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 1.9% 1.7%
101   Acadian Flycatcher 10.1% 1.4% 8.7%
102   Black-and-white Warbler 5.8% 1.4% 4.4%
103   White Ibis 2.9% 1.4% 1.5%
104   Purple Martin 2.8% 1.4% 1.4%
105   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.2% 1.4% 0.2%
106   Common Raven 0.2% 1.4% 1.2%
107   Rock Pigeon 5.7% 0.9% 4.8%
108   House Wren 4.4% 0.9% 3.5%
109   American Kestrel 1.9% 0.9% 1.0%
110   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.6% 0.9% 0.7%
111   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
112   Common Nighthawk 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
113   Forster's Tern 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
114   Bobolink 0.5% 0.9% 0.5%
115   Common Tern 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
116   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
117   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0% 0.9% 0.9%
118   Song Sparrow 9.8% 0.5% 9.4%
119   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.7% 0.5% 5.2%
120   Orchard Oriole 2.3% 0.5% 1.8%
121   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.6% 0.5% 1.2%
122   Ovenbird 1.3% 0.5% 0.9%
123   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 0.5% 0.7%
124   Blue-winged Warbler 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
125   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
126   Magnolia Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
127   Baltimore Oriole 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
128   American Golden-Plover 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
129   Black-bellied Plover 0.3% 0.5% 0.1%
130   Ring-billed Gull 0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
131   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
132   Wilson's Snipe 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
133   Northern Harrier 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
134   Upland Sandpiper 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
135   Merlin 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
136   Sora 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
137   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
138   Black-throated Green Warbler 0% 0.5% 0.5%