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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 210 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 Relative
1   Great Egret 31.7% 90.5% 58.8% 2.9x
2   Great Blue Heron 45.4% 87.1% 41.7% 1.9x
3   Killdeer 21.3% 77.1% 55.9% 3.6x
4   Osprey 19.4% 69.0% 49.6% 3.6x
5   American Crow 53.4% 67.1% 13.7% 1.3x
6   Double-crested Cormorant 13.4% 66.7% 53.3% 5.0x
7   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 40.0% 66.2% 26.2% 1.7x
8   Carolina Wren 72.7% 62.9% 9.8% 0.9x
9   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 61.9% 54.8% 8.7x
10   American Goldfinch 59.3% 61.4% 2.1% 1.0x
11   Carolina Chickadee 58.2% 61.0% 2.7% 1.0x
12   Spotted Sandpiper 9.3% 61.0% 51.7% 6.6x
13   Northern Cardinal 66.5% 53.8% 12.7% 0.8x
14   Pectoral Sandpiper 4.7% 45.2% 40.5% 9.6x
15   Tufted Titmouse 52.6% 44.3% 8.4% 0.8x
16   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.7% 42.9% 9.2% 1.3x
17   Solitary Sandpiper 6.4% 42.9% 36.4% 6.7x
18   Fish Crow 25.4% 41.9% 16.5% 1.7x
19   Downy Woodpecker 40.4% 41.4% 1.0% 1.0x
20   White-eyed Vireo 19.9% 41.4% 21.6% 2.1x
21   Lesser Yellowlegs 3.4% 38.6% 35.2% 11.4x
22   Mourning Dove 47.9% 38.1% 9.8% 0.8x
23   Belted Kingfisher 22.3% 35.7% 13.4% 1.6x
24   Canada Goose 25.7% 35.2% 9.6% 1.4x
25   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.7% 34.3% 31.6% 12.8x
26   Little Blue Heron 6.5% 31.9% 25.4% 4.9x
27   Turkey Vulture 31.5% 30.5% 1.0% 1.0x
28   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.3% 27.1% 1.9% 1.1x
29   Eastern Kingbird 13.6% 27.1% 13.6% 2.0x
30   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.4% 24.8% 14.6% 0.6x
31   Indigo Bunting 28.1% 24.8% 3.4% 0.9x
32   Mallard 23.0% 24.3% 1.3% 1.1x
33   Eastern Phoebe 20.0% 23.8% 3.9% 1.2x
34   Eastern Towhee 25.3% 21.9% 3.4% 0.9x
35   Pileated Woodpecker 15.7% 21.9% 6.2% 1.4x
36   Eastern Bluebird 40.4% 21.4% 18.9% 0.5x
37   Semipalmated Plover 3.5% 21.4% 17.9% 6.2x
38   Wood Duck 10.8% 18.6% 7.8% 1.7x
39   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.7% 17.6% 2.0% 1.1x
40   Bald Eagle 8.7% 17.6% 8.9% 2.0x
41   Blue Jay 37.2% 16.7% 20.5% 0.4x
42   Greater Yellowlegs 2.8% 16.2% 13.3% 5.7x
43   Snowy Egret 1.8% 16.2% 14.3% 8.8x
44   Brown-headed Nuthatch 26.5% 15.2% 11.3% 0.6x
45   Black Vulture 15.8% 15.2% 0.6% 1.0x
46   Northern Mockingbird 29.8% 13.8% 16.0% 0.5x
47   Pine Warbler 16.2% 13.8% 2.4% 0.8x
48   Green Heron 18.4% 12.9% 5.5% 0.7x
49   Summer Tanager 14.7% 12.9% 1.9% 0.9x
50   Caspian Tern 1.7% 12.9% 11.2% 7.8x
51   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.7% 12.4% 10.7% 7.5x
52   Red-eyed Vireo 21.9% 11.0% 11.0% 0.5x
53   peep sp. 1.7% 11.0% 9.2% 6.3x
54   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 10.5% 0.1% 1.0x
55   American Robin 28.7% 10.0% 18.7% 0.3x
56   Gray Catbird 27.7% 10.0% 17.7% 0.4x
57   American Avocet 1.5% 10.0% 8.5% 6.8x
58   Red-tailed Hawk 10.2% 9.5% 0.7% 0.9x
59   Northern Parula 7.4% 8.6% 1.2% 1.2x
60   Wild Turkey 0.8% 8.6% 7.8% 10.9x
61   House Finch 20.4% 8.1% 12.3% 0.4x
62   Chipping Sparrow 18.8% 8.1% 10.7% 0.4x
63   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.2% 8.1% 10.1% 0.4x
64   Barn Swallow 11.5% 8.1% 3.4% 0.7x
65   Baird's Sandpiper 0.2% 8.1% 7.8% 32.7x
66   Western Sandpiper 0.4% 7.6% 7.2% 17.9x
67   Chimney Swift 18.9% 7.1% 11.7% 0.4x
68   Stilt Sandpiper 1.1% 7.1% 6.0% 6.4x
69   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 7.1% 6.9% 34.6x
70   Blue Grosbeak 22.6% 6.7% 15.9% 0.3x
71   Northern Flicker 8.9% 6.7% 2.2% 0.8x
72   Hairy Woodpecker 8.0% 6.2% 1.8% 0.8x
73   Yellow Warbler 2.2% 6.2% 4.0% 2.8x
74   Brown Thrasher 15.4% 5.7% 9.7% 0.4x
75   Prothonotary Warbler 2.4% 5.7% 3.3% 2.4x
76   Red-winged Blackbird 6.0% 5.2% 0.8% 0.9x
77   Tricolored Heron 4.0% 5.2% 1.2% 1.3x
78   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.8% 4.8% 15.0% 0.2x
79   Common Grackle 10.1% 4.8% 5.4% 0.5x
80   Cooper's Hawk 4.5% 4.8% 0.3% 1.1x
81   Blue-winged Teal 1.1% 4.8% 3.7% 4.4x
82   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.7% 4.3% 2.6% 2.5x
83   Pied-billed Grebe 0.4% 4.3% 3.9% 11.5x
84   White-breasted Nuthatch 28.4% 3.8% 24.6% 0.1x
85   European Starling 10.1% 3.8% 6.3% 0.4x
86   Prairie Warbler 2.8% 3.8% 1.0% 1.3x
87   Field Sparrow 2.6% 3.8% 1.2% 1.5x
88   Common Yellowthroat 12.3% 3.3% 9.0% 0.3x
89   American Redstart 6.3% 3.3% 3.0% 0.5x
90   Barred Owl 4.6% 3.3% 1.3% 0.7x
91   Wood Stork 1.8% 3.3% 1.5% 1.9x
92   Sanderling 0.5% 3.3% 2.9% 7.3x
93   Yellow-throated Vireo 3.7% 2.4% 1.3% 0.7x
94   Black Tern 1.5% 2.4% 0.9% 1.6x
95   crow sp. 1.3% 2.4% 1.0% 1.8x
96   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.2% 2.4% 2.2% 10.8x
97   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 2.4% 2.3% 43.3x
98   Cedar Waxwing 1.4% 1.9% 0.5% 1.3x
99   Northern Waterthrush 0.8% 1.9% 1.1% 2.3x
100   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.8% 1.9% 1.1% 2.5x
101   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 1.9% 1.8% 17.3x
102   Acadian Flycatcher 9.8% 1.4% 8.4% 0.1x
103   Black-and-white Warbler 5.7% 1.4% 4.3% 0.3x
104   Purple Martin 2.4% 1.4% 0.9% 0.6x
105   White Ibis 2.3% 1.4% 0.9% 0.6x
106   Anhinga 1.7% 1.4% 0.3% 0.8x
107   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% 1.0x
108   Common Raven 0.1% 1.4% 1.3% 10.4x
109   shorebird sp. 0.1% 1.4% 1.3% 11.5x
110   Rock Pigeon 5.9% 1.0% 4.9% 0.2x
111   House Wren 4.7% 1.0% 3.8% 0.2x
112   American Kestrel 2.1% 1.0% 1.2% 0.4x
113   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.8% 1.0% 0.8% 0.5x
114   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 1.0% 0.1% 1.2x
115   Common Nighthawk 0.7% 1.0% 0.2% 1.3x
116   swallow sp. 0.7% 1.0% 0.2% 1.3x
117   Bobolink 0.6% 1.0% 0.4% 1.6x
118   Forster's Tern 0.4% 1.0% 0.5% 2.2x
119   duck sp. 0.3% 1.0% 0.6% 2.8x
120   Common Tern 0.2% 1.0% 0.7% 3.8x
121   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.0% 1.0% 0.9% 34.6x
122   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0% 1.0% 1.0%
123   Song Sparrow 9.7% 0.5% 9.3% 0.0x
124   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 0.5% 5.4% 0.1x
125   Orchard Oriole 2.0% 0.5% 1.5% 0.2x
126   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.6% 0.5% 1.1% 0.3x
127   Blue-winged Warbler 1.2% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4x
128   Ovenbird 1.2% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4x
129   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4x
130   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0.7x
131   Baltimore Oriole 0.6% 0.5% 0.2% 0.8x
132   Magnolia Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
133   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 1.1x
134   Ring-billed Gull 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.8x
135   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.3x
136   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 3.1x
137   Black-bellied Plover 0.1% 0.5% 0.3% 3.5x
138   Northern Harrier 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 3.8x
139   American Golden-Plover 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.9x
140   gull sp. 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 5.8x
141   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 6.9x
142   Upland Sandpiper 0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 11.5x
143   Sora 0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 11.5x
144   Wilson's Snipe 0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 11.5x
145   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 17.3x
146   Merlin 0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 17.3x
147   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 34.6x