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

based on 223 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade in September. 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 27.8% 89.7% 61.8%
2   Great Blue Heron 44.9% 85.7% 40.8%
3   Killdeer 23.3% 81.2% 57.8%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 14.0% 71.3% 57.3%
5   Carolina Chickadee 71.0% 70.4% 0.6%
6   Carolina Wren 77.4% 69.5% 7.9%
7   American Crow 65.2% 68.6% 3.4%
8   Northern Cardinal 73.7% 66.4% 7.3%
9   Tufted Titmouse 65.6% 62.3% 3.3%
10   Pectoral Sandpiper 3.8% 60.5% 56.8%
11   Fish Crow 20.8% 58.7% 38.0%
12   Least Sandpiper 5.6% 55.6% 50.0%
13   White-eyed Vireo 34.4% 52.9% 18.5%
14   Downy Woodpecker 56.9% 51.6% 5.3%
15   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26.5% 50.7% 24.2%
16   Lesser Yellowlegs 4.3% 50.2% 45.9%
17   Belted Kingfisher 27.6% 48.4% 20.8%
18   American Goldfinch 47.3% 41.3% 6.1%
19   Turkey Vulture 39.9% 41.3% 1.3%
20   Osprey 12.8% 40.8% 28.0%
21   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.7% 40.8% 38.1%
22   Eastern Phoebe 38.4% 40.4% 1.9%
23   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.7% 39.9% 15.8%
24   Red-shouldered Hawk 37.0% 37.7% 0.7%
25   Blue Jay 59.4% 37.2% 22.2%
26   Spotted Sandpiper 5.2% 37.2% 32.0%
27   Pine Warbler 40.7% 36.3% 4.4%
28   Pileated Woodpecker 24.6% 36.3% 11.7%
29   Semipalmated Plover 3.2% 35.4% 32.2%
30   Eastern Bluebird 43.3% 34.1% 9.2%
31   Common Yellowthroat 30.1% 32.3% 2.1%
32   Greater Yellowlegs 2.3% 30.0% 27.7%
33   Brown-headed Nuthatch 35.2% 29.6% 5.6%
34   Northern Mockingbird 29.5% 29.6% 0.1%
35   Eastern Towhee 26.4% 29.1% 2.7%
36   Stilt Sandpiper 1.6% 26.9% 25.3%
37   Mourning Dove 36.8% 26.5% 10.4%
38   Gray Catbird 43.4% 25.6% 17.8%
39   Indigo Bunting 18.0% 25.6% 7.5%
40   Summer Tanager 21.7% 24.7% 2.9%
41   Bald Eagle 12.3% 24.7% 12.4%
42   Solitary Sandpiper 6.3% 24.7% 18.4%
43   Northern Flicker 22.5% 24.2% 1.7%
44   Blue-winged Teal 2.6% 22.0% 19.4%
45   Chimney Swift 23.8% 21.5% 2.2%
46   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.5% 20.6% 12.9%
47   Canada Goose 25.1% 20.6% 4.5%
48   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.3% 19.7% 5.4%
49   Black Vulture 21.5% 19.3% 2.2%
50   Brown Thrasher 31.1% 18.4% 12.8%
51   Wood Duck 8.0% 18.4% 10.4%
52   American Redstart 30.7% 17.5% 13.3%
53   Caspian Tern 1.4% 15.7% 14.3%
54   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.3% 15.7% 15.4%
55   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.9% 14.8% 13.9%
56   Red-eyed Vireo 29.0% 14.3% 14.6%
57   Snowy Egret 0.8% 14.3% 13.6%
58   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.6% 13.9% 22.7%
59   Northern Parula 25.1% 13.9% 11.2%
60   Sanderling 0.9% 13.9% 13.0%
61   Black-and-white Warbler 24.3% 12.6% 11.8%
62   House Finch 19.1% 12.6% 6.5%
63   Hairy Woodpecker 14.2% 12.6% 1.7%
64   Magnolia Warbler 17.8% 12.1% 5.7%
65   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16.0% 12.1% 3.9%
66   Eastern Wood-Pewee 28.9% 11.2% 17.7%
67   Yellow Warbler 3.8% 10.8% 6.9%
68   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.6% 10.8% 10.1%
69   European Starling 10.2% 10.3% 0.1%
70   Palm Warbler 5.1% 10.3% 5.2%
71   American Avocet 0.9% 10.3% 9.4%
72   Western Sandpiper 0.6% 10.3% 9.7%
73   Mallard 20.5% 9.9% 10.6%
74   Red-tailed Hawk 9.0% 9.9% 0.8%
75   Wild Turkey 1.0% 9.0% 8.0%
76   Northern Shoveler 0.9% 9.0% 8.1%
77   American Robin 28.9% 8.1% 20.9%
78   Yellow-throated Warbler 5.0% 8.1% 3.0%
79   Cedar Waxwing 6.4% 7.6% 1.2%
80   Barred Owl 5.4% 7.6% 2.2%
81   Barn Swallow 1.6% 7.6% 6.1%
82   Cape May Warbler 9.7% 7.2% 2.5%
83   Cooper's Hawk 5.1% 7.2% 2.1%
84   Northern Waterthrush 3.8% 7.2% 3.4%
85   House Wren 8.5% 6.7% 1.8%
86   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 6.3% 6.2%
87   Blue Grosbeak 11.4% 5.8% 5.6%
88   Great Crested Flycatcher 11.3% 5.8% 5.5%
89   Prairie Warbler 4.2% 5.4% 1.2%
90   Wood Stork 1.3% 5.4% 4.0%
91   Baird's Sandpiper 0.5% 5.4% 4.8%
92   Scarlet Tanager 9.2% 4.9% 4.3%
93   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 4.5% 3.7%
94   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.6% 4.0% 5.5%
95   Bobolink 1.6% 4.0% 2.5%
96   Marsh Wren 0.3% 4.0% 3.7%
97   Chipping Sparrow 15.1% 3.6% 11.5%
98   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6.4% 3.6% 2.8%
99   Little Blue Heron 1.8% 3.6% 1.8%
100   Peregrine Falcon 0.5% 3.6% 3.1%
101   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 3.6% 3.4%
102   Common Grackle 5.1% 3.1% 2.0%
103   Rock Pigeon 4.2% 3.1% 1.1%
104   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 3.1% 0.9%
105   Red-winged Blackbird 1.6% 3.1% 1.5%
106   Northern Harrier 0.5% 3.1% 2.6%
107   Green Heron 12.1% 2.7% 9.4%
108   Field Sparrow 1.5% 2.7% 1.2%
109   Merlin 0.5% 2.7% 2.2%
110   Hooded Warbler 6.9% 2.2% 4.6%
111   Forster's Tern 1.0% 2.2% 1.2%
112   Broad-winged Hawk 0.9% 2.2% 1.3%
113   Tree Swallow 0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
114   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 2.2% 2.0%
115   Red-necked Phalarope 0.2% 2.2% 2.1%
116   Yellow-throated Vireo 8.2% 1.8% 6.4%
117   Black-throated Blue Warbler 4.8% 1.8% 3.0%
118   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.3% 1.8% 2.5%
119   Veery 4.3% 1.8% 2.5%
120   American Kestrel 3.6% 1.8% 1.8%
121   Eastern Kingbird 2.0% 1.8% 0.2%
122   Roseate Spoonbill 0.7% 1.8% 1.1%
123   Blackburnian Warbler 2.4% 1.3% 1.1%
124   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.1% 1.3% 0.8%
125   Black Tern 0.7% 1.3% 0.6%
126   Wilson's Snipe 0.6% 1.3% 0.8%
127   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
128   Green-winged Teal 0.2% 1.3% 1.2%
129   Ring-necked Duck 0% 1.3% 1.3%
130   Song Sparrow 9.8% 0.9% 8.9%
131   Acadian Flycatcher 7.9% 0.9% 7.0%
132   Swainson's Thrush 4.9% 0.9% 4.0%
133   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
134   Philadelphia Vireo 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%
135   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
136   Prothonotary Warbler 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
137   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
138   Ring-billed Gull 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
139   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
140   American Black Duck 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
141   Wilson's Phalarope 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
142   Bank Swallow 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
143   Ruddy Duck 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
144   American Pipit 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
145   Blue-winged Warbler 4.2% 0.4% 3.8%
146   Tennessee Warbler 2.8% 0.4% 2.3%
147   Baltimore Oriole 2.7% 0.4% 2.3%
148   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
149   Bay-breasted Warbler 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
150   Nashville Warbler 1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
151   Common Nighthawk 1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
152   Eastern Meadowlark 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
153   Least Flycatcher 1.0% 0.4% 0.5%
154   Blue-headed Vireo 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
155   Common Raven 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
156   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
157   Anhinga 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
158   Sora 0.2% 0.4% 0.3%
159   Kentucky Warbler 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
160   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
161   Willow Flycatcher 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
162   Swamp Sparrow 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
163   Gadwall 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
164   Virginia Rail 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
165   White-throated Sparrow 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
166   Ruff 0% 0.4% 0.4%