Bird Finder

Top Birds at Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 50 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) in March. 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   Canada Goose 50.7% 82.0% 31.3% 1.6x
2   Double-crested Cormorant 33.7% 76.0% 42.3% 2.3x
3   Ruddy Duck 13.5% 74.0% 60.5% 5.5x
4   American Robin 52.8% 68.0% 15.2% 1.3x
5   Mallard 38.2% 62.0% 23.8% 1.6x
6   Eastern Bluebird 50.4% 60.0% 9.6% 1.2x
7   Carolina Chickadee 68.5% 58.0% 10.5% 0.8x
8   Carolina Wren 66.9% 52.0% 14.9% 0.8x
9   Northern Cardinal 75.1% 50.0% 25.1% 0.7x
10   Tufted Titmouse 66.0% 48.0% 18.0% 0.7x
11   Song Sparrow 48.9% 48.0% 0.9% 1.0x
12   Northern Mockingbird 29.6% 48.0% 18.4% 1.6x
13   Great Blue Heron 44.3% 46.0% 1.7% 1.0x
14   Dark-eyed Junco 24.2% 46.0% 21.8% 1.9x
15   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.2% 44.0% 9.8% 1.3x
16   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.5% 44.0% 31.5% 3.5x
17   Pine Warbler 50.4% 42.0% 8.4% 0.8x
18   Blue Jay 45.2% 36.0% 9.2% 0.8x
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.6% 36.0% 8.6% 0.8x
20   Fish Crow 35.8% 34.0% 1.8% 0.9x
21   Turkey Vulture 46.0% 30.0% 16.0% 0.7x
22   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.8% 28.0% 27.8% 0.5x
23   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 41.9% 28.0% 13.9% 0.7x
24   House Finch 25.1% 24.0% 1.1% 1.0x
25   Mourning Dove 41.2% 22.0% 19.2% 0.5x
26   Chipping Sparrow 31.2% 22.0% 9.2% 0.7x
27   Eastern Phoebe 41.0% 20.0% 21.0% 0.5x
28   Eastern Towhee 43.4% 18.0% 25.4% 0.4x
29   Belted Kingfisher 22.1% 18.0% 4.1% 0.8x
30   American Crow 58.9% 16.0% 42.9% 0.3x
31   White-throated Sparrow 54.1% 16.0% 38.1% 0.3x
32   Downy Woodpecker 46.5% 16.0% 30.5% 0.3x
33   Bufflehead 11.9% 16.0% 4.1% 1.3x
34   Tree Swallow 7.7% 16.0% 8.3% 2.1x
35   American Goldfinch 31.4% 14.0% 17.4% 0.4x
36   White-breasted Nuthatch 25.6% 14.0% 11.6% 0.5x
37   Brown-headed Cowbird 15.6% 14.0% 1.6% 0.9x
38   Osprey 14.6% 14.0% 0.6% 1.0x
39   Red-shouldered Hawk 34.7% 12.0% 22.7% 0.3x
40   Northern Flicker 27.7% 12.0% 15.7% 0.4x
41   Red-winged Blackbird 21.5% 12.0% 9.5% 0.6x
42   Pied-billed Grebe 13.9% 12.0% 1.9% 0.9x
43   Common Grackle 18.3% 10.0% 8.3% 0.5x
44   Hermit Thrush 15.1% 10.0% 5.1% 0.7x
45   Purple Martin 2.8% 10.0% 7.2% 3.6x
46   Northern Shoveler 2.7% 10.0% 7.3% 3.8x
47   Brown Thrasher 21.3% 8.0% 13.3% 0.4x
48   Black Vulture 17.9% 8.0% 9.9% 0.4x
49   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13.8% 8.0% 5.8% 0.6x
50   European Starling 20.1% 6.0% 14.1% 0.3x
51   Golden-crowned Kinglet 18.1% 6.0% 12.1% 0.3x
52   Swamp Sparrow 16.2% 6.0% 10.2% 0.4x
53   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14.8% 6.0% 8.8% 0.4x
54   Rock Pigeon 4.8% 6.0% 1.2% 1.2x
55   Cedar Waxwing 3.8% 6.0% 2.2% 1.6x
56   Ring-billed Gull 18.0% 4.0% 14.0% 0.2x
57   Lesser Scaup 4.3% 4.0% 0.3% 0.9x
58   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.2% 4.0% 1.8% 1.8x
59   swallow sp. 0.6% 4.0% 3.4% 7.2x
60   Canvasback 0.3% 4.0% 3.7% 14.7x
61   Killdeer 17.2% 2.0% 15.2% 0.1x
62   Field Sparrow 16.6% 2.0% 14.6% 0.1x
63   Red-tailed Hawk 15.7% 2.0% 13.7% 0.1x
64   Wood Duck 15.5% 2.0% 13.5% 0.1x
65   Hooded Merganser 9.9% 2.0% 7.9% 0.2x
66   Common Yellowthroat 6.0% 2.0% 4.0% 0.3x
67   Ring-necked Duck 5.1% 2.0% 3.1% 0.4x
68   Cooper's Hawk 5.0% 2.0% 3.0% 0.4x
69   Eastern Meadowlark 4.9% 2.0% 2.9% 0.4x
70   Horned Grebe 2.7% 2.0% 0.7% 0.7x
71   Gadwall 2.4% 2.0% 0.4% 0.8x
72   Barn Swallow 1.6% 2.0% 0.4% 1.2x
73   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 2.0% 1.9% 14.7x