Bird Finder

Top Birds at Lake Raleigh in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 130 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Raleigh 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 49.8% 85.4% 35.5% 1.7x
2   Northern Cardinal 75.2% 83.8% 8.7% 1.1x
3   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 82.3% 48.6% 2.4x
4   White-throated Sparrow 54.5% 70.8% 16.2% 1.3x
5   Carolina Wren 67.6% 70.0% 2.4% 1.0x
6   American Crow 58.6% 70.0% 11.4% 1.2x
7   Mallard 36.7% 69.2% 32.6% 1.9x
8   Song Sparrow 49.7% 67.7% 18.0% 1.4x
9   Carolina Chickadee 68.6% 66.9% 1.7% 1.0x
10   Great Blue Heron 43.8% 66.2% 22.3% 1.5x
11   Fish Crow 35.9% 66.2% 30.2% 1.8x
12   Tufted Titmouse 66.4% 60.8% 5.7% 0.9x
13   Pied-billed Grebe 13.2% 60.8% 47.6% 4.6x
14   Eastern Towhee 43.1% 59.2% 16.2% 1.4x
15   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.3% 56.9% 12.6% 1.3x
16   Bufflehead 11.0% 54.6% 43.7% 5.0x
17   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.9% 50.0% 5.9% 0.9x
18   Blue Jay 45.6% 50.0% 4.4% 1.1x
19   Northern Mockingbird 29.0% 49.2% 20.2% 1.7x
20   Ruddy Duck 12.7% 49.2% 36.6% 3.9x
21   Belted Kingfisher 21.5% 47.7% 26.2% 2.2x
22   American Robin 53.3% 46.9% 6.4% 0.9x
23   Mourning Dove 41.0% 43.1% 2.1% 1.1x
24   Downy Woodpecker 47.2% 37.7% 9.6% 0.8x
25   Mute Swan 0.5% 37.7% 37.2% 74.0x
26   Red-shouldered Hawk 34.8% 36.9% 2.1% 1.1x
27   Eastern Phoebe 41.3% 36.2% 5.1% 0.9x
28   Pine Warbler 51.4% 35.4% 16.1% 0.7x
29   Brown Thrasher 20.6% 34.6% 14.1% 1.7x
30   House Finch 25.7% 33.1% 7.4% 1.3x
31   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.5% 32.3% 10.2% 0.8x
32   Wood Duck 14.5% 32.3% 17.8% 2.2x
33   Eastern Bluebird 51.2% 30.8% 20.4% 0.6x
34   Turkey Vulture 45.3% 30.8% 14.6% 0.7x
35   American Goldfinch 33.0% 30.8% 2.3% 0.9x
36   Red-winged Blackbird 21.7% 30.8% 9.0% 1.4x
37   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.8% 28.5% 16.7% 2.4x
38   Bald Eagle 15.6% 26.2% 10.6% 1.7x
39   Brown-headed Nuthatch 35.3% 25.4% 9.9% 0.7x
40   Killdeer 17.0% 24.6% 7.7% 1.5x
41   Dark-eyed Junco 26.4% 23.8% 2.6% 0.9x
42   Osprey 15.2% 22.3% 7.1% 1.5x
43   Northern Shoveler 2.1% 21.5% 19.4% 10.2x
44   Northern Flicker 28.1% 20.8% 7.4% 0.7x
45   European Starling 19.0% 16.2% 2.9% 0.8x
46   Golden-crowned Kinglet 18.6% 16.2% 2.5% 0.9x
47   Ring-billed Gull 17.0% 16.2% 0.8% 1.0x
48   Great Egret 1.9% 16.2% 14.3% 8.5x
49   Field Sparrow 16.1% 15.4% 0.7% 1.0x
50   Ring-necked Duck 4.8% 15.4% 10.5% 3.2x
51   White-breasted Nuthatch 25.7% 14.6% 11.1% 0.6x
52   Swamp Sparrow 16.8% 13.1% 3.8% 0.8x
53   Hermit Thrush 16.0% 12.3% 3.7% 0.8x
54   Red-tailed Hawk 15.3% 12.3% 3.0% 0.8x
55   Chipping Sparrow 33.2% 11.5% 21.7% 0.3x
56   Rock Pigeon 4.5% 11.5% 7.0% 2.6x
57   Hairy Woodpecker 9.8% 10.8% 0.9% 1.1x
58   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.6% 9.2% 5.3% 0.6x
59   American Coot 4.0% 9.2% 5.3% 2.3x
60   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14.5% 8.5% 6.1% 0.6x
61   Winter Wren 8.3% 8.5% 0.2% 1.0x
62   Gadwall 2.1% 7.7% 5.6% 3.6x
63   Black Vulture 18.0% 5.4% 12.6% 0.3x
64   Tree Swallow 7.6% 5.4% 2.2% 0.7x
65   Wilson's Snipe 3.2% 5.4% 2.2% 1.7x
66   Blue-winged Teal 1.5% 5.4% 3.9% 3.7x
67   Common Grackle 17.9% 4.6% 13.3% 0.3x
68   Brown-headed Cowbird 16.5% 4.6% 11.9% 0.3x
69   Hooded Merganser 9.2% 4.6% 4.6% 0.5x
70   Brown Creeper 6.4% 4.6% 1.8% 0.7x
71   Cooper's Hawk 4.8% 4.6% 0.2% 1.0x
72   Pileated Woodpecker 17.3% 3.8% 13.4% 0.2x
73   Common Yellowthroat 6.1% 3.8% 2.3% 0.6x
74   Lesser Scaup 4.0% 3.8% 0.1% 1.0x
75   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 3.1% 0.5% 0.9x
76   Palm Warbler 2.4% 3.1% 0.7% 1.3x
77   Barn Swallow 1.6% 3.1% 1.5% 1.9x
78   crow sp. 1.3% 3.1% 1.8% 2.4x
79   duck sp. 1.2% 3.1% 1.9% 2.7x
80   Gray Catbird 0.7% 3.1% 2.4% 4.4x
81   Purple Martin 3.0% 2.3% 0.7% 0.8x
82   Green-winged Teal 2.8% 2.3% 0.5% 0.8x
83   Fox Sparrow 2.5% 2.3% 0.2% 0.9x
84   American Wigeon 0.7% 2.3% 1.6% 3.4x
85   Canvasback 0.2% 2.3% 2.1% 10.2x
86   Yellow-throated Warbler 7.8% 1.5% 6.2% 0.2x
87   Louisiana Waterthrush 3.9% 1.5% 2.3% 0.4x
88   Purple Finch 2.8% 1.5% 1.2% 0.6x
89   Black-and-white Warbler 2.6% 1.5% 1.1% 0.6x
90   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.6% 1.5% 0.1% 1.0x
91   gull sp. 1.2% 1.5% 0.4% 1.3x
92   swallow sp. 0.5% 1.5% 1.0% 3.0x
93   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.5% 1.5% 1.0% 3.1x
94   Green Heron 0.4% 1.5% 1.1% 3.5x
95   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 1.5% 1.2% 5.1x
96   Chimney Swift 0.1% 1.5% 1.4% 13.6x
97   Barred Owl 7.3% 0.8% 6.5% 0.1x
98   Pine Siskin 4.8% 0.8% 4.0% 0.2x
99   White-eyed Vireo 3.8% 0.8% 3.0% 0.2x
100   Northern Parula 3.5% 0.8% 2.8% 0.2x
101   Savannah Sparrow 3.2% 0.8% 2.4% 0.2x
102   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.8% 1.2% 0.4x
103   House Sparrow 1.9% 0.8% 1.1% 0.4x
104   House Wren 1.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6x
105   Muscovy Duck 1.0% 0.8% 0.2% 0.8x
106   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.8% 0.2% 0.8x
107   Redhead 0.4% 0.8% 0.4% 1.9x
108   Buteo sp. 0.2% 0.8% 0.6% 4.8x
109   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.8% 0.6% 5.6x
110   Peregrine Falcon 0.1% 0.8% 0.7% 11.9x
111   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.8% 0.7% 13.6x
112   Prothonotary Warbler 0.0% 0.8% 0.8% 47.5x
113   Yellow-breasted Chat 0% 0.8% 0.8%