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

based on 111 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 50.5% 87.4% 36.9% 1.7x
2   Northern Cardinal 74.9% 85.6% 10.7% 1.1x
3   Double-crested Cormorant 33.4% 84.7% 51.3% 2.5x
4   American Crow 58.5% 74.8% 16.2% 1.3x
5   White-throated Sparrow 53.7% 73.0% 19.3% 1.4x
6   Mallard 38.0% 72.1% 34.1% 1.9x
7   Fish Crow 35.4% 70.3% 34.8% 2.0x
8   Carolina Wren 66.9% 68.5% 1.6% 1.0x
9   Song Sparrow 48.7% 68.5% 19.8% 1.4x
10   Great Blue Heron 44.1% 68.5% 24.4% 1.6x
11   Carolina Chickadee 68.4% 67.6% 0.9% 1.0x
12   Pied-billed Grebe 13.4% 64.0% 50.6% 4.8x
13   Tufted Titmouse 66.0% 61.3% 4.7% 0.9x
14   Eastern Towhee 43.1% 60.4% 17.3% 1.4x
15   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.5% 55.0% 10.5% 1.2x
16   Bufflehead 11.4% 54.1% 42.6% 4.7x
17   Blue Jay 45.1% 52.3% 7.2% 1.2x
18   Ruddy Duck 13.4% 52.3% 38.9% 3.9x
19   Northern Mockingbird 29.5% 51.4% 21.8% 1.7x
20   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.8% 48.6% 7.1% 0.9x
21   Belted Kingfisher 21.9% 46.8% 25.0% 2.1x
22   Mute Swan 0.6% 44.1% 43.6% 79.3x
23   American Robin 53.0% 43.2% 9.8% 0.8x
24   Mourning Dove 41.1% 43.2% 2.1% 1.1x
25   Red-shouldered Hawk 34.5% 39.6% 5.2% 1.1x
26   Downy Woodpecker 46.5% 36.9% 9.5% 0.8x
27   Eastern Phoebe 41.0% 35.1% 5.9% 0.9x
28   House Finch 25.0% 35.1% 10.2% 1.4x
29   Pine Warbler 50.5% 33.3% 17.2% 0.7x
30   Turkey Vulture 46.0% 33.3% 12.7% 0.7x
31   Brown Thrasher 21.2% 33.3% 12.2% 1.6x
32   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.0% 30.6% 11.4% 0.7x
33   Wood Duck 15.3% 29.7% 14.5% 1.9x
34   Eastern Bluebird 50.7% 28.8% 21.8% 0.6x
35   American Goldfinch 31.3% 28.8% 2.5% 0.9x
36   Red-winged Blackbird 21.3% 28.8% 7.5% 1.4x
37   Bald Eagle 15.0% 28.8% 13.8% 1.9x
38   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.5% 27.0% 14.5% 2.2x
39   Killdeer 17.1% 25.2% 8.1% 1.5x
40   Northern Shoveler 2.4% 25.2% 22.8% 10.3x
41   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.4% 24.3% 10.1% 0.7x
42   Dark-eyed Junco 24.4% 22.5% 1.8% 0.9x
43   Osprey 14.5% 21.6% 7.1% 1.5x
44   Northern Flicker 27.7% 20.7% 7.0% 0.7x
45   Ring-billed Gull 17.9% 18.9% 1.0% 1.1x
46   Great Egret 1.9% 18.9% 17.0% 10.0x
47   Field Sparrow 16.5% 16.2% 0.3% 1.0x
48   European Starling 20.1% 15.3% 4.8% 0.8x
49   Golden-crowned Kinglet 18.1% 15.3% 2.8% 0.8x
50   Red-tailed Hawk 15.6% 14.4% 1.2% 0.9x
51   Rock Pigeon 4.8% 13.5% 8.8% 2.8x
52   White-breasted Nuthatch 25.7% 12.6% 13.1% 0.5x
53   Swamp Sparrow 16.2% 12.6% 3.6% 0.8x
54   Ring-necked Duck 5.0% 11.7% 6.7% 2.3x
55   Hermit Thrush 15.2% 10.8% 4.4% 0.7x
56   Hairy Woodpecker 9.6% 10.8% 1.2% 1.1x
57   American Coot 4.3% 10.8% 6.5% 2.5x
58   Chipping Sparrow 31.4% 9.9% 21.5% 0.3x
59   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14.9% 8.1% 6.8% 0.5x
60   Winter Wren 8.6% 8.1% 0.5% 0.9x
61   Gadwall 2.3% 7.2% 4.9% 3.1x
62   Black Vulture 17.9% 6.3% 11.6% 0.4x
63   Wilson's Snipe 3.6% 5.4% 1.8% 1.5x
64   Blue-winged Teal 1.5% 5.4% 3.9% 3.5x
65   Common Grackle 18.4% 4.5% 13.9% 0.2x
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 15.8% 4.5% 11.3% 0.3x
67   Hooded Merganser 9.9% 4.5% 5.4% 0.5x
68   Tree Swallow 7.8% 4.5% 3.3% 0.6x
69   Cooper's Hawk 5.0% 4.5% 0.5% 0.9x
70   Lesser Scaup 4.3% 4.5% 0.2% 1.1x
71   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13.8% 3.6% 10.2% 0.3x
72   Brown Creeper 6.8% 3.6% 3.2% 0.5x
73   Common Yellowthroat 6.0% 3.6% 2.4% 0.6x
74   Cedar Waxwing 3.8% 3.6% 0.2% 0.9x
75   Barn Swallow 1.6% 3.6% 2.0% 2.2x
76   crow sp. 1.6% 3.6% 2.0% 2.3x
77   Gray Catbird 0.6% 3.6% 3.0% 6.0x
78   Pileated Woodpecker 17.5% 2.7% 14.8% 0.2x
79   Purple Martin 2.8% 2.7% 0.1% 1.0x
80   Fox Sparrow 2.3% 2.7% 0.4% 1.2x
81   duck sp. 1.2% 2.7% 1.5% 2.3x
82   Canvasback 0.3% 2.7% 2.4% 10.2x
83   Yellow-throated Warbler 7.4% 1.8% 5.6% 0.2x
84   Louisiana Waterthrush 3.8% 1.8% 2.0% 0.5x
85   Green-winged Teal 3.0% 1.8% 1.2% 0.6x
86   Black-and-white Warbler 2.6% 1.8% 0.8% 0.7x
87   Palm Warbler 2.1% 1.8% 0.3% 0.8x
88   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.7% 1.8% 0.1% 1.1x
89   gull sp. 1.2% 1.8% 0.6% 1.5x
90   swallow sp. 0.6% 1.8% 1.2% 3.2x
91   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.5% 1.8% 1.3% 3.5x
92   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 1.8% 1.5% 5.3x
93   Barred Owl 7.3% 0.9% 6.4% 0.1x
94   Pine Siskin 5.7% 0.9% 4.8% 0.2x
95   Northern Parula 3.7% 0.9% 2.8% 0.2x
96   White-eyed Vireo 3.6% 0.9% 2.7% 0.3x
97   Savannah Sparrow 3.2% 0.9% 2.3% 0.3x
98   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.2% 0.9% 1.3% 0.4x
99   House Sparrow 2.0% 0.9% 1.1% 0.5x
100   Purple Finch 1.7% 0.9% 0.8% 0.5x
101   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.9% 0.1% 0.9x
102   Muscovy Duck 1.0% 0.9% 0.1% 0.9x
103   American Wigeon 0.7% 0.9% 0.2% 1.4x
104   Green Heron 0.5% 0.9% 0.4% 1.8x
105   Redhead 0.4% 0.9% 0.5% 2.0x
106   Buteo sp. 0.2% 0.9% 0.7% 5.8x
107   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.9% 0.8% 6.6x
108   Chimney Swift 0.1% 0.9% 0.8% 8.4x
109   Prothonotary Warbler 0.0% 0.9% 0.9% 92.2x
110   Yellow-breasted Chat 0% 0.9% 0.9%