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

based on 157 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Raleigh in April. 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 48.6% 84.7% 36.1% 1.7x
2   Northern Cardinal 80.4% 84.1% 3.6% 1.0x
3   Tufted Titmouse 69.7% 68.2% 1.5% 1.0x
4   White-throated Sparrow 56.7% 68.2% 11.4% 1.2x
5   Carolina Wren 70.7% 67.5% 3.2% 1.0x
6   Eastern Towhee 46.1% 61.8% 15.7% 1.3x
7   Fish Crow 35.7% 61.8% 26.1% 1.7x
8   Great Blue Heron 44.3% 60.5% 16.2% 1.4x
9   American Crow 56.6% 58.6% 2.0% 1.0x
10   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 29.4% 58.6% 29.2% 2.0x
11   Carolina Chickadee 66.3% 56.1% 10.3% 0.8x
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.4% 56.1% 2.4% 1.0x
13   Mallard 29.8% 54.1% 24.4% 1.8x
14   Yellow-rumped Warbler 46.4% 51.0% 4.5% 1.1x
15   Northern Mockingbird 27.9% 50.3% 22.4% 1.8x
16   Double-crested Cormorant 26.3% 50.3% 24.0% 1.9x
17   Blue Jay 50.1% 49.7% 0.4% 1.0x
18   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 62.4% 46.5% 15.9% 0.7x
19   Red-winged Blackbird 25.7% 45.2% 19.5% 1.8x
20   American Robin 42.3% 43.9% 1.6% 1.0x
21   Mourning Dove 46.3% 39.5% 6.8% 0.9x
22   Belted Kingfisher 18.2% 38.2% 20.0% 2.1x
23   Pine Warbler 43.4% 36.9% 6.5% 0.9x
24   American Goldfinch 45.4% 36.3% 9.1% 0.8x
25   Red-shouldered Hawk 32.6% 35.7% 3.1% 1.1x
26   Song Sparrow 22.4% 35.0% 12.6% 1.6x
27   Wood Duck 13.2% 35.0% 21.8% 2.7x
28   Common Grackle 27.0% 31.8% 4.8% 1.2x
29   Barn Swallow 19.0% 31.8% 12.8% 1.7x
30   White-eyed Vireo 37.6% 29.9% 7.7% 0.8x
31   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 29.9% 4.3% 0.9x
32   House Finch 25.7% 29.9% 4.2% 1.2x
33   Brown Thrasher 20.7% 29.9% 9.2% 1.4x
34   Turkey Vulture 43.0% 29.3% 13.7% 0.7x
35   Bald Eagle 11.9% 28.7% 16.8% 2.4x
36   Killdeer 16.3% 28.0% 11.7% 1.7x
37   Eastern Bluebird 48.8% 26.1% 22.7% 0.5x
38   Downy Woodpecker 39.3% 24.8% 14.4% 0.6x
39   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.0% 24.2% 8.8% 0.7x
40   European Starling 21.2% 24.2% 3.0% 1.1x
41   Gray Catbird 18.8% 23.6% 4.8% 1.3x
42   Mute Swan 0.3% 22.3% 22.0% 75.1x
43   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.9% 21.7% 10.2% 0.7x
44   Chimney Swift 13.6% 19.1% 5.5% 1.4x
45   Chipping Sparrow 43.7% 17.8% 25.8% 0.4x
46   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.9% 17.8% 18.1% 0.5x
47   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.4% 16.6% 5.9% 0.7x
48   Common Yellowthroat 33.2% 15.9% 17.3% 0.5x
49   Palm Warbler 8.5% 14.6% 6.2% 1.7x
50   Pied-billed Grebe 2.3% 14.0% 11.7% 6.0x
51   Great Crested Flycatcher 20.0% 13.4% 6.6% 0.7x
52   Eastern Kingbird 11.9% 13.4% 1.5% 1.1x
53   Green Heron 6.8% 13.4% 6.6% 2.0x
54   Red-eyed Vireo 30.0% 12.1% 17.9% 0.4x
55   Swamp Sparrow 13.4% 10.8% 2.6% 0.8x
56   Rock Pigeon 5.5% 10.8% 5.3% 2.0x
57   Ruddy Duck 2.8% 10.8% 8.0% 3.8x
58   Osprey 16.9% 10.2% 6.7% 0.6x
59   Solitary Sandpiper 5.5% 10.2% 4.7% 1.9x
60   Red-tailed Hawk 13.4% 9.6% 3.9% 0.7x
61   Hermit Thrush 8.2% 8.9% 0.8% 1.1x
62   Hairy Woodpecker 9.1% 7.6% 1.4% 0.8x
63   Field Sparrow 11.8% 7.0% 4.7% 0.6x
64   Spotted Sandpiper 7.4% 7.0% 0.4% 0.9x
65   Bufflehead 1.5% 7.0% 5.5% 4.6x
66   Pileated Woodpecker 20.0% 6.4% 13.6% 0.3x
67   Northern Parula 36.2% 5.7% 30.4% 0.2x
68   Northern Flicker 14.0% 5.7% 8.2% 0.4x
69   Tree Swallow 12.3% 5.7% 6.5% 0.5x
70   House Wren 10.5% 5.7% 4.7% 0.5x
71   American Coot 1.0% 5.7% 4.8% 6.0x
72   Black Vulture 20.1% 5.1% 15.0% 0.3x
73   Summer Tanager 14.0% 5.1% 8.9% 0.4x
74   Barred Owl 8.8% 5.1% 3.7% 0.6x
75   Great Egret 2.5% 5.1% 2.6% 2.0x
76   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.3% 4.5% 5.9% 0.4x
77   Cedar Waxwing 6.2% 3.8% 2.4% 0.6x
78   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.3% 3.8% 2.5% 2.9x
79   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 3.2% 11.1% 0.2x
80   Prairie Warbler 8.0% 3.2% 4.8% 0.4x
81   Ring-billed Gull 7.3% 3.2% 4.1% 0.4x
82   Orchard Oriole 6.6% 3.2% 3.5% 0.5x
83   Dark-eyed Junco 4.7% 3.2% 1.5% 0.7x
84   Blue-headed Vireo 4.3% 3.2% 1.1% 0.7x
85   Winter Wren 1.2% 3.2% 2.0% 2.6x
86   Wilson's Snipe 1.0% 3.2% 2.2% 3.2x
87   Ovenbird 19.1% 2.5% 16.5% 0.1x
88   Purple Martin 6.3% 2.5% 3.7% 0.4x
89   Cooper's Hawk 3.9% 2.5% 1.4% 0.7x
90   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 2.5% 0.3% 1.1x
91   Yellow-throated Warbler 19.9% 1.9% 18.0% 0.1x
92   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.8% 1.9% 6.8% 0.2x
93   Wood Thrush 8.2% 1.9% 6.2% 0.2x
94   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.3% 1.9% 4.4% 0.3x
95   Yellow Warbler 2.8% 1.9% 0.9% 0.7x
96   Hooded Merganser 2.2% 1.9% 0.3% 0.9x
97   swallow sp. 1.0% 1.9% 0.9% 1.8x
98   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 1.9% 1.1% 2.3x
99   Indigo Bunting 12.6% 1.3% 11.3% 0.1x
100   Prothonotary Warbler 12.1% 1.3% 10.8% 0.1x
101   Hooded Warbler 9.1% 1.3% 7.8% 0.1x
102   House Sparrow 2.3% 1.3% 1.0% 0.6x
103   crow sp. 1.4% 1.3% 0.1% 0.9x
104   Greater Yellowlegs 0.7% 1.3% 0.6% 1.8x
105   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 1.3% 0.8% 2.8x
106   American Wigeon 0.1% 1.3% 1.1% 9.3x
107   Sora 0.1% 1.3% 1.2% 14.3x
108   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.3% 0.6% 13.7% 0.0x
109   American Redstart 8.8% 0.6% 8.2% 0.1x
110   Blue Grosbeak 8.6% 0.6% 8.0% 0.1x
111   Savannah Sparrow 4.3% 0.6% 3.7% 0.1x
112   Bonaparte's Gull 3.8% 0.6% 3.2% 0.2x
113   Pine Siskin 3.8% 0.6% 3.2% 0.2x
114   Cliff Swallow 3.4% 0.6% 2.8% 0.2x
115   Worm-eating Warbler 2.3% 0.6% 1.7% 0.3x
116   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.4x
117   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 0.6% 0.8% 0.4x
118   Veery 1.4% 0.6% 0.8% 0.5x
119   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.3% 0.6% 0.7% 0.5x
120   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.1% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6x
121   Great Horned Owl 0.9% 0.6% 0.2% 0.7x
122   Purple Finch 0.8% 0.6% 0.1% 0.8x
123   duck sp. 0.8% 0.6% 0.1% 0.8x
124   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
125   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.4x
126   Ring-necked Duck 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.5x
127   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.5x
128   Brown Creeper 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 1.7x
129   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 1.9x
130   American Pipit 0.2% 0.6% 0.4% 2.9x
131   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 0.6% 0.4% 3.2x
132   Blackburnian Warbler 0.2% 0.6% 0.5% 3.5x
133   blackbird sp. 0.2% 0.6% 0.5% 3.6x
134   Accipiter sp. 0.2% 0.6% 0.5% 3.6x
135   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 5.6x