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

based on 158 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
1   Canada Goose 48.8% 84.2% 35.4%
2   Northern Cardinal 80.3% 83.5% 3.2%
3   Tufted Titmouse 69.5% 67.7% 1.7%
4   White-throated Sparrow 56.4% 67.7% 11.3%
5   Carolina Wren 70.5% 67.1% 3.4%
6   Eastern Towhee 46.2% 61.4% 15.2%
7   Fish Crow 35.5% 61.4% 25.9%
8   Great Blue Heron 44.5% 60.1% 15.6%
9   American Crow 56.3% 58.2% 2.0%
10   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 29.6% 58.2% 28.7%
11   Carolina Chickadee 66.1% 55.7% 10.4%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.2% 55.7% 2.5%
13   Mallard 30.0% 53.8% 23.8%
14   Yellow-rumped Warbler 46.2% 50.6% 4.4%
15   Northern Mockingbird 28.1% 50.0% 21.9%
16   Double-crested Cormorant 26.4% 50.0% 23.6%
17   Blue Jay 49.8% 49.4% 0.4%
18   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 62.6% 46.2% 16.3%
19   Red-winged Blackbird 25.9% 44.9% 19.0%
20   American Robin 42.5% 43.7% 1.1%
21   Mourning Dove 45.9% 39.2% 6.7%
22   Belted Kingfisher 18.3% 38.0% 19.6%
23   Pine Warbler 43.1% 36.7% 6.4%
24   American Goldfinch 45.2% 36.1% 9.1%
25   Red-shouldered Hawk 32.4% 35.4% 3.0%
26   Song Sparrow 22.6% 34.8% 12.2%
27   Wood Duck 13.3% 34.8% 21.5%
28   Common Grackle 27.2% 31.6% 4.5%
29   Barn Swallow 19.1% 31.6% 12.5%
30   White-eyed Vireo 37.8% 29.7% 8.1%
31   Eastern Phoebe 34.3% 29.7% 4.6%
32   House Finch 25.3% 29.7% 4.5%
33   Brown Thrasher 20.7% 29.7% 9.0%
34   Turkey Vulture 42.9% 29.1% 13.8%
35   Bald Eagle 11.9% 28.5% 16.6%
36   Killdeer 16.4% 27.8% 11.4%
37   Eastern Bluebird 48.5% 25.9% 22.5%
38   Downy Woodpecker 38.8% 24.7% 14.2%
39   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 32.9% 24.1% 8.8%
40   European Starling 21.3% 24.1% 2.7%
41   Gray Catbird 18.8% 23.4% 4.6%
42   Mute Swan 0.3% 22.2% 21.9%
43   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.4% 21.5% 9.9%
44   Chimney Swift 13.3% 19.0% 5.7%
45   Chipping Sparrow 43.3% 17.7% 25.6%
46   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.6% 17.7% 17.9%
47   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.0% 16.5% 5.5%
48   Common Yellowthroat 33.4% 15.8% 17.6%
49   Palm Warbler 8.5% 14.6% 6.0%
50   Pied-billed Grebe 2.3% 13.9% 11.6%
51   Great Crested Flycatcher 19.8% 13.3% 6.5%
52   Eastern Kingbird 11.9% 13.3% 1.4%
53   Green Heron 6.8% 13.3% 6.5%
54   Red-eyed Vireo 30.0% 12.0% 18.0%
55   Swamp Sparrow 13.5% 10.8% 2.7%
56   Rock Pigeon 5.5% 10.8% 5.2%
57   Ruddy Duck 2.8% 10.8% 7.9%
58   Osprey 17.0% 10.1% 6.9%
59   Red-tailed Hawk 13.4% 10.1% 3.3%
60   Solitary Sandpiper 5.5% 10.1% 4.6%
61   Hermit Thrush 8.2% 8.9% 0.7%
62   Hairy Woodpecker 9.0% 7.6% 1.4%
63   Field Sparrow 11.8% 7.0% 4.9%
64   Spotted Sandpiper 7.4% 7.0% 0.5%
65   Bufflehead 1.5% 7.0% 5.4%
66   Pileated Woodpecker 19.8% 6.3% 13.5%
67   Northern Parula 36.3% 5.7% 30.6%
68   Northern Flicker 14.0% 5.7% 8.3%
69   Tree Swallow 12.3% 5.7% 6.6%
70   House Wren 10.5% 5.7% 4.8%
71   American Coot 1.0% 5.7% 4.7%
72   Black Vulture 19.9% 5.1% 14.9%
73   Summer Tanager 13.9% 5.1% 8.8%
74   Barred Owl 8.8% 5.1% 3.8%
75   Great Egret 2.5% 5.1% 2.5%
76   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.4% 4.4% 6.0%
77   Cedar Waxwing 6.2% 3.8% 2.4%
78   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.3% 3.8% 2.5%
79   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 3.2% 11.1%
80   Prairie Warbler 8.0% 3.2% 4.9%
81   Ring-billed Gull 7.3% 3.2% 4.1%
82   Orchard Oriole 6.7% 3.2% 3.5%
83   Dark-eyed Junco 4.5% 3.2% 1.4%
84   Blue-headed Vireo 4.3% 3.2% 1.2%
85   Winter Wren 1.2% 3.2% 2.0%
86   Wilson's Snipe 1.0% 3.2% 2.2%
87   Ovenbird 19.2% 2.5% 16.7%
88   Purple Martin 6.3% 2.5% 3.8%
89   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 2.5% 1.3%
90   Blue-winged Teal 2.3% 2.5% 0.3%
91   Yellow-throated Warbler 20.0% 1.9% 18.1%
92   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.4% 1.9% 6.5%
93   Wood Thrush 8.2% 1.9% 6.3%
94   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.3% 1.9% 4.4%
95   Yellow Warbler 2.8% 1.9% 0.9%
96   Hooded Merganser 2.2% 1.9% 0.3%
97   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 1.9% 1.1%
98   Indigo Bunting 12.6% 1.3% 11.4%
99   Prothonotary Warbler 12.2% 1.3% 10.9%
100   Hooded Warbler 9.2% 1.3% 7.9%
101   House Sparrow 2.3% 1.3% 1.1%
102   Greater Yellowlegs 0.7% 1.3% 0.6%
103   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
104   American Wigeon 0.1% 1.3% 1.1%
105   Sora 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
106   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.4% 0.6% 13.7%
107   American Redstart 8.8% 0.6% 8.2%
108   Blue Grosbeak 8.7% 0.6% 8.1%
109   Savannah Sparrow 4.4% 0.6% 3.7%
110   Bonaparte's Gull 3.9% 0.6% 3.2%
111   Pine Siskin 3.7% 0.6% 3.0%
112   Cliff Swallow 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
113   Worm-eating Warbler 2.3% 0.6% 1.7%
114   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1.5% 0.6% 0.9%
115   Veery 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
116   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
117   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.3% 0.6% 0.6%
118   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
119   Great Horned Owl 0.9% 0.6% 0.2%
120   Purple Finch 0.7% 0.6% 0.0%
121   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
122   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
123   Ring-necked Duck 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
124   Brown Creeper 0.4% 0.6% 0.3%
125   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
126   American Pipit 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
127   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
128   Blackburnian Warbler 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%