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

based on 119 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Raleigh in May. 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   Northern Cardinal 79.7% 84.0% 4.3% 1.1x
2   Carolina Wren 70.5% 79.8% 9.3% 1.1x
3   Canada Goose 41.4% 73.1% 31.7% 1.8x
4   Tufted Titmouse 64.6% 68.9% 4.3% 1.1x
5   American Crow 56.8% 68.9% 12.1% 1.2x
6   Fish Crow 33.0% 68.9% 35.9% 2.1x
7   Great Blue Heron 46.3% 62.2% 15.9% 1.3x
8   Eastern Towhee 37.3% 58.8% 21.5% 1.6x
9   Carolina Chickadee 60.2% 58.0% 2.3% 1.0x
10   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.8% 55.5% 1.3% 1.0x
11   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 53.8% 0.5% 1.0x
12   Northern Mockingbird 30.7% 52.9% 22.2% 1.7x
13   Blue Jay 43.2% 52.1% 8.9% 1.2x
14   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 31.8% 52.1% 20.3% 1.6x
15   European Starling 22.0% 51.3% 29.2% 2.3x
16   House Finch 27.7% 48.7% 21.0% 1.8x
17   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.3% 46.2% 2.1% 1.0x
18   American Robin 38.4% 45.4% 6.9% 1.2x
19   Common Grackle 35.5% 45.4% 9.8% 1.3x
20   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.5% 44.5% 13.1% 1.4x
21   Barn Swallow 30.4% 44.5% 14.2% 1.5x
22   Mourning Dove 48.6% 42.9% 5.7% 0.9x
23   Gray Catbird 30.8% 42.9% 12.1% 1.4x
24   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 42.9% 15.6% 1.6x
25   Common Yellowthroat 40.7% 40.3% 0.4% 1.0x
26   Mallard 28.8% 39.5% 10.7% 1.4x
27   American Goldfinch 44.6% 38.7% 5.9% 0.9x
28   Cedar Waxwing 13.2% 38.7% 25.5% 2.9x
29   Chimney Swift 28.5% 37.0% 8.4% 1.3x
30   Red-eyed Vireo 51.6% 36.1% 15.4% 0.7x
31   Eastern Phoebe 34.4% 32.8% 1.6% 1.0x
32   Wood Duck 12.8% 32.8% 19.9% 2.6x
33   Eastern Bluebird 49.8% 31.9% 17.8% 0.6x
34   Eastern Kingbird 26.5% 31.9% 5.5% 1.2x
35   Killdeer 19.8% 31.1% 11.2% 1.6x
36   Brown Thrasher 17.3% 31.1% 13.8% 1.8x
37   Belted Kingfisher 11.7% 30.3% 18.6% 2.6x
38   Song Sparrow 14.7% 29.4% 14.7% 2.0x
39   Pine Warbler 40.1% 27.7% 12.4% 0.7x
40   White-eyed Vireo 33.5% 27.7% 5.8% 0.8x
41   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.5% 27.7% 2.7% 0.9x
42   Downy Woodpecker 40.1% 26.1% 14.0% 0.7x
43   Indigo Bunting 45.5% 25.2% 20.3% 0.6x
44   Turkey Vulture 39.9% 23.5% 16.3% 0.6x
45   Bald Eagle 10.2% 22.7% 12.5% 2.2x
46   Northern Parula 36.5% 21.0% 15.5% 0.6x
47   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.7% 20.2% 3.6% 0.8x
48   Double-crested Cormorant 18.2% 20.2% 2.0% 1.1x
49   Summer Tanager 37.5% 19.3% 18.1% 0.5x
50   Chipping Sparrow 38.2% 18.5% 19.8% 0.5x
51   Orchard Oriole 15.2% 18.5% 3.3% 1.2x
52   Mute Swan 0.2% 16.0% 15.8% 84.3x
53   American Redstart 22.7% 15.1% 7.6% 0.7x
54   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.5% 14.3% 21.2% 0.4x
55   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.1% 14.3% 4.9% 0.7x
56   Green Heron 10.5% 14.3% 3.8% 1.4x
57   Spotted Sandpiper 16.4% 13.4% 2.9% 0.8x
58   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.8% 12.6% 1.2% 0.9x
59   Rock Pigeon 6.1% 12.6% 6.5% 2.1x
60   Red-tailed Hawk 13.3% 11.8% 1.6% 0.9x
61   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.3% 10.9% 0.4% 1.0x
62   Warbling Vireo 1.5% 10.9% 9.4% 7.1x
63   Ovenbird 18.7% 10.1% 8.7% 0.5x
64   Prothonotary Warbler 16.2% 10.1% 6.1% 0.6x
65   Acadian Flycatcher 26.1% 9.2% 16.8% 0.4x
66   Blue Grosbeak 23.5% 9.2% 14.3% 0.4x
67   Black-and-white Warbler 15.9% 9.2% 6.7% 0.6x
68   Pileated Woodpecker 19.2% 8.4% 10.8% 0.4x
69   Wood Thrush 13.7% 8.4% 5.3% 0.6x
70   Solitary Sandpiper 8.1% 8.4% 0.3% 1.0x
71   Barred Owl 7.8% 8.4% 0.6% 1.1x
72   Swainson's Thrush 6.0% 8.4% 2.4% 1.4x
73   Osprey 16.0% 7.6% 8.4% 0.5x
74   Hairy Woodpecker 8.6% 7.6% 1.1% 0.9x
75   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.4% 6.7% 14.7% 0.3x
76   Blackpoll Warbler 7.3% 5.9% 1.4% 0.8x
77   Northern Waterthrush 7.0% 5.9% 1.1% 0.8x
78   Scarlet Tanager 11.9% 5.0% 6.9% 0.4x
79   Hooded Warbler 11.4% 5.0% 6.4% 0.4x
80   White-throated Sparrow 8.5% 5.0% 3.5% 0.6x
81   Yellow Warbler 8.1% 5.0% 3.0% 0.6x
82   Least Sandpiper 5.5% 5.0% 0.5% 0.9x
83   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.1% 4.2% 6.9% 0.4x
84   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.4% 4.2% 3.2% 0.6x
85   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 4.2% 3.8% 11.5x
86   Tree Swallow 14.5% 3.4% 11.2% 0.2x
87   Purple Martin 10.4% 3.4% 7.0% 0.3x
88   Prairie Warbler 7.6% 3.4% 4.3% 0.4x
89   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.7% 3.4% 3.4% 0.5x
90   House Wren 9.7% 2.5% 7.1% 0.3x
91   Northern Flicker 8.8% 2.5% 6.3% 0.3x
92   Veery 3.5% 2.5% 1.0% 0.7x
93   Semipalmated Plover 2.4% 2.5% 0.1% 1.0x
94   crow sp. 1.5% 2.5% 1.0% 1.7x
95   Worm-eating Warbler 1.2% 2.5% 1.4% 2.2x
96   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 2.5% 2.2% 8.0x
97   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.4% 1.7% 8.8% 0.2x
98   Swamp Sparrow 2.1% 1.7% 0.4% 0.8x
99   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.6% 1.7% 0.1% 1.1x
100   swallow sp. 1.1% 1.7% 0.6% 1.5x
101   Palm Warbler 0.9% 1.7% 0.8% 2.0x
102   Blue-winged Teal 0.4% 1.7% 1.3% 4.4x
103   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 1.7% 1.4% 6.4x
104   Wilson's Snipe 0.0% 1.7% 1.6% 51.5x
105   Black Vulture 21.3% 0.8% 20.5% 0.0x
106   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.6% 0.8% 14.8% 0.1x
107   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.8% 0.8% 10.0% 0.1x
108   Magnolia Warbler 3.6% 0.8% 2.8% 0.2x
109   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.2% 0.8% 2.3% 0.3x
110   Cooper's Hawk 2.8% 0.8% 1.9% 0.3x
111   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.3% 0.8% 1.5% 0.4x
112   Great Egret 2.2% 0.8% 1.4% 0.4x
113   Wild Turkey 1.5% 0.8% 0.7% 0.5x
114   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 0.8% 0.2% 0.8x
115   Pine Siskin 0.8% 0.8% 0.1% 1.1x
116   Swainson's Warbler 0.6% 0.8% 0.2% 1.3x
117   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.8% 0.3% 1.5x
118   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.5% 0.8% 0.3% 1.6x
119   duck sp. 0.5% 0.8% 0.3% 1.6x
120   Common Loon 0.4% 0.8% 0.5% 2.2x
121   Northern Harrier 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.6x
122   Anhinga 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.9x
123   Common Raven 0.2% 0.8% 0.6% 4.3x
124   thrush sp. 0% 0.8% 0.8%