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Top Birds at Lake Raleigh in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 254 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Percentile
1   Northern Cardinal 0 15 69 196 77.2% 77%
2   Carolina Wren 0 15 68 187 73.6% 83%
3   Canada Goose 2 15 68 168 66.1% 94%
4   Tufted Titmouse 1 15 62 167 65.7% 76%
5   Carolina Chickadee 0 13 60 152 59.8% 77%
6   Fish Crow 0 15 57 146 57.5% 94%
7   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 13 60 138 54.3% 71%
8   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 13 55 134 52.8% 77%
9   American Crow 0 15 55 132 52.0% 73%
10   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 12 46 123 48.4% 74%
11   Great Blue Heron 2 15 57 122 48.0% 76%
12   Eastern Towhee 1 14 53 118 46.5% 81%
13   Blue Jay 0 13 46 117 46.1% 83%
14   Red-eyed Vireo 0 13 52 114 44.9% 65%
15   American Goldfinch 0 14 44 112 44.1% 75%
16   American Robin 0 13 46 112 44.1% 69%
17   House Finch 0 13 41 112 44.1% 86%
18   Red-winged Blackbird 0 15 44 110 43.3% 87%
19   Northern Mockingbird 0 13 45 108 42.5% 85%
20   Cedar Waxwing 1 13 35 100 39.4% 99%
21   Pine Warbler 0 10 43 99 39.0% 61%
22   Common Yellowthroat 0 13 36 96 37.8% 77%
23   Mallard 1 13 35 91 35.8% 85%
24   Gray Catbird 0 13 38 91 35.8% 86%
25   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 14 37 90 35.4% 83%
26   Common Grackle 0 12 39 89 35.0% 75%
27   Red-shouldered Hawk 0 12 42 88 34.6% 82%
28   Eastern Phoebe 0 14 44 85 33.5% 82%
29   Wood Duck 3 12 45 85 33.5% 94%
30   Mourning Dove 0 15 42 83 32.7% 59%
31   Barn Swallow 0 15 35 81 31.9% 80%
32   Downy Woodpecker 0 14 35 80 31.5% 62%
33   European Starling 0 13 30 77 30.3% 83%
34   Eastern Kingbird 1 11 43 75 29.5% 71%
35   Eastern Bluebird 0 11 30 74 29.1% 53%
36   Brown-headed Nuthatch 0 12 36 74 29.1% 69%
37   Chimney Swift 0 13 34 74 29.1% 84%
38   Song Sparrow 0 15 30 74 29.1% 86%
39   White-eyed Vireo 0 11 28 72 28.3% 66%
40   Northern Parula 0 11 31 69 27.2% 60%
41   White-breasted Nuthatch 0 9 26 66 26.0% 77%
42   Belted Kingfisher 0 11 27 66 26.0% 93%
43   Summer Tanager 2 10 35 65 25.6% 41%
44   Killdeer 0 11 22 61 24.0% 76%
45   Brown Thrasher 0 13 35 60 23.6% 82%
46   Indigo Bunting 0 11 24 59 23.2% 51%
47   Acadian Flycatcher 0 7 21 51 20.1% 49%
48   Pileated Woodpecker 1 7 26 48 18.9% 65%
49   American Redstart 0 10 19 46 18.1% 79%
50   Chipping Sparrow 0 10 28 44 17.3% 31%
51   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 10 29 43 16.9% 40%
52   Swainson's Thrush 0 9 15 43 16.9% 89%
53   Turkey Vulture 0 12 21 40 15.7% 39%
54   Black-and-white Warbler 0 8 17 38 15.0% 74%
55   Bald Eagle 1 10 23 38 15.0% 60%
56   Blackpoll Warbler 0 7 13 36 14.2% 91%
57   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 10 18 34 13.4% 77%
58   Double-crested Cormorant 0 11 14 32 12.6% 51%
59   Prothonotary Warbler 0 9 12 31 12.2% 51%
60   Spotted Sandpiper 1 8 17 30 11.8% 60%
61   Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 9 17 30 11.8% 83%
62   Blue Grosbeak 0 10 7 28 11.0% 48%
63   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 8 18 26 10.2% 52%
64   Louisiana Waterthrush 2 6 17 25 9.8% 67%
65   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 7 17 23 9.1% 38%
66   Orchard Oriole 0 7 10 23 9.1% 53%
67   Ovenbird 0 6 13 22 8.7% 34%
68   Northern Waterthrush 0 6 15 22 8.7% 80%
69   Green Heron 0 9 9 20 7.9% 69%
70   Hairy Woodpecker 0 9 19 20 7.9% 59%
71   Solitary Sandpiper 1 9 12 20 7.9% 62%
72   Wood Thrush 0 7 18 19 7.5% 45%
73   Mute Swan 1 5 5 19 7.5% 80%
74   Scarlet Tanager 0 6 9 17 6.7% 45%
75   Red-tailed Hawk 0 11 11 16 6.3% 50%
76   Barred Owl 4 7 10 16 6.3% 62%
77   Rock Pigeon 0 10 11 16 6.3% 74%
78   Warbling Vireo 2 3 11 16 6.3% 87%
79   White-throated Sparrow 0 7 8 15 5.9% 67%
80   Osprey 1 7 15 13 5.1% 30%
81   Tree Swallow 0 7 8 13 5.1% 43%
82   Baltimore Oriole 0 3 3 13 5.1% 97%
83   Yellow-breasted Chat 0 8 6 11 4.3% 49%
84   Northern Flicker 0 4 7 11 4.3% 38%
85   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 6 9 11 4.3% 63%
86   House Sparrow 0 2 2 9 3.5% 62%
87   Hooded Warbler 0 3 6 8 3.1% 28%
88   Veery 0 3 5 8 3.1% 56%
89   Purple Martin 0 5 3 7 2.8% 41%
90   Yellow-throated Vireo 0 6 5 7 2.8% 21%
91   Least Sandpiper 0 4 2 7 2.8% 36%
92   House Wren 0 6 5 6 2.4% 32%
93   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 4 6 6 2.4% 64%
94   Black Vulture 0 4 5 5 2.0% 8%
95   Yellow-throated Warbler 0 4 2 5 2.0% 12%
96   Worm-eating Warbler 0 3 4 5 2.0% 60%
97   Hermit Thrush 0 5 3 5 2.0% 85%
98   Ruddy Duck 0 2 5 5 2.0% 78%
99   Prairie Warbler 1 2 3 4 1.6% 23%
100   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 3 2 3 1.2% 7%
101   Eastern Meadowlark 0 1 1 3 1.2% 25%
102   Semipalmated Plover 0 2 2 3 1.2% 20%
103   Cooper's Hawk 0 2 6 3 1.2% 22%
104   Swamp Sparrow 0 3 3 3 1.2% 29%
105   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0 3 1 3 1.2% 38%
106   Palm Warbler 0 3 2 3 1.2% 50%
107   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0 2 2 3 1.2% 44%
108   Blue-headed Vireo 0 2 2 2 0.8% 17%
109   Pine Siskin 0 2 1 2 0.8% 29%
110   Blue-winged Teal 0 1 2 2 0.8% 41%
111   Common Raven 0 2 2 2 0.8% 31%
112   Wilson's Snipe 0 2 1 2 0.8% 60%
113   Red-headed Woodpecker 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
114   Great Egret 0 1 1 1 0.4% 6%
115   Magnolia Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 3%
116   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.4% 5%
117   Kentucky Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 7%
118   Hooded Merganser 0 1 1 1 0.4% 14%
119   Wild Turkey 0 1 1 1 0.4% 4%
120   Savannah Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.4% 6%
121   Cape May Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 8%
122   Swainson's Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 15%
123   Black-throated Green Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 4%
124   Anhinga 0 1 1 1 0.4% 15%
125   Blackburnian Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 20%
126   Northern Harrier 0 1 1 1 0.4% 29%
127   Common Loon 0 1 1 1 0.4% 17%
128   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 1 1 1 0.4% 8%