Top Birds at Lake Raleigh in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 93 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | Relative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Cardinal | 79.4% | 84.9% | 5.6% | 1.1x | |||
| 2 | Carolina Wren | 70.0% | 78.5% | 8.5% | 1.1x | |||
| 3 | American Crow | 56.6% | 73.1% | 16.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 4 | Canada Goose | 42.1% | 71.0% | 28.9% | 1.7x | |||
| 5 | Fish Crow | 33.0% | 68.8% | 35.9% | 2.1x | |||
| 6 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.7% | 67.7% | 3.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 7 | Great Blue Heron | 47.9% | 62.4% | 14.5% | 1.3x | |||
| 8 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 33.1% | 59.1% | 26.1% | 1.8x | |||
| 9 | Eastern Towhee | 37.6% | 58.1% | 20.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 10 | European Starling | 22.4% | 58.1% | 35.6% | 2.6x | |||
| 11 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.5% | 55.9% | 4.6% | 0.9x | |||
| 12 | Blue Jay | 44.4% | 53.8% | 9.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 13 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.2% | 52.7% | 21.5% | 1.7x | |||
| 14 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 55.2% | 51.6% | 3.6% | 0.9x | |||
| 15 | House Finch | 27.0% | 51.6% | 24.6% | 1.9x | |||
| 16 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 56.5% | 50.5% | 5.9% | 0.9x | |||
| 17 | Gray Catbird | 31.2% | 48.4% | 17.2% | 1.6x | |||
| 18 | Common Grackle | 36.8% | 47.3% | 10.5% | 1.3x | |||
| 19 | Mourning Dove | 49.3% | 46.2% | 3.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 20 | Barn Swallow | 31.2% | 45.2% | 13.9% | 1.4x | |||
| 21 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.5% | 41.9% | 10.4% | 1.3x | |||
| 22 | Cedar Waxwing | 12.8% | 41.9% | 29.1% | 3.3x | |||
| 23 | American Robin | 38.0% | 40.9% | 2.9% | 1.1x | |||
| 24 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.0% | 39.8% | 8.3% | 0.8x | |||
| 25 | Red-winged Blackbird | 27.0% | 38.7% | 11.7% | 1.4x | |||
| 26 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.7% | 37.6% | 3.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 27 | Mallard | 30.3% | 37.6% | 7.3% | 1.2x | |||
| 28 | American Goldfinch | 43.6% | 36.6% | 7.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 29 | Chimney Swift | 28.8% | 35.5% | 6.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 30 | Killdeer | 19.9% | 34.4% | 14.5% | 1.7x | |||
| 31 | Brown Thrasher | 16.7% | 33.3% | 16.7% | 2.0x | |||
| 32 | Song Sparrow | 14.0% | 32.3% | 18.2% | 2.3x | |||
| 33 | Belted Kingfisher | 11.8% | 32.3% | 20.4% | 2.7x | |||
| 34 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.0% | 31.2% | 2.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 35 | Eastern Kingbird | 26.4% | 31.2% | 4.8% | 1.2x | |||
| 36 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.6% | 30.1% | 19.4% | 0.6x | |||
| 37 | Wood Duck | 12.6% | 28.0% | 15.3% | 2.2x | |||
| 38 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.6% | 26.9% | 24.7% | 0.5x | |||
| 39 | Indigo Bunting | 45.0% | 25.8% | 19.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 40 | Turkey Vulture | 39.5% | 25.8% | 13.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 41 | White-eyed Vireo | 32.0% | 25.8% | 6.2% | 0.8x | |||
| 42 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.6% | 25.8% | 4.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 43 | Double-crested Cormorant | 19.0% | 23.7% | 4.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 44 | Bald Eagle | 10.3% | 23.7% | 13.4% | 2.3x | |||
| 45 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.4% | 21.5% | 17.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 46 | Mute Swan | 0.2% | 20.4% | 20.2% | 92.1x | |||
| 47 | Orchard Oriole | 15.2% | 19.4% | 4.1% | 1.3x | |||
| 48 | Pine Warbler | 39.2% | 18.3% | 20.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 49 | Green Heron | 10.7% | 16.1% | 5.5% | 1.5x | |||
| 50 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.3% | 15.1% | 22.3% | 0.4x | |||
| 51 | Rock Pigeon | 6.5% | 15.1% | 8.6% | 2.3x | |||
| 52 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.7% | 14.0% | 9.7% | 0.6x | |||
| 53 | Red-tailed Hawk | 14.1% | 14.0% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 54 | Summer Tanager | 38.0% | 12.9% | 25.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 55 | Northern Parula | 36.5% | 11.8% | 24.6% | 0.3x | |||
| 56 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 36.0% | 11.8% | 24.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 57 | American Redstart | 22.6% | 11.8% | 10.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 58 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 19.1% | 11.8% | 7.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 59 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.3% | 11.8% | 4.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 60 | Blue Grosbeak | 23.4% | 10.8% | 12.7% | 0.5x | |||
| 61 | Prothonotary Warbler | 16.5% | 9.7% | 6.8% | 0.6x | |||
| 62 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 14.7% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 0.7x | |||
| 63 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.3% | 9.7% | 1.6% | 0.9x | |||
| 64 | Osprey | 15.5% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 0.5x | |||
| 65 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.5% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 0.5x | |||
| 66 | Solitary Sandpiper | 8.0% | 7.5% | 0.5% | 0.9x | |||
| 67 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.3% | 6.5% | 1.9% | 0.8x | |||
| 68 | Swainson's Thrush | 6.5% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 69 | Least Sandpiper | 5.2% | 6.5% | 1.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 70 | Acadian Flycatcher | 26.9% | 5.4% | 21.5% | 0.2x | |||
| 71 | Wood Thrush | 14.3% | 5.4% | 8.9% | 0.4x | |||
| 72 | Barred Owl | 8.1% | 5.4% | 2.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 73 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.5% | 4.3% | 15.2% | 0.2x | |||
| 74 | Ovenbird | 18.8% | 4.3% | 14.5% | 0.2x | |||
| 75 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 11.1% | 4.3% | 6.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 76 | White-throated Sparrow | 7.6% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 0.6x | |||
| 77 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.5% | 4.3% | 3.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 78 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.8% | 3.2% | 18.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 79 | Tree Swallow | 13.2% | 3.2% | 10.0% | 0.2x | |||
| 80 | Purple Martin | 10.1% | 3.2% | 6.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 81 | Northern Flicker | 9.3% | 3.2% | 6.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 82 | House Wren | 9.2% | 3.2% | 6.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 83 | Yellow Warbler | 7.9% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 84 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 7.3% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 85 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 6.4% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 86 | Semipalmated Plover | 2.3% | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1.4x | |||
| 87 | crow sp. | 1.8% | 3.2% | 1.4% | 1.8x | |||
| 88 | Scarlet Tanager | 12.2% | 2.2% | 10.0% | 0.2x | |||
| 89 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 12.1% | 2.2% | 10.0% | 0.2x | |||
| 90 | Northern Waterthrush | 7.4% | 2.2% | 5.2% | 0.3x | |||
| 91 | swallow sp. | 1.2% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 1.8x | |||
| 92 | Blue-winged Teal | 0.4% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 5.8x | |||
| 93 | Hermit Thrush | 0.3% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 6.6x | |||
| 94 | Ruddy Duck | 0.3% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 6.8x | |||
| 95 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.3% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 7.5x | |||
| 96 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 54.3x | |||
| 97 | Black Vulture | 21.3% | 1.1% | 20.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 98 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 14.9% | 1.1% | 13.8% | 0.1x | |||
| 99 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 11.2% | 1.1% | 10.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 100 | Hooded Warbler | 11.1% | 1.1% | 10.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 101 | Prairie Warbler | 7.8% | 1.1% | 6.7% | 0.1x | |||
| 102 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.7% | 1.1% | 2.6% | 0.3x | |||
| 103 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.2% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 104 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.8% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 105 | Great Egret | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.5x | |||
| 106 | Swamp Sparrow | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.6x | |||
| 107 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 108 | Palm Warbler | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 109 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.9x | |||
| 110 | duck sp. | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 2.0x | |||
| 111 | warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 2.0x | |||
| 112 | Common Loon | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.4x | |||
| 113 | Northern Harrier | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 2.8x | |||
| 114 | Anhinga | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 3.7x | |||
| 115 | Common Raven | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 6.2x | |||
| 116 | thrush sp. | 0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | ∞ |