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.
| 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% | ∞ |