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

based on 285 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Betz 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
1   Mourning Dove 47.7% 79.6% 32.0%
2   Mallard 28.1% 78.6% 50.5%
3   Common Grackle 35.0% 75.8% 40.8%
4   Great Blue Heron 46.0% 75.1% 29.1%
5   Red-headed Woodpecker 9.5% 75.1% 65.6%
6   Northern Cardinal 79.7% 74.7% 5.0%
7   Barn Swallow 29.8% 73.0% 43.2%
8   Red-winged Blackbird 26.6% 72.6% 46.0%
9   Northern Mockingbird 30.3% 68.1% 37.7%
10   Green Heron 9.6% 64.2% 54.7%
11   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 31.5% 63.5% 32.0%
12   Canada Goose 41.4% 59.6% 18.3%
13   Carolina Wren 70.6% 57.9% 12.7%
14   Eastern Bluebird 49.2% 55.8% 6.6%
15   Osprey 15.2% 54.7% 39.5%
16   Tree Swallow 13.7% 54.4% 40.6%
17   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.0% 53.0% 5.0%
18   Carolina Chickadee 60.1% 51.9% 8.2%
19   Fish Crow 32.9% 50.5% 17.6%
20   Eastern Kingbird 26.1% 50.5% 24.4%
21   Killdeer 19.5% 49.1% 29.7%
22   Orchard Oriole 14.6% 48.4% 33.8%
23   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.1% 48.1% 6.0%
24   American Crow 56.9% 45.6% 11.2%
25   Tufted Titmouse 64.8% 43.9% 20.9%
26   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 43.9% 9.6%
27   Spotted Sandpiper 15.9% 43.2% 27.3%
28   Northern Flicker 8.1% 43.2% 35.0%
29   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.2% 42.8% 14.4%
30   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.3% 40.0% 8.7%
31   American Goldfinch 44.5% 37.5% 6.9%
32   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.0% 37.5% 7.5%
33   Common Yellowthroat 40.9% 36.8% 4.1%
34   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 36.1% 9.5%
35   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.0% 35.8% 0.8%
36   Turkey Vulture 39.7% 35.4% 4.3%
37   Blue Jay 43.2% 33.7% 9.5%
38   American Robin 38.7% 33.3% 5.4%
39   European Starling 22.2% 30.5% 8.3%
40   Yellow Warbler 7.6% 30.5% 22.9%
41   Downy Woodpecker 39.8% 28.8% 11.0%
42   Pine Warbler 39.9% 28.1% 11.8%
43   Belted Kingfisher 11.6% 27.4% 15.8%
44   Black Vulture 20.9% 25.3% 4.3%
45   Bald Eagle 10.1% 23.9% 13.8%
46   Pileated Woodpecker 19.1% 22.8% 3.7%
47   Double-crested Cormorant 18.2% 22.5% 4.3%
48   Purple Martin 10.2% 21.8% 11.6%
49   Chipping Sparrow 38.1% 20.4% 17.8%
50   Gray Catbird 31.0% 20.4% 10.7%
51   White-eyed Vireo 33.9% 20.0% 13.9%
52   Summer Tanager 37.5% 18.9% 18.5%
53   Wood Duck 12.9% 18.9% 6.0%
54   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.2% 18.6% 7.4%
55   Solitary Sandpiper 7.9% 18.2% 10.3%
56   Red-eyed Vireo 52.0% 17.5% 34.5%
57   Blue Grosbeak 23.7% 14.7% 8.9%
58   Eastern Towhee 38.0% 13.3% 24.6%
59   Northern Parula 36.8% 13.3% 23.5%
60   Song Sparrow 15.0% 13.0% 2.0%
61   House Finch 27.8% 12.3% 15.5%
62   Red-tailed Hawk 13.3% 11.9% 1.4%
63   Brown Thrasher 17.4% 10.5% 6.8%
64   Ovenbird 18.9% 9.5% 9.4%
65   Cedar Waxwing 13.4% 9.1% 4.3%
66   House Wren 9.7% 8.4% 1.2%
67   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 8.1% 0.3%
68   Chimney Swift 28.7% 7.7% 21.0%
69   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.6% 7.4% 14.3%
70   Blackpoll Warbler 7.3% 7.4% 0.1%
71   American Coot 0.1% 7.0% 7.0%
72   American Redstart 23.0% 6.0% 17.0%
73   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.0% 6.0% 13.1%
74   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.5% 6.0% 4.5%
75   White-throated Sparrow 8.4% 5.6% 2.8%
76   Northern Waterthrush 7.0% 5.6% 1.4%
77   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 5.3% 3.5%
78   Chuck-will's-widow 0.3% 5.3% 5.0%
79   Cliff Swallow 5.4% 4.9% 0.4%
80   Black-and-white Warbler 16.1% 4.6% 11.5%
81   Prairie Warbler 7.7% 4.6% 3.1%
82   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.7% 3.9% 19.9%
83   Prothonotary Warbler 16.5% 3.9% 12.6%
84   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 3.2% 0.4%
85   Field Sparrow 3.6% 2.8% 0.8%
86   Barred Owl 7.9% 2.1% 5.8%
87   Bank Swallow 1.4% 2.1% 0.7%
88   Black-throated Blue Warbler 14.0% 1.8% 12.2%
89   Scarlet Tanager 12.1% 1.8% 10.3%
90   Least Sandpiper 5.6% 1.8% 3.9%
91   Great Egret 2.2% 1.8% 0.5%
92   Wood Thrush 14.0% 1.4% 12.6%
93   Swamp Sparrow 2.1% 1.4% 0.7%
94   Palm Warbler 0.9% 1.4% 0.5%
95   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.3% 1.1% 10.3%
96   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
97   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
98   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
99   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.9% 0.7% 15.2%
100   Hooded Warbler 11.6% 0.7% 10.9%
101   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.8% 0.7% 6.1%
102   Rock Pigeon 6.3% 0.7% 5.6%
103   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
104   Broad-winged Hawk 0.9% 0.7% 0.2%
105   Graylag Goose 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
106   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
107   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.5% 0.4% 7.2%
108   Swainson's Thrush 6.1% 0.4% 5.7%
109   Veery 3.5% 0.4% 3.2%
110   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.2% 0.4% 2.9%
111   Loggerhead Shrike 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%
112   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%
113   Anhinga 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
114   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
115   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.4% 0.2%
116   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 0.4% 0.2%
117   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
118   American Black Duck 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
119   Rusty Blackbird 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%