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Top Birds at Town Lake Park in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 35 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Town Lake Park in October. 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   Blue Jay 70.0% 88.6% 18.6%
2   American Crow 68.3% 82.9% 14.6%
3   Carolina Wren 75.3% 77.1% 1.8%
4   Red-bellied Woodpecker 68.9% 77.1% 8.3%
5   Carolina Chickadee 70.8% 74.3% 3.5%
6   Eastern Phoebe 56.3% 74.3% 18.0%
7   Northern Flicker 55.0% 71.4% 16.4%
8   Northern Cardinal 72.1% 68.6% 3.5%
9   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 65.7% 0.5%
10   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 62.9% 17.6%
11   Northern Mockingbird 41.3% 48.6% 7.3%
12   House Finch 28.4% 48.6% 20.1%
13   Turkey Vulture 43.6% 45.7% 2.1%
14   Belted Kingfisher 30.7% 42.9% 12.1%
15   Downy Woodpecker 57.8% 40.0% 17.8%
16   Eastern Bluebird 54.0% 40.0% 14.0%
17   Red-shouldered Hawk 35.4% 37.1% 1.7%
18   White-throated Sparrow 23.9% 34.3% 10.4%
19   Pileated Woodpecker 21.4% 34.3% 12.8%
20   Brown-headed Nuthatch 35.9% 31.4% 4.5%
21   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.8% 25.7% 9.1%
22   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.8% 25.7% 8.0%
23   Black Vulture 21.1% 25.7% 4.6%
24   Great Egret 16.4% 25.7% 9.3%
25   Song Sparrow 35.9% 22.9% 13.0%
26   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.7% 22.9% 11.8%
27   American Goldfinch 33.6% 22.9% 10.7%
28   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17.6% 22.9% 5.3%
29   Brown Thrasher 32.2% 20.0% 12.2%
30   Hairy Woodpecker 14.6% 20.0% 5.4%
31   Pine Warbler 35.0% 17.1% 17.9%
32   American Robin 34.2% 17.1% 17.1%
33   Canada Goose 26.2% 17.1% 9.1%
34   Muscovy Duck 2.3% 17.1% 14.9%
35   Ring-necked Duck 0.9% 17.1% 16.3%
36   Killdeer 25.2% 14.3% 10.9%
37   Gray Catbird 29.0% 11.4% 17.5%
38   Northern Parula 22.0% 11.4% 10.6%
39   Fish Crow 16.4% 11.4% 5.0%
40   Golden-crowned Kinglet 15.5% 11.4% 4.1%
41   Chipping Sparrow 23.3% 8.6% 14.8%
42   Red-tailed Hawk 12.0% 8.6% 3.4%
43   Bald Eagle 16.7% 5.7% 11.0%
44   Cape May Warbler 14.9% 5.7% 9.2%
45   Swamp Sparrow 10.1% 5.7% 4.4%
46   Red-winged Blackbird 7.6% 5.7% 1.9%
47   Winter Wren 5.6% 5.7% 0.1%
48   Common Raven 0.6% 5.7% 5.1%
49   Mourning Dove 26.0% 2.9% 23.1%
50   Common Yellowthroat 18.4% 2.9% 15.6%
51   American Redstart 15.8% 2.9% 13.0%
52   European Starling 13.5% 2.9% 10.6%
53   Eastern Wood-Pewee 13.5% 2.9% 10.6%
54   Indigo Bunting 8.4% 2.9% 5.5%
55   Osprey 8.3% 2.9% 5.4%
56   House Wren 8.2% 2.9% 5.3%
57   Pied-billed Grebe 7.9% 2.9% 5.0%
58   Cooper's Hawk 7.1% 2.9% 4.2%
59   Wood Duck 5.5% 2.9% 2.7%
60   Ring-billed Gull 5.2% 2.9% 2.3%
61   Field Sparrow 4.7% 2.9% 1.8%
62   Hermit Thrush 3.8% 2.9% 0.9%
63   Greater Yellowlegs 2.3% 2.9% 0.5%
64   Brown Creeper 1.9% 2.9% 0.9%
65   Graylag Goose 1.8% 2.9% 1.1%
66   Nashville Warbler 0.8% 2.9% 2.0%
67   Purple Finch 0.7% 2.9% 2.1%
68   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.6% 2.9% 2.2%