Bird Finder

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

based on 16 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Town Lake Park 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 Relative
1   Northern Cardinal 79.4% 87.5% 8.1% 1.1x
2   Carolina Wren 70.0% 68.8% 1.3% 1.0x
3   Great Crested Flycatcher 47.9% 68.8% 20.8% 1.4x
4   Yellow-throated Warbler 14.7% 68.8% 54.0% 4.7x
5   American Crow 56.7% 62.5% 5.8% 1.1x
6   Red-eyed Vireo 51.4% 62.5% 11.1% 1.2x
7   Chipping Sparrow 37.1% 62.5% 25.4% 1.7x
8   Tufted Titmouse 64.7% 56.2% 8.5% 0.9x
9   Canada Goose 42.3% 50.0% 7.7% 1.2x
10   Pine Warbler 39.0% 50.0% 11.0% 1.3x
11   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.4% 43.8% 12.7% 0.8x
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.2% 43.8% 11.4% 0.8x
13   Eastern Bluebird 49.4% 43.8% 5.7% 0.9x
14   Summer Tanager 37.8% 43.8% 6.0% 1.2x
15   White-eyed Vireo 31.9% 43.8% 11.8% 1.4x
16   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.6% 43.8% 12.1% 1.4x
17   Great Blue Heron 48.0% 37.5% 10.5% 0.8x
18   Blue Jay 44.5% 37.5% 7.0% 0.8x
19   Northern Parula 36.3% 37.5% 1.2% 1.0x
20   Carolina Chickadee 60.5% 25.0% 35.5% 0.4x
21   Common Yellowthroat 40.7% 25.0% 15.7% 0.6x
22   Downy Woodpecker 39.3% 25.0% 14.3% 0.6x
23   Acadian Flycatcher 26.8% 25.0% 1.8% 0.9x
24   Pileated Woodpecker 19.4% 25.0% 5.6% 1.3x
25   Indigo Bunting 44.9% 18.8% 26.1% 0.4x
26   Black Vulture 21.2% 18.8% 2.4% 0.9x
27   Hooded Warbler 11.0% 18.8% 7.7% 1.7x
28   American Goldfinch 43.5% 12.5% 31.0% 0.3x
29   Eastern Phoebe 34.0% 12.5% 21.5% 0.4x
30   Fish Crow 33.2% 12.5% 20.7% 0.4x
31   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.6% 12.5% 18.1% 0.4x
32   Chimney Swift 28.8% 12.5% 16.3% 0.4x
33   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.7% 12.5% 9.2% 0.6x
34   Spotted Sandpiper 16.2% 12.5% 3.7% 0.8x
35   Black-and-white Warbler 15.4% 12.5% 2.9% 0.8x
36   Wood Thrush 14.2% 12.5% 1.7% 0.9x
37   Belted Kingfisher 12.0% 12.5% 0.5% 1.0x
38   White-throated Sparrow 7.5% 12.5% 5.0% 1.7x
39   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.4% 12.5% 6.1% 2.0x
40   Mourning Dove 49.4% 6.2% 43.1% 0.1x
41   Turkey Vulture 39.5% 6.2% 33.2% 0.2x
42   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 33.3% 6.2% 27.1% 0.2x
43   Northern Mockingbird 31.4% 6.2% 25.1% 0.2x
44   Gray Catbird 31.3% 6.2% 25.1% 0.2x
45   House Finch 27.2% 6.2% 20.9% 0.2x
46   American Redstart 22.6% 6.2% 16.3% 0.3x
47   Brown Thrasher 16.8% 6.2% 10.6% 0.4x
48   Prothonotary Warbler 16.5% 6.2% 10.2% 0.4x
49   Osprey 15.5% 6.2% 9.2% 0.4x
50   Cedar Waxwing 13.0% 6.2% 6.8% 0.5x
51   Green Heron 10.7% 6.2% 4.5% 0.6x
52   Northern Flicker 9.2% 6.2% 3.0% 0.7x
53   Solitary Sandpiper 8.0% 6.2% 1.8% 0.8x
54   Northern Waterthrush 7.3% 6.2% 1.1% 0.9x
55   Veery 3.5% 6.2% 2.7% 1.8x
56   Buteo sp. 0.3% 6.2% 6.0% 24.8x