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Top Birds at Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 52 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 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 Relative
1   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 88.5% 23.2% 1.4x
2   Blue Jay 70.6% 86.5% 15.9% 1.2x
3   Red-bellied Woodpecker 68.8% 84.6% 15.8% 1.2x
4   American Crow 68.2% 84.6% 16.4% 1.2x
5   Carolina Chickadee 71.0% 76.9% 5.9% 1.1x
6   Great Blue Heron 42.7% 76.9% 34.2% 1.8x
7   Carolina Wren 75.3% 75.0% 0.3% 1.0x
8   Northern Flicker 54.8% 73.1% 18.3% 1.3x
9   Pine Warbler 35.0% 73.1% 38.1% 2.1x
10   Northern Cardinal 72.3% 67.3% 5.0% 0.9x
11   Downy Woodpecker 57.5% 63.5% 5.9% 1.1x
12   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.8% 63.5% 26.6% 1.7x
13   Eastern Towhee 37.5% 61.5% 24.0% 1.6x
14   Double-crested Cormorant 20.1% 57.7% 37.6% 2.9x
15   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.3% 55.8% 42.5% 4.2x
16   Eastern Bluebird 53.7% 53.8% 0.1% 1.0x
17   Turkey Vulture 43.7% 51.9% 8.2% 1.2x
18   Bald Eagle 15.0% 48.1% 33.1% 3.2x
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 32.6% 46.2% 13.6% 1.4x
20   Chipping Sparrow 22.6% 46.2% 23.6% 2.0x
21   Pileated Woodpecker 22.0% 44.2% 22.2% 2.0x
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 35.5% 42.3% 6.8% 1.2x
23   Golden-crowned Kinglet 14.9% 38.5% 23.5% 2.6x
24   Fish Crow 17.5% 34.6% 17.1% 2.0x
25   Eastern Phoebe 54.0% 32.7% 21.3% 0.6x
26   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18.5% 28.8% 10.3% 1.6x
27   White-throated Sparrow 23.9% 26.9% 3.0% 1.1x
28   Yellow-rumped Warbler 32.8% 25.0% 7.8% 0.8x
29   Brown Thrasher 32.5% 23.1% 9.4% 0.7x
30   Red-shouldered Hawk 35.4% 21.2% 14.3% 0.6x
31   Mourning Dove 28.4% 19.2% 9.1% 0.7x
32   American Goldfinch 33.5% 17.3% 16.2% 0.5x
33   Northern Parula 21.5% 17.3% 4.2% 0.8x
34   Great Egret 15.6% 17.3% 1.7% 1.1x
35   Eastern Wood-Pewee 13.6% 17.3% 3.7% 1.3x
36   Red-cockaded Woodpecker 0% 17.3% 17.3% ∞
37   Palm Warbler 17.2% 15.4% 1.8% 0.9x
38   Hairy Woodpecker 15.1% 15.4% 0.3% 1.0x
39   Belted Kingfisher 29.9% 13.5% 16.4% 0.5x
40   Gray Catbird 28.6% 13.5% 15.1% 0.5x
41   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.2% 13.5% 0.3% 1.0x
42   Cape May Warbler 12.9% 13.5% 0.5% 1.0x
43   Hermit Thrush 3.8% 13.5% 9.6% 3.5x
44   Brown Creeper 1.9% 13.5% 11.5% 7.0x
45   Song Sparrow 34.9% 11.5% 23.4% 0.3x
46   Black Vulture 21.8% 11.5% 10.2% 0.5x
47   Osprey 7.4% 11.5% 4.2% 1.6x
48   Killdeer 23.5% 9.6% 13.8% 0.4x
49   American Redstart 16.2% 9.6% 6.6% 0.6x
50   Black-and-white Warbler 12.7% 9.6% 3.1% 0.8x
51   Winter Wren 5.0% 9.6% 4.6% 1.9x
52   Ring-billed Gull 4.1% 9.6% 5.5% 2.3x
53   Common Yellowthroat 18.3% 7.7% 10.6% 0.4x
54   Chimney Swift 12.3% 7.7% 4.6% 0.6x
55   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8.1% 7.7% 0.4% 0.9x
56   Red-breasted Nuthatch 5.4% 7.7% 2.3% 1.4x
57   Dark-eyed Junco 2.2% 7.7% 5.5% 3.4x
58   Northern Bobwhite 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 397.8x
59   Red-winged Blackbird 7.9% 5.8% 2.1% 0.7x
60   Swainson's Thrush 5.9% 5.8% 0.1% 1.0x
61   Blue-headed Vireo 3.5% 5.8% 2.2% 1.6x
62   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2.5% 5.8% 3.3% 2.3x
63   American Coot 1.7% 5.8% 4.1% 3.4x
64   Bonaparte's Gull 0.9% 5.8% 4.9% 6.6x
65   Great Horned Owl 0.7% 5.8% 5.0% 7.9x
66   Northern Mockingbird 43.0% 3.8% 39.2% 0.1x
67   Red-tailed Hawk 12.4% 3.8% 8.6% 0.3x
68   Magnolia Warbler 12.2% 3.8% 8.3% 0.3x
69   Swamp Sparrow 9.9% 3.8% 6.1% 0.4x
70   Red-eyed Vireo 7.6% 3.8% 3.7% 0.5x
71   Pied-billed Grebe 7.4% 3.8% 3.6% 0.5x
72   White-eyed Vireo 5.4% 3.8% 1.5% 0.7x
73   Field Sparrow 5.0% 3.8% 1.1% 0.8x
74   Canada Goose 26.0% 1.9% 24.1% 0.1x
75   Mallard 22.4% 1.9% 20.5% 0.1x
76   Common Grackle 14.1% 1.9% 12.2% 0.1x
77   House Wren 8.1% 1.9% 6.2% 0.2x
78   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.3% 1.9% 3.4% 0.4x
79   Barred Owl 4.1% 1.9% 2.2% 0.5x
80   Pine Siskin 2.5% 1.9% 0.6% 0.8x
81   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 1.5% 1.9% 0.5% 1.3x
82   American Pipit 1.3% 1.9% 0.6% 1.5x
83   Green Heron 1.0% 1.9% 0.9% 1.8x
84   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.9% 1.9% 1.0% 2.1x
85   Gadwall 0.7% 1.9% 1.3% 2.9x
86   Prairie Warbler 0.7% 1.9% 1.3% 2.9x
87   Horned Grebe 0.6% 1.9% 1.4% 3.4x
88   Empidonax sp. 0.5% 1.9% 1.4% 3.6x
89   Wild Turkey 0.4% 1.9% 1.5% 4.5x
90   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 1.9% 1.7% 9.0x
91   Summer/Scarlet Tanager 0.1% 1.9% 1.8% 22.1x
92   Eastern Kingbird 0.0% 1.9% 1.9% 66.3x