Top Birds at Falls Lake in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 20 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake during the month of 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 | Great Blue Heron | 48.0% | 45.0% | 3.0% | 0.9x | |||
| 2 | American Crow | 56.7% | 40.0% | 16.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 3 | Canada Goose | 42.3% | 40.0% | 2.3% | 0.9x | |||
| 4 | Scarlet Tanager | 12.1% | 40.0% | 27.9% | 3.3x | |||
| 5 | Northern Cardinal | 79.5% | 35.0% | 44.5% | 0.4x | |||
| 6 | Turkey Vulture | 39.4% | 35.0% | 4.4% | 0.9x | |||
| 7 | Osprey | 15.4% | 35.0% | 19.6% | 2.3x | |||
| 8 | Carolina Wren | 70.1% | 30.0% | 40.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 9 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.8% | 30.0% | 34.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 10 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 56.5% | 30.0% | 26.5% | 0.5x | |||
| 11 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.4% | 30.0% | 21.4% | 0.6x | |||
| 12 | Mourning Dove | 49.3% | 30.0% | 19.3% | 0.6x | |||
| 13 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.0% | 30.0% | 18.0% | 0.6x | |||
| 14 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.3% | 30.0% | 9.3% | 0.8x | |||
| 15 | Summer Tanager | 37.8% | 30.0% | 7.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 16 | Eastern Towhee | 37.8% | 30.0% | 7.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 17 | Barn Swallow | 31.3% | 30.0% | 1.3% | 1.0x | |||
| 18 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.7% | 30.0% | 8.3% | 1.4x | |||
| 19 | Ovenbird | 18.7% | 30.0% | 11.3% | 1.6x | |||
| 20 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.6% | 25.0% | 35.6% | 0.4x | |||
| 21 | Blue Jay | 44.5% | 25.0% | 19.5% | 0.6x | |||
| 22 | American Goldfinch | 43.5% | 25.0% | 18.5% | 0.6x | |||
| 23 | Northern Parula | 36.3% | 25.0% | 11.3% | 0.7x | |||
| 24 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 33.3% | 25.0% | 8.3% | 0.8x | |||
| 25 | Fish Crow | 33.2% | 25.0% | 8.2% | 0.8x | |||
| 26 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.6% | 25.0% | 5.6% | 0.8x | |||
| 27 | Acadian Flycatcher | 26.8% | 25.0% | 1.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 28 | Eastern Kingbird | 26.4% | 25.0% | 1.4% | 0.9x | |||
| 29 | Blue Grosbeak | 23.3% | 25.0% | 1.7% | 1.1x | |||
| 30 | Double-crested Cormorant | 19.0% | 25.0% | 6.0% | 1.3x | |||
| 31 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 19.0% | 25.0% | 6.0% | 1.3x | |||
| 32 | Prothonotary Warbler | 16.4% | 25.0% | 8.6% | 1.5x | |||
| 33 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 14.8% | 25.0% | 10.2% | 1.7x | |||
| 34 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 12.0% | 25.0% | 13.0% | 2.1x | |||
| 35 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.5% | 20.0% | 29.5% | 0.4x | |||
| 36 | Indigo Bunting | 44.9% | 20.0% | 24.9% | 0.4x | |||
| 37 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.7% | 20.0% | 20.7% | 0.5x | |||
| 38 | Pine Warbler | 39.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% | 0.5x | |||
| 39 | American Robin | 38.0% | 20.0% | 18.0% | 0.5x | |||
| 40 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.2% | 20.0% | 17.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 41 | Common Grackle | 36.9% | 20.0% | 16.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 42 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 35.8% | 20.0% | 15.8% | 0.6x | |||
| 43 | Chimney Swift | 28.8% | 20.0% | 8.8% | 0.7x | |||
| 44 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.7% | 20.0% | 3.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 45 | American Redstart | 22.6% | 20.0% | 2.6% | 0.9x | |||
| 46 | Black Vulture | 21.2% | 20.0% | 1.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 47 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.4% | 20.0% | 0.6% | 1.0x | |||
| 48 | Wood Duck | 12.7% | 20.0% | 7.3% | 1.6x | |||
| 49 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 11.1% | 20.0% | 8.9% | 1.8x | |||
| 50 | Bald Eagle | 10.4% | 20.0% | 9.6% | 1.9x | |||
| 51 | Prairie Warbler | 7.7% | 20.0% | 12.3% | 2.6x | |||
| 52 | Cliff Swallow | 5.5% | 20.0% | 14.5% | 3.6x | |||
| 53 | Laughing Gull | 0.3% | 20.0% | 19.7% | 70.5x | |||
| 54 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 55.2% | 15.0% | 40.2% | 0.3x | |||
| 55 | White-eyed Vireo | 31.9% | 15.0% | 16.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 56 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.7% | 15.0% | 16.7% | 0.5x | |||
| 57 | Gray Catbird | 31.3% | 15.0% | 16.3% | 0.5x | |||
| 58 | Mallard | 30.4% | 15.0% | 15.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 59 | Red-winged Blackbird | 27.2% | 15.0% | 12.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 60 | European Starling | 22.7% | 15.0% | 7.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 61 | Brown Thrasher | 16.8% | 15.0% | 1.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 62 | Orchard Oriole | 15.2% | 15.0% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 63 | Tree Swallow | 13.2% | 15.0% | 1.8% | 1.1x | |||
| 64 | Belted Kingfisher | 12.0% | 15.0% | 3.0% | 1.3x | |||
| 65 | Hooded Warbler | 11.0% | 15.0% | 4.0% | 1.4x | |||
| 66 | Northern Flicker | 9.2% | 15.0% | 5.8% | 1.6x | |||
| 67 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.3% | 15.0% | 6.7% | 1.8x | |||
| 68 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 6.4% | 15.0% | 8.6% | 2.3x | |||
| 69 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.0% | 10.0% | 24.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 70 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.4% | 10.0% | 21.4% | 0.3x | |||
| 71 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.2% | 10.0% | 6.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 72 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 11.1% | 10.0% | 1.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 73 | Purple Martin | 10.1% | 10.0% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 74 | Rock Pigeon | 6.6% | 10.0% | 3.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 75 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.1% | 10.0% | 6.9% | 3.2x | |||
| 76 | Ring-billed Gull | 1.8% | 10.0% | 8.2% | 5.5x | |||
| 77 | Wild Turkey | 1.4% | 10.0% | 8.6% | 7.0x | |||
| 78 | Common Loon | 0.4% | 10.0% | 9.6% | 22.7x | |||
| 79 | Anhinga | 0.3% | 10.0% | 9.7% | 35.3x | |||
| 80 | House Finch | 27.2% | 5.0% | 22.2% | 0.2x | |||
| 81 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.4% | 5.0% | 10.4% | 0.3x | |||
| 82 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 14.7% | 5.0% | 9.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 83 | Wood Thrush | 14.2% | 5.0% | 9.2% | 0.4x | |||
| 84 | Red-tailed Hawk | 14.1% | 5.0% | 9.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 85 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.0% | 5.0% | 8.0% | 0.4x | |||
| 86 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.3% | 5.0% | 6.3% | 0.4x | |||
| 87 | Barred Owl | 8.1% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 0.6x | |||
| 88 | Yellow Warbler | 7.9% | 5.0% | 2.9% | 0.6x | |||
| 89 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.5% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 0.7x | |||
| 90 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 7.3% | 5.0% | 2.3% | 0.7x | |||
| 91 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.7% | 5.0% | 1.3% | 1.4x | |||
| 92 | crow sp. | 1.8% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 2.8x | |||
| 93 | Worm-eating Warbler | 1.1% | 5.0% | 3.9% | 4.4x | |||
| 94 | Caspian Tern | 1.0% | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5.1x | |||
| 95 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.9% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 5.8x | |||
| 96 | hawk sp. | 0.5% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 9.6x | |||
| 97 | Common Tern | 0.3% | 5.0% | 4.7% | 17.2x | |||
| 98 | Common Gallinule | 0.1% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 70.5x | |||
| 99 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 0.1% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 79.3x | |||
| 100 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 0.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 634.8x |