Top Birds at Shaw Lake in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 5 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Shaw 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 | Carolina Wren | 70.0% | 80.0% | 10.0% | 1.1x | |||
| 2 | Mallard | 30.4% | 80.0% | 49.6% | 2.6x | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal | 79.4% | 60.0% | 19.4% | 0.8x | |||
| 4 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.5% | 60.0% | 0.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 5 | American Crow | 56.7% | 60.0% | 3.3% | 1.1x | |||
| 6 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.4% | 60.0% | 10.6% | 1.2x | |||
| 7 | Mourning Dove | 49.3% | 60.0% | 10.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 8 | Blue Jay | 44.4% | 60.0% | 15.6% | 1.4x | |||
| 9 | Canada Goose | 42.3% | 60.0% | 17.7% | 1.4x | |||
| 10 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.2% | 60.0% | 20.8% | 1.5x | |||
| 11 | American Robin | 38.0% | 60.0% | 22.0% | 1.6x | |||
| 12 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.2% | 60.0% | 22.8% | 1.6x | |||
| 13 | Fish Crow | 33.2% | 60.0% | 26.8% | 1.8x | |||
| 14 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.3% | 60.0% | 28.7% | 1.9x | |||
| 15 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.6% | 60.0% | 29.4% | 2.0x | |||
| 16 | House Finch | 27.2% | 60.0% | 32.8% | 2.2x | |||
| 17 | Song Sparrow | 14.1% | 60.0% | 45.9% | 4.2x | |||
| 18 | Green Heron | 10.7% | 60.0% | 49.3% | 5.6x | |||
| 19 | Northern Flicker | 9.2% | 60.0% | 50.8% | 6.5x | |||
| 20 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.7% | 40.0% | 24.7% | 0.6x | |||
| 21 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 55.2% | 40.0% | 15.2% | 0.7x | |||
| 22 | Great Blue Heron | 48.0% | 40.0% | 8.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 23 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.0% | 40.0% | 8.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 24 | Eastern Towhee | 37.8% | 40.0% | 2.2% | 1.1x | |||
| 25 | Common Grackle | 36.9% | 40.0% | 3.1% | 1.1x | |||
| 26 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 35.8% | 40.0% | 4.2% | 1.1x | |||
| 27 | Eastern Phoebe | 33.9% | 40.0% | 6.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 28 | Gray Catbird | 31.3% | 40.0% | 8.7% | 1.3x | |||
| 29 | Chimney Swift | 28.8% | 40.0% | 11.2% | 1.4x | |||
| 30 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.7% | 40.0% | 37.3% | 14.7x | |||
| 31 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 56.4% | 20.0% | 36.4% | 0.4x | |||
| 32 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.4% | 20.0% | 31.4% | 0.4x | |||
| 33 | American Goldfinch | 43.5% | 20.0% | 23.5% | 0.5x | |||
| 34 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.7% | 20.0% | 20.7% | 0.5x | |||
| 35 | Turkey Vulture | 39.4% | 20.0% | 19.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 36 | Northern Parula | 36.3% | 20.0% | 16.3% | 0.6x | |||
| 37 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.6% | 20.0% | 11.6% | 0.6x | |||
| 38 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.7% | 20.0% | 3.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 39 | European Starling | 22.7% | 20.0% | 2.7% | 0.9x | |||
| 40 | American Redstart | 22.6% | 20.0% | 2.6% | 0.9x | |||
| 41 | Killdeer | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 42 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 19.0% | 20.0% | 1.0% | 1.1x | |||
| 43 | Brown Thrasher | 16.8% | 20.0% | 3.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 44 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.4% | 20.0% | 4.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 45 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 14.7% | 20.0% | 5.3% | 1.4x | |||
| 46 | Red-tailed Hawk | 14.1% | 20.0% | 5.9% | 1.4x | |||
| 47 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.3% | 20.0% | 8.7% | 1.8x | |||
| 48 | White-throated Sparrow | 7.5% | 20.0% | 12.5% | 2.7x | |||
| 49 | Least Sandpiper | 5.2% | 20.0% | 14.8% | 3.8x | |||
| 50 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.5% | 20.0% | 18.5% | 13.3x | |||
| 51 | diurnal raptor sp. | 0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | ∞ |