Bird Finder

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.

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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%