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Top Birds at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 285 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 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
1   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 78.6% 61.8%
2   American Herring Gull 0.1% 76.1% 76.0%
3   Canada Goose 41.2% 74.4% 33.2%
4   Osprey 16.3% 73.7% 57.3%
5   Song Sparrow 15.7% 73.7% 57.9%
6   Common Grackle 33.9% 70.9% 37.0%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 69.5% 42.2%
8   American Robin 38.0% 68.8% 30.8%
9   Great Egret 2.5% 67.0% 64.5%
10   Killdeer 19.5% 63.9% 44.3%
11   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 63.5% 63.5%
12   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 63.2% 55.3%
13   European Starling 20.4% 61.1% 40.7%
14   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 55.4% 25.5%
15   Barn Swallow 30.1% 50.9% 20.8%
16   House Sparrow 3.3% 50.9% 47.6%
17   Gray Catbird 28.1% 49.8% 21.7%
18   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 47.4% 46.2%
19   Mallard 28.2% 47.0% 18.9%
20   Mourning Dove 47.8% 44.6% 3.3%
21   Carolina Wren 70.8% 41.8% 29.1%
22   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 40.4% 39.2%
23   Warbling Vireo 1.4% 40.0% 38.6%
24   Snowy Egret 0.4% 38.9% 38.6%
25   Common Tern 0.2% 36.8% 36.7%
26   American Oystercatcher 0% 35.4% 35.4%
27   Northern Flicker 8.5% 34.0% 25.6%
28   Blue Jay 41.8% 33.3% 8.5%
29   Fish Crow 34.0% 31.6% 2.4%
30   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 31.2% 9.1%
31   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 31.2% 29.9%
32   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 30.5% 0.5%
33   Tree Swallow 15.2% 30.2% 14.9%
34   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 29.1% 25.2%
35   American Goldfinch 45.0% 27.7% 17.3%
36   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 26.0% 25.9%
37   Brant 0% 23.5% 23.5%
38   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 22.1% 15.0%
39   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 21.1% 5.5%
40   Common Loon 0.3% 18.2% 17.9%
41   Wild Turkey 1.4% 17.9% 16.5%
42   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 16.8% 1.4%
43   House Wren 8.5% 16.1% 7.6%
44   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 15.8% 49.4%
45   American Crow 56.2% 15.8% 40.4%
46   House Finch 29.3% 15.8% 13.5%
47   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 15.4% 9.8%
48   Semipalmated Plover 2.0% 13.3% 11.4%
49   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 13.0% 27.3%
50   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 11.9% 11.7%
51   Laughing Gull 0.2% 10.5% 10.3%
52   Common Raven 0.2% 10.2% 10.0%
53   American Black Duck 0.0% 10.2% 10.1%
54   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 9.8% 2.3%
55   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 9.5% 4.5%
56   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 9.5% 9.3%
57   American Redstart 22.1% 8.8% 13.4%
58   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 8.4% 5.6%
59   Forster's Tern 0.1% 8.4% 8.4%
60   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 7.7% 37.5%
61   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 7.7% 0.2%
62   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 7.4% 7.0%
63   Mute Swan 0.3% 7.4% 7.1%
64   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 6.3% 45.6%
65   Chimney Swift 27.5% 6.3% 21.2%
66   Bald Eagle 10.5% 6.3% 4.1%
67   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 6.0% 51.6%
68   Northern Parula 35.3% 6.0% 29.4%
69   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.1% 6.0% 17.2%
70   Least Tern 0.1% 5.6% 5.6%
71   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 5.3% 33.1%
72   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 4.9% 5.0%
73   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 4.9% 4.9%
74   Great Crested Flycatcher 49.0% 4.6% 44.5%
75   Greater Yellowlegs 1.0% 4.2% 3.2%
76   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 4.2% 3.7%
77   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 3.9% 11.3%
78   Purple Martin 10.5% 3.9% 6.6%
79   Veery 2.8% 3.9% 1.0%
80   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 3.9% 2.7%
81   White-winged Scoter 0% 3.9% 3.9%
82   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 3.5% 23.5%
83   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 3.5% 5.3%
84   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 3.5% 4.1%
85   Purple Sandpiper 0% 3.5% 3.5%
86   Ovenbird 17.6% 2.8% 14.8%
87   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 2.8% 4.2%
88   Bufflehead 0% 2.8% 2.8%
89   Long-tailed Duck 0% 2.8% 2.8%
90   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 2.5% 9.6%
91   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 2.5% 1.3%
92   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 2.1% 34.4%
93   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 2.1% 16.0%
94   Green Heron 9.8% 2.1% 7.7%
95   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 1.8% 19.1%
96   Wood Thrush 13.0% 1.8% 11.3%
97   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 1.8% 10.3%
98   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 1.8% 1.5%
99   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.4% 1.8% 0.7%
100   Bank Swallow 1.2% 1.8% 0.5%
101   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 1.8% 1.6%
102   Greater Scaup 0.0% 1.8% 1.7%
103   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 1.4% 0.6%
104   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
105   Blue-winged Warbler 0.2% 1.4% 1.2%
106   Bonaparte's Gull 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
107   Red-throated Loon 0% 1.4% 1.4%
108   Turkey Vulture 38.4% 1.1% 37.3%
109   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 1.1% 33.1%
110   Pileated Woodpecker 19.0% 1.1% 18.0%
111   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 1.1% 15.1%
112   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 1.1% 5.7%
113   Grasshopper Sparrow 2.7% 1.1% 1.7%
114   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 1.1% 1.0%
115   Canada Warbler 0.4% 1.1% 0.6%
116   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 1.1% 0.7%
117   Willet 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%
118   Common Merganser 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%
119   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%
120   Black Scoter 0% 1.1% 1.1%
121   Red-necked Grebe 0% 1.1% 1.1%
122   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 0.7% 44.9%
123   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 0.7% 34.1%
124   Hooded Warbler 10.5% 0.7% 9.8%
125   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 0.7% 6.0%
126   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
127   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
128   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
129   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
130   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
131   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
132   Horned Grebe 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
133   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
134   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
135   Marsh Wren 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
136   King Eider 0% 0.7% 0.7%
137   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.9% 0.4% 31.6%
138   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.6% 0.4% 11.2%
139   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.0% 0.4% 6.6%
140   Cliff Swallow 5.0% 0.4% 4.7%
141   Field Sparrow 3.0% 0.4% 2.6%
142   Bobolink 2.8% 0.4% 2.4%
143   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 0.4% 2.4%
144   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.4% 1.2%
145   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
146   Broad-winged Hawk 0.8% 0.4% 0.5%
147   Caspian Tern 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
148   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%
149   Dunlin 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
150   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 0.4% 0.2%
151   Black Tern 0.1% 0.4% 0.2%
152   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
153   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
154   American Pipit 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
155   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
156   Purple Finch 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
157   Rusty Blackbird 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
158   Sanderling 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
159   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0% 0.4% 0.4%
160   Monk Parakeet 0% 0.4% 0.4%
161   Fox Sparrow 0% 0.4% 0.4%
162   Clapper Rail 0% 0.4% 0.4%
163   Manx Shearwater 0% 0.4% 0.4%
164   Northern Gannet 0% 0.4% 0.4%
165   Surf Scoter 0% 0.4% 0.4%