Top Birds at Lake Wheeler in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 17 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Wheeler 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | Relative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Cardinal | 79.5% | 64.7% | 14.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 2 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.7% | 64.7% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 3 | Great Blue Heron | 48.0% | 64.7% | 16.7% | 1.3x | |||
| 4 | Mallard | 30.3% | 64.7% | 34.4% | 2.1x | |||
| 5 | Eastern Kingbird | 26.3% | 58.8% | 32.5% | 2.2x | |||
| 6 | Carolina Wren | 70.1% | 52.9% | 17.1% | 0.8x | |||
| 7 | American Crow | 56.7% | 52.9% | 3.7% | 0.9x | |||
| 8 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 55.2% | 52.9% | 2.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 9 | Canada Goose | 42.3% | 52.9% | 10.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 10 | Fish Crow | 33.2% | 52.9% | 19.7% | 1.6x | |||
| 11 | Barn Swallow | 31.3% | 52.9% | 21.7% | 1.7x | |||
| 12 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.5% | 47.1% | 13.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 13 | Turkey Vulture | 39.4% | 47.1% | 7.6% | 1.2x | |||
| 14 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.4% | 41.2% | 10.2% | 0.8x | |||
| 15 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.0% | 41.2% | 6.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 16 | Gray Catbird | 31.3% | 41.2% | 9.9% | 1.3x | |||
| 17 | Chimney Swift | 28.8% | 41.2% | 12.4% | 1.4x | |||
| 18 | Blue Jay | 44.5% | 35.3% | 9.2% | 0.8x | |||
| 19 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.3% | 35.3% | 4.0% | 0.9x | |||
| 20 | Pine Warbler | 39.0% | 35.3% | 3.7% | 0.9x | |||
| 21 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.0% | 35.3% | 1.3% | 1.0x | |||
| 22 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.6% | 35.3% | 4.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 23 | Double-crested Cormorant | 19.0% | 35.3% | 16.3% | 1.9x | |||
| 24 | Mourning Dove | 49.3% | 29.4% | 19.9% | 0.6x | |||
| 25 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.7% | 29.4% | 11.3% | 0.7x | |||
| 26 | Common Grackle | 36.9% | 29.4% | 7.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 27 | White-eyed Vireo | 31.9% | 29.4% | 2.5% | 0.9x | |||
| 28 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.6% | 29.4% | 2.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 29 | Acadian Flycatcher | 26.7% | 29.4% | 2.7% | 1.1x | |||
| 30 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.6% | 29.4% | 5.8% | 1.2x | |||
| 31 | Cliff Swallow | 5.5% | 29.4% | 23.9% | 5.4x | |||
| 32 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 56.5% | 23.5% | 32.9% | 0.4x | |||
| 33 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.4% | 23.5% | 25.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 34 | Indigo Bunting | 44.9% | 23.5% | 21.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 35 | American Goldfinch | 43.5% | 23.5% | 20.0% | 0.5x | |||
| 36 | Summer Tanager | 37.8% | 23.5% | 14.3% | 0.6x | |||
| 37 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.2% | 23.5% | 13.7% | 0.6x | |||
| 38 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 33.3% | 23.5% | 9.8% | 0.7x | |||
| 39 | Blue Grosbeak | 23.4% | 23.5% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 40 | Brown Thrasher | 16.8% | 23.5% | 6.7% | 1.4x | |||
| 41 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 12.0% | 23.5% | 11.5% | 2.0x | |||
| 42 | American Robin | 38.0% | 17.6% | 20.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 43 | Eastern Towhee | 37.8% | 17.6% | 20.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 44 | Northern Parula | 36.3% | 17.6% | 18.7% | 0.5x | |||
| 45 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.4% | 17.6% | 13.7% | 0.6x | |||
| 46 | Ovenbird | 18.7% | 17.6% | 1.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 47 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.2% | 17.6% | 1.4% | 1.1x | |||
| 48 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.4% | 17.6% | 2.2% | 1.1x | |||
| 49 | Wood Thrush | 14.2% | 17.6% | 3.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 50 | Red-tailed Hawk | 14.1% | 17.6% | 3.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 51 | Wood Duck | 12.7% | 17.6% | 4.9% | 1.4x | |||
| 52 | Belted Kingfisher | 12.0% | 17.6% | 5.7% | 1.5x | |||
| 53 | Bald Eagle | 10.4% | 17.6% | 7.3% | 1.7x | |||
| 54 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 35.8% | 11.8% | 24.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 55 | House Finch | 27.2% | 11.8% | 15.4% | 0.4x | |||
| 56 | Red-winged Blackbird | 27.2% | 11.8% | 15.4% | 0.4x | |||
| 57 | Black Vulture | 21.2% | 11.8% | 9.4% | 0.6x | |||
| 58 | Prothonotary Warbler | 16.5% | 11.8% | 4.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 59 | Orchard Oriole | 15.2% | 11.8% | 3.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 60 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 14.7% | 11.8% | 2.9% | 0.8x | |||
| 61 | Tree Swallow | 13.2% | 11.8% | 1.4% | 0.9x | |||
| 62 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.3% | 11.8% | 0.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 63 | Purple Martin | 10.1% | 11.8% | 1.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 64 | Northern Flicker | 9.2% | 11.8% | 2.5% | 1.3x | |||
| 65 | Northern Waterthrush | 7.3% | 11.8% | 4.5% | 1.6x | |||
| 66 | Rock Pigeon | 6.6% | 11.8% | 5.2% | 1.8x | |||
| 67 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.1% | 11.8% | 8.6% | 3.8x | |||
| 68 | Great Egret | 2.3% | 11.8% | 9.4% | 5.0x | |||
| 69 | Semipalmated Plover | 2.3% | 11.8% | 9.4% | 5.1x | |||
| 70 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 0.9% | 11.8% | 10.9% | 13.3x | |||
| 71 | European Starling | 22.7% | 5.9% | 16.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 72 | American Redstart | 22.6% | 5.9% | 16.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 73 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.7% | 5.9% | 15.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 74 | Killdeer | 20.0% | 5.9% | 14.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 75 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.4% | 5.9% | 13.5% | 0.3x | |||
| 76 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 19.0% | 5.9% | 13.2% | 0.3x | |||
| 77 | Osprey | 15.5% | 5.9% | 9.6% | 0.4x | |||
| 78 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 14.8% | 5.9% | 8.9% | 0.4x | |||
| 79 | Scarlet Tanager | 12.1% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 80 | Hooded Warbler | 11.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 81 | Green Heron | 10.7% | 5.9% | 4.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 82 | Eastern Meadowlark | 8.3% | 5.9% | 2.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 83 | Barred Owl | 8.1% | 5.9% | 2.2% | 0.7x | |||
| 84 | Prairie Warbler | 7.7% | 5.9% | 1.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 85 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.5% | 5.9% | 1.6% | 0.8x | |||
| 86 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 7.3% | 5.9% | 1.4% | 0.8x | |||
| 87 | Least Sandpiper | 5.2% | 5.9% | 0.6% | 1.1x | |||
| 88 | Bobolink | 3.0% | 5.9% | 2.8% | 1.9x | |||
| 89 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 2.9% | 5.9% | 3.0% | 2.0x | |||
| 90 | Kentucky Warbler | 1.9% | 5.9% | 4.0% | 3.1x | |||
| 91 | Ring-billed Gull | 1.8% | 5.9% | 4.0% | 3.2x | |||
| 92 | Bank Swallow | 1.2% | 5.9% | 4.7% | 4.8x | |||
| 93 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.2% | 5.9% | 4.7% | 4.8x | |||
| 94 | Baltimore Oriole | 1.0% | 5.9% | 4.9% | 6.1x | |||
| 95 | Dunlin | 0.6% | 5.9% | 5.3% | 9.8x | |||
| 96 | Loggerhead Shrike | 0.6% | 5.9% | 5.3% | 10.4x | |||
| 97 | Black-bellied Plover | 0.2% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 28.7x | |||
| 98 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 0.1% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 93.4x | |||
| 99 | Forster's Tern | 0.0% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 124.5x |