Top Birds at Mason Farm Biological Reserve in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 617 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Mason Farm Biological Reserve 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 | Indigo Bunting | 42.6% | 88.8% | 46.2% | 2.1x | |||
| 2 | Northern Cardinal | 79.3% | 83.0% | 3.7% | 1.0x | |||
| 3 | Carolina Wren | 69.7% | 76.2% | 6.5% | 1.1x | |||
| 4 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.2% | 75.5% | 11.3% | 1.2x | |||
| 5 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 55.5% | 74.4% | 18.9% | 1.3x | |||
| 6 | Common Yellowthroat | 39.1% | 71.8% | 32.7% | 1.8x | |||
| 7 | Red-eyed Vireo | 50.4% | 71.5% | 21.1% | 1.4x | |||
| 8 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 54.4% | 70.3% | 16.0% | 1.3x | |||
| 9 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.1% | 69.4% | 9.3% | 1.2x | |||
| 10 | Summer Tanager | 36.5% | 64.2% | 27.7% | 1.8x | |||
| 11 | Northern Parula | 34.9% | 62.7% | 27.8% | 1.8x | |||
| 12 | White-eyed Vireo | 30.4% | 62.6% | 32.2% | 2.1x | |||
| 13 | American Redstart | 20.6% | 60.3% | 39.7% | 2.9x | |||
| 14 | American Crow | 56.6% | 58.2% | 1.6% | 1.0x | |||
| 15 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 17.1% | 56.1% | 39.0% | 3.3x | |||
| 16 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.1% | 55.8% | 6.7% | 1.1x | |||
| 17 | Great Blue Heron | 47.6% | 55.8% | 8.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 18 | American Goldfinch | 43.0% | 53.6% | 10.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 19 | Blue Jay | 44.0% | 52.8% | 8.8% | 1.2x | |||
| 20 | Acadian Flycatcher | 25.6% | 49.4% | 23.8% | 1.9x | |||
| 21 | Turkey Vulture | 38.9% | 49.3% | 10.3% | 1.3x | |||
| 22 | Downy Woodpecker | 38.7% | 49.3% | 10.5% | 1.3x | |||
| 23 | Mourning Dove | 49.3% | 48.5% | 0.9% | 1.0x | |||
| 24 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.1% | 46.2% | 1.9% | 1.0x | |||
| 25 | Blue Grosbeak | 22.3% | 44.9% | 22.6% | 2.0x | |||
| 26 | European Starling | 21.6% | 44.7% | 23.2% | 2.1x | |||
| 27 | Prothonotary Warbler | 15.0% | 44.4% | 29.4% | 3.0x | |||
| 28 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 20.6% | 42.6% | 22.0% | 2.1x | |||
| 29 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 35.5% | 41.5% | 6.0% | 1.2x | |||
| 30 | Gray Catbird | 30.9% | 40.4% | 9.5% | 1.3x | |||
| 31 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 10.7% | 39.1% | 28.4% | 3.7x | |||
| 32 | Pileated Woodpecker | 18.4% | 38.4% | 20.0% | 2.1x | |||
| 33 | Common Grackle | 36.9% | 37.4% | 0.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 34 | Eastern Towhee | 37.8% | 37.1% | 0.7% | 1.0x | |||
| 35 | Ovenbird | 17.8% | 37.0% | 19.1% | 2.1x | |||
| 36 | Barred Owl | 6.6% | 36.3% | 29.7% | 5.5x | |||
| 37 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.4% | 35.5% | 4.1% | 1.1x | |||
| 38 | American Robin | 38.2% | 33.4% | 4.9% | 0.9x | |||
| 39 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 9.9% | 32.9% | 23.0% | 3.3x | |||
| 40 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.3% | 31.9% | 0.6% | 1.0x | |||
| 41 | Pine Warbler | 39.4% | 31.0% | 8.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 42 | Black-and-white Warbler | 14.8% | 27.1% | 12.2% | 1.8x | |||
| 43 | Scarlet Tanager | 11.4% | 26.4% | 15.0% | 2.3x | |||
| 44 | Fish Crow | 33.6% | 26.1% | 7.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 45 | Red-tailed Hawk | 13.5% | 24.3% | 10.8% | 1.8x | |||
| 46 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 14.2% | 24.0% | 9.8% | 1.7x | |||
| 47 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.7% | 23.0% | 0.7% | 1.0x | |||
| 48 | Black Vulture | 21.1% | 23.0% | 2.0% | 1.1x | |||
| 49 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.9% | 22.4% | 15.6% | 0.6x | |||
| 50 | Canada Goose | 43.4% | 21.4% | 22.0% | 0.5x | |||
| 51 | Red-winged Blackbird | 27.5% | 20.7% | 6.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 52 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.6% | 20.6% | 14.1% | 0.6x | |||
| 53 | Chimney Swift | 29.3% | 19.4% | 9.9% | 0.7x | |||
| 54 | Killdeer | 20.0% | 19.1% | 0.9% | 1.0x | |||
| 55 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 34.1% | 18.0% | 16.1% | 0.5x | |||
| 56 | White-throated Sparrow | 7.0% | 17.8% | 10.8% | 2.5x | |||
| 57 | Northern Waterthrush | 6.8% | 17.8% | 11.1% | 2.6x | |||
| 58 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 31.3% | 16.9% | 14.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 59 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 5.9% | 15.7% | 9.8% | 2.6x | |||
| 60 | Prairie Warbler | 7.3% | 15.6% | 8.2% | 2.1x | |||
| 61 | Wood Thrush | 14.2% | 15.1% | 0.9% | 1.1x | |||
| 62 | Wood Duck | 12.6% | 14.4% | 1.8% | 1.1x | |||
| 63 | Brown Thrasher | 17.0% | 13.3% | 3.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 64 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 11.0% | 13.1% | 2.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 65 | Northern Flicker | 9.0% | 13.0% | 3.9% | 1.4x | |||
| 66 | House Finch | 27.9% | 12.8% | 15.1% | 0.5x | |||
| 67 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.1% | 12.6% | 4.5% | 1.6x | |||
| 68 | Eastern Kingbird | 27.1% | 12.5% | 14.6% | 0.5x | |||
| 69 | Mallard | 31.3% | 12.0% | 19.3% | 0.4x | |||
| 70 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 15.0% | 11.5% | 3.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 71 | Swainson's Thrush | 6.3% | 10.2% | 3.9% | 1.6x | |||
| 72 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.6% | 9.9% | 6.7% | 0.6x | |||
| 73 | House Wren | 9.2% | 9.7% | 0.6% | 1.1x | |||
| 74 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.2% | 9.6% | 3.6% | 0.7x | |||
| 75 | Swamp Sparrow | 1.5% | 9.6% | 8.0% | 6.3x | |||
| 76 | Hooded Warbler | 11.2% | 9.1% | 2.1% | 0.8x | |||
| 77 | Solitary Sandpiper | 8.0% | 9.1% | 1.1% | 1.1x | |||
| 78 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.4% | 9.1% | 5.7% | 2.7x | |||
| 79 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.4% | 8.9% | 2.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 80 | Green Heron | 10.8% | 8.9% | 1.9% | 0.8x | |||
| 81 | Veery | 3.3% | 8.1% | 4.8% | 2.5x | |||
| 82 | Orchard Oriole | 15.6% | 7.5% | 8.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 83 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 7.3% | 7.5% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 84 | Song Sparrow | 14.5% | 7.0% | 7.5% | 0.5x | |||
| 85 | Barn Swallow | 32.6% | 6.8% | 25.8% | 0.2x | |||
| 86 | Yellow Warbler | 7.9% | 6.3% | 1.6% | 0.8x | |||
| 87 | Belted Kingfisher | 12.3% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 0.5x | |||
| 88 | Osprey | 16.0% | 5.2% | 10.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 89 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.6% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 0.6x | |||
| 90 | Field Sparrow | 3.7% | 4.2% | 0.5% | 1.1x | |||
| 91 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2.3% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 1.9x | |||
| 92 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.4% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 3.1x | |||
| 93 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.7% | 3.7% | 1.0% | 1.4x | |||
| 94 | Baltimore Oriole | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 4.3x | |||
| 95 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 1.5% | 3.2% | 1.7% | 2.2x | |||
| 96 | Worm-eating Warbler | 1.0% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2.9x | |||
| 97 | Double-crested Cormorant | 19.9% | 2.9% | 16.9% | 0.1x | |||
| 98 | Bald Eagle | 10.8% | 2.9% | 7.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 99 | Purple Martin | 10.4% | 2.8% | 7.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 100 | Wild Turkey | 1.4% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 2.0x | |||
| 101 | Least Sandpiper | 5.4% | 1.9% | 3.5% | 0.4x | |||
| 102 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 0.7% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 3.0x | |||
| 103 | Blue-winged Warbler | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 9.8x | |||
| 104 | House Sparrow | 3.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 105 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.1% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 1.5x | |||
| 106 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.8% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.7x | |||
| 107 | Kentucky Warbler | 2.0% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 108 | Pine Siskin | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.3x | |||
| 109 | Cape May Warbler | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.4x | |||
| 110 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.1x | |||
| 111 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.3x | |||
| 112 | crow sp. | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 113 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.8x | |||
| 114 | American Woodcock | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 19.6x | |||
| 115 | Rock Pigeon | 6.9% | 0.8% | 6.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 116 | Wilson's Warbler | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 117 | Canada Warbler | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.8x | |||
| 118 | Ring-necked Duck | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 7.5x | |||
| 119 | Tree Swallow | 13.8% | 0.6% | 13.1% | 0.0x | |||
| 120 | duck sp. | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 121 | Blue-winged Teal | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.7x | |||
| 122 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2.0x | |||
| 123 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 2.3x | |||
| 124 | Buteo sp. | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 2.7x | |||
| 125 | new world sparrow sp. | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 3.4x | |||
| 126 | Tennessee Warbler | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 6.5x | |||
| 127 | Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 8.7x | |||
| 128 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 129 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 130 | Palm Warbler | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 131 | warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 132 | Northern Harrier | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 1.3x | |||
| 133 | Hermit Thrush | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.5x | |||
| 134 | Willow Flycatcher | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.8x | |||
| 135 | passerine sp. | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 3.3x | |||
| 136 | Least Flycatcher | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 14.7x | |||
| 137 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 14.7x | |||
| 138 | Great Egret | 2.5% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 139 | swallow sp. | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 140 | Merlin | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.9x | |||
| 141 | Summer/Scarlet Tanager | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 3.6x | |||
| 142 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 3.9x | |||
| 143 | Accipiter sp. | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 3.9x | |||
| 144 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.3% | 0.2% | 3.1% | 0.0x | |||
| 145 | Bobolink | 3.2% | 0.2% | 3.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 146 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 3.0% | 0.2% | 2.9% | 0.1x | |||
| 147 | Mississippi Kite | 2.0% | 0.2% | 1.8% | 0.1x | |||
| 148 | Ring-billed Gull | 1.9% | 0.2% | 1.8% | 0.1x | |||
| 149 | Warbling Vireo | 1.9% | 0.2% | 1.7% | 0.1x | |||
| 150 | Bank Swallow | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 151 | hawk sp. | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3x | |||
| 152 | Great Horned Owl | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3x | |||
| 153 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3x | |||
| 154 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 155 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.6x | |||
| 156 | American Coot | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.7x | |||
| 157 | Common Nighthawk | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 158 | Catharus sp. | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
| 159 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 160 | American Pipit | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.0x | |||
| 161 | Glossy Ibis | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.8x | |||
| 162 | Dark-eyed Junco | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 3.9x | |||
| 163 | American Black Duck | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 3.9x | |||
| 164 | Nashville Warbler | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.9x | |||
| 165 | Virginia Rail | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.9x | |||
| 166 | Sedge Wren | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 6.5x | |||
| 167 | Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ∞ | |||
| 168 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ∞ |