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Top Birds at Mason Farm Biological Reserve in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 209 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Mason Farm Biological Reserve in August. 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 72.0% 85.6% 13.6% 1.2x
2   Northern Cardinal 65.6% 82.8% 17.1% 1.3x
3   Carolina Chickadee 57.7% 78.5% 20.8% 1.4x
4   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 39.8% 75.1% 35.3% 1.9x
5   Indigo Bunting 26.7% 74.2% 47.4% 2.8x
6   Tufted Titmouse 51.8% 72.2% 20.4% 1.4x
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.0% 69.9% 31.8% 1.8x
8   American Robin 27.0% 67.9% 40.9% 2.5x
9   American Goldfinch 59.2% 67.0% 7.8% 1.1x
10   American Crow 53.5% 65.1% 11.6% 1.2x
11   Downy Woodpecker 39.8% 63.6% 23.8% 1.6x
12   Eastern Bluebird 39.2% 61.7% 22.5% 1.6x
13   Northern Mockingbird 28.6% 56.9% 28.4% 2.0x
14   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.3% 56.0% 22.7% 1.7x
15   Eastern Wood-Pewee 18.3% 53.6% 35.3% 2.9x
16   White-eyed Vireo 19.6% 50.7% 31.1% 2.6x
17   Mourning Dove 47.6% 49.8% 2.2% 1.0x
18   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14.8% 48.3% 33.6% 3.3x
19   Summer Tanager 13.8% 44.0% 30.2% 3.2x
20   Blue Jay 36.4% 43.1% 6.6% 1.2x
21   Red-eyed Vireo 21.0% 42.1% 21.1% 2.0x
22   Turkey Vulture 31.2% 41.6% 10.4% 1.3x
23   Gray Catbird 26.8% 40.7% 13.9% 1.5x
24   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.0% 38.3% 13.3% 1.5x
25   Common Yellowthroat 11.4% 37.3% 25.9% 3.3x
26   Great Crested Flycatcher 17.4% 36.8% 19.5% 2.1x
27   White-breasted Nuthatch 27.5% 35.4% 7.9% 1.3x
28   Blue Grosbeak 21.8% 34.9% 13.2% 1.6x
29   European Starling 9.4% 30.1% 20.8% 3.2x
30   Pileated Woodpecker 15.5% 29.2% 13.6% 1.9x
31   Acadian Flycatcher 9.0% 28.7% 19.7% 3.2x
32   Chimney Swift 18.3% 26.8% 8.5% 1.5x
33   Fish Crow 25.8% 26.3% 0.5% 1.0x
34   Barred Owl 4.1% 21.5% 17.5% 5.3x
35   Brown Thrasher 15.0% 20.1% 5.1% 1.3x
36   Northern Flicker 8.5% 18.7% 10.1% 2.2x
37   Eastern Towhee 25.4% 18.2% 7.2% 0.7x
38   Eastern Phoebe 20.1% 18.2% 1.9% 0.9x
39   Northern Parula 7.1% 17.7% 10.6% 2.5x
40   Great Blue Heron 47.4% 16.7% 30.7% 0.4x
41   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.2% 16.3% 6.0% 1.6x
42   Hairy Woodpecker 7.7% 15.3% 7.6% 2.0x
43   American Redstart 6.0% 14.8% 8.8% 2.5x
44   Black-and-white Warbler 5.3% 14.8% 9.5% 2.8x
45   Black Vulture 15.9% 13.4% 2.5% 0.8x
46   Pine Warbler 16.3% 12.0% 4.3% 0.7x
47   Green Heron 18.4% 11.0% 7.4% 0.6x
48   Brown-headed Nuthatch 26.7% 10.5% 16.1% 0.4x
49   Eastern Kingbird 14.0% 10.5% 3.5% 0.8x
50   Red-tailed Hawk 10.2% 10.5% 0.3% 1.0x
51   Killdeer 23.2% 9.6% 13.6% 0.4x
52   Belted Kingfisher 23.1% 8.6% 14.5% 0.4x
53   Prothonotary Warbler 2.3% 8.6% 6.3% 3.7x
54   Common Grackle 10.0% 8.1% 1.9% 0.8x
55   Yellow-throated Vireo 3.5% 8.1% 4.6% 2.3x
56   House Finch 20.5% 7.7% 12.8% 0.4x
57   House Wren 4.5% 7.7% 3.1% 1.7x
58   Chipping Sparrow 18.9% 6.7% 12.2% 0.4x
59   Prairie Warbler 2.8% 6.2% 3.5% 2.2x
60   Wild Turkey 0.9% 6.2% 5.4% 7.3x
61   Scarlet Tanager 1.3% 5.7% 4.5% 4.5x
62   Orchard Oriole 1.9% 5.3% 3.4% 2.8x
63   Song Sparrow 9.6% 4.8% 4.8% 0.5x
64   Red-winged Blackbird 6.0% 4.8% 1.3% 0.8x
65   Hooded Warbler 3.1% 4.8% 1.7% 1.6x
66   Baltimore Oriole 0.5% 4.8% 4.3% 9.4x
67   Cooper's Hawk 4.5% 3.8% 0.7% 0.8x
68   Wood Thrush 1.3% 3.8% 2.5% 2.9x
69   Canada Goose 26.5% 3.3% 23.2% 0.1x
70   Wood Duck 11.2% 3.3% 7.9% 0.3x
71   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.5% 3.3% 1.9% 2.3x
72   Ovenbird 1.2% 3.3% 2.2% 2.9x
73   Barn Swallow 11.6% 2.9% 8.7% 0.2x
74   Yellow Warbler 2.3% 2.9% 0.6% 1.2x
75   Northern Waterthrush 0.8% 2.4% 1.6% 2.9x
76   Empidonax sp. 0.6% 2.4% 1.8% 3.8x
77   Purple Martin 2.3% 1.9% 0.4% 0.8x
78   Worm-eating Warbler 1.8% 1.9% 0.1% 1.0x
79   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.8% 1.9% 0.1% 1.1x
80   Blue-winged Warbler 1.2% 1.9% 0.7% 1.6x
81   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 1.9% 0.8% 1.8x
82   Great Egret 34.3% 1.4% 32.8% 0.0x
83   Mallard 23.6% 1.4% 22.2% 0.1x
84   Osprey 21.4% 1.4% 19.9% 0.1x
85   Bald Eagle 9.2% 1.4% 7.7% 0.2x
86   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 1.4% 4.4% 0.2x
87   Cedar Waxwing 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% 1.0x
88   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% 1.0x
89   crow sp. 1.4% 1.4% 0.1% 1.1x
90   Spotted Sandpiper 11.0% 1.0% 10.1% 0.1x
91   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.8% 1.0% 0.8% 0.5x
92   Mississippi Kite 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% 1.1x
93   swallow sp. 0.7% 1.0% 0.2% 1.3x
94   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.4% 1.0% 0.5% 2.3x
95   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 1.0% 0.6% 2.9x
96   Canada Warbler 0.3% 1.0% 0.6% 3.0x
97   Common Raven 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% 6.3x
98   Least Flycatcher 0.1% 1.0% 0.8% 8.7x
99   Blue-headed Vireo 0.1% 1.0% 0.9% 13.9x
100   Double-crested Cormorant 15.3% 0.5% 14.8% 0.0x
101   Field Sparrow 2.7% 0.5% 2.2% 0.2x
102   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.6x
103   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0.7x
104   Magnolia Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
105   hawk sp. 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
106   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.3% 0.5% 0.1% 1.4x
107   Northern Bobwhite 0.3% 0.5% 0.1% 1.4x
108   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.2% 0.5% 0.2% 1.9x
109   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.9x
110   Accipiter sp. 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.3x
111   White-throated Sparrow 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 34.8x