Bird Finder

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

based on 392 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Mason Farm Biological Reserve during the month of September. 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 76.7% 83.9% 7.3% 1.1x
2   Northern Cardinal 73.1% 81.6% 8.5% 1.1x
3   Carolina Chickadee 70.8% 81.1% 10.3% 1.1x
4   Tufted Titmouse 64.8% 79.8% 15.0% 1.2x
5   American Crow 64.3% 78.6% 14.2% 1.2x
6   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.3% 74.5% 19.2% 1.3x
7   Downy Woodpecker 55.6% 70.2% 14.5% 1.3x
8   Blue Jay 60.1% 68.6% 8.5% 1.1x
9   White-eyed Vireo 32.6% 57.7% 25.0% 1.8x
10   Gray Catbird 42.3% 54.3% 12.0% 1.3x
11   Eastern Bluebird 41.9% 50.0% 8.1% 1.2x
12   American Redstart 30.2% 49.7% 19.5% 1.6x
13   Red-shouldered Hawk 36.2% 48.7% 12.5% 1.3x
14   Common Yellowthroat 29.1% 48.7% 19.6% 1.7x
15   American Robin 28.6% 48.5% 19.8% 1.7x
16   Northern Mockingbird 30.5% 47.7% 17.2% 1.6x
17   American Goldfinch 47.3% 46.9% 0.3% 1.0x
18   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.6% 45.4% 31.8% 3.3x
19   Eastern Phoebe 36.8% 44.4% 7.5% 1.2x
20   Brown Thrasher 30.0% 43.1% 13.1% 1.4x
21   Pileated Woodpecker 23.9% 42.9% 19.0% 1.8x
22   Black-and-white Warbler 23.5% 42.9% 19.4% 1.8x
23   Turkey Vulture 39.4% 42.1% 2.7% 1.1x
24   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 25.9% 39.8% 13.9% 1.5x
25   Summer Tanager 21.7% 39.8% 18.1% 1.8x
26   Indigo Bunting 16.6% 39.3% 22.7% 2.4x
27   Eastern Wood-Pewee 27.4% 38.5% 11.2% 1.4x
28   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32.5% 38.0% 5.5% 1.2x
29   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14.6% 37.8% 23.1% 2.6x
30   Northern Parula 24.7% 33.9% 9.2% 1.4x
31   Northern Flicker 22.1% 33.9% 11.8% 1.5x
32   European Starling 10.1% 31.1% 21.0% 3.1x
33   Pine Warbler 40.9% 30.9% 10.0% 0.8x
34   Red-eyed Vireo 28.5% 30.9% 2.3% 1.1x
35   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.6% 30.4% 6.2% 0.8x
36   Mourning Dove 38.7% 27.8% 10.9% 0.7x
37   Magnolia Warbler 17.3% 24.5% 7.2% 1.4x
38   Eastern Towhee 26.5% 21.7% 4.8% 0.8x
39   Chimney Swift 24.6% 21.7% 2.9% 0.9x
40   Great Crested Flycatcher 10.2% 20.9% 10.7% 2.0x
41   Barred Owl 5.1% 20.7% 15.5% 4.0x
42   Blue Grosbeak 11.1% 18.9% 7.8% 1.7x
43   Fish Crow 22.1% 17.9% 4.2% 0.8x
44   Great Blue Heron 45.7% 17.6% 28.1% 0.4x
45   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.3% 16.6% 7.3% 1.8x
46   Black Vulture 21.4% 16.1% 5.4% 0.7x
47   Hairy Woodpecker 14.2% 15.1% 0.9% 1.1x
48   Belted Kingfisher 28.6% 14.0% 14.6% 0.5x
49   Scarlet Tanager 9.4% 13.8% 4.4% 1.5x
50   House Wren 8.3% 13.8% 5.5% 1.7x
51   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.5% 12.2% 4.8% 1.6x
52   Red-tailed Hawk 9.3% 11.5% 2.2% 1.2x
53   Acadian Flycatcher 6.6% 11.5% 4.8% 1.7x
54   Killdeer 24.4% 11.0% 13.4% 0.4x
55   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.9% 10.7% 26.2% 0.3x
56   Baltimore Oriole 2.6% 8.7% 6.1% 3.4x
57   Common Grackle 5.3% 8.4% 3.1% 1.6x
58   Cedar Waxwing 7.1% 7.9% 0.8% 1.1x
59   Black-throated Blue Warbler 5.2% 7.9% 2.7% 1.5x
60   Swainson's Thrush 5.0% 7.1% 2.2% 1.4x
61   Northern Waterthrush 3.4% 6.9% 3.5% 2.0x
62   Hooded Warbler 7.0% 6.6% 0.3% 1.0x
63   Palm Warbler 4.9% 6.1% 1.2% 1.3x
64   Green Heron 10.9% 5.9% 5.1% 0.5x
65   House Finch 20.0% 5.6% 14.4% 0.3x
66   Cape May Warbler 10.0% 4.8% 5.2% 0.5x
67   Wood Duck 8.6% 4.6% 4.0% 0.5x
68   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6.9% 4.6% 2.3% 0.7x
69   Empidonax sp. 2.7% 4.6% 1.9% 1.7x
70   Chipping Sparrow 14.7% 4.3% 10.3% 0.3x
71   Song Sparrow 9.4% 4.3% 5.1% 0.5x
72   Veery 4.1% 4.3% 0.3% 1.1x
73   Ovenbird 3.4% 4.3% 0.9% 1.3x
74   Yellow-throated Warbler 4.8% 4.1% 0.7% 0.9x
75   Prairie Warbler 4.5% 4.1% 0.4% 0.9x
76   Cooper's Hawk 5.3% 3.8% 1.4% 0.7x
77   Wood Thrush 3.4% 3.8% 0.5% 1.1x
78   Canada Goose 25.6% 3.6% 22.1% 0.1x
79   Osprey 13.2% 3.3% 9.9% 0.3x
80   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.6% 3.3% 1.7% 2.0x
81   Wild Turkey 1.0% 3.3% 2.3% 3.4x
82   Tennessee Warbler 2.9% 3.1% 0.2% 1.1x
83   Blackburnian Warbler 2.2% 2.8% 0.6% 1.3x
84   Blue-winged Warbler 4.5% 2.3% 2.2% 0.5x
85   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.3% 2.3% 0.0% 1.0x
86   Red-winged Blackbird 1.6% 2.3% 0.7% 1.4x
87   Blue-headed Vireo 0.8% 2.0% 1.2% 2.5x
88   hawk sp. 0.8% 2.0% 1.2% 2.6x
89   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.5% 1.8% 2.7% 0.4x
90   Yellow Warbler 3.8% 1.8% 2.0% 0.5x
91   Worm-eating Warbler 3.4% 1.8% 1.6% 0.5x
92   Eastern Kingbird 1.6% 1.8% 0.2% 1.1x
93   Prothonotary Warbler 0.5% 1.8% 1.2% 3.3x
94   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 1.6% 1.5% 0.1% 0.9x
95   Rock Pigeon 4.6% 1.3% 3.4% 0.3x
96   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.6% 1.3% 0.6% 2.0x
97   American Kestrel 3.8% 1.0% 2.8% 0.3x
98   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 1.0% 1.3% 0.4x
99   Least Flycatcher 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% 1.4x
100   Great Egret 30.3% 0.8% 29.6% 0.0x
101   Double-crested Cormorant 15.9% 0.8% 15.2% 0.0x
102   Bald Eagle 12.7% 0.8% 11.9% 0.1x
103   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.4% 0.8% 0.6% 0.5x
104   Canada Warbler 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.6x
105   crow sp. 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.7x
106   Nashville Warbler 1.1% 0.8% 0.4% 0.7x
107   Common Nighthawk 1.0% 0.8% 0.3% 0.7x
108   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 0.8% 0.1% 0.9x
109   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.7% 0.8% 0.1% 1.1x
110   Golden-winged Warbler 0.7% 0.8% 0.1% 1.2x
111   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.6% 0.8% 0.1% 1.2x
112   Tree Swallow 0.5% 0.8% 0.2% 1.5x
113   Marsh Wren 0.4% 0.8% 0.3% 1.7x
114   Mallard 20.8% 0.5% 20.3% 0.0x
115   Field Sparrow 1.6% 0.5% 1.1% 0.3x
116   Philadelphia Vireo 1.3% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4x
117   Broad-winged Hawk 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5x
118   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6x
119   Common Raven 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.9x
120   duck sp. 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
121   Merlin 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
122   Catharus sp. 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.1x
123   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.7x
124   new world vulture sp. 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.7x
125   Willow Flycatcher 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 6.7x
126   Little Blue Heron 2.0% 0.3% 1.8% 0.1x
127   Barn Swallow 1.8% 0.3% 1.5% 0.1x
128   Bobolink 1.7% 0.3% 1.5% 0.1x
129   Pied-billed Grebe 1.4% 0.3% 1.2% 0.2x
130   Muscovy Duck 1.1% 0.3% 0.9% 0.2x
131   passerine sp. 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.5x
132   Wilson's Snipe 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6x
133   Peregrine Falcon 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6x
134   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7x
135   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.8x
136   Lark Sparrow 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.9x
137   Kentucky Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 1.6x
138   Connecticut Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 1.9x
139   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 2.1x
140   Winter Wren 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 2.7x
141   Orchard Oriole 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 4.5x
142   Swamp Sparrow 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 4.5x
143   Northern Bobwhite 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 4.5x
144   Sedge Wren 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 5.4x
145   blackbird sp. 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 6.7x
146   Pine Siskin 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 26.9x
147   Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) 0% 0.3% 0.3%
148   Hermit Thrush 0% 0.3% 0.3%
149   Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid) 0% 0.3% 0.3%