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Top Birds at Falls Lake--Sandling Beach in September
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 18 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake--Sandling Beach in 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   Great Blue Heron 44.6% 55.6% 10.9% 1.2x
2   Carolina Chickadee 71.2% 44.4% 26.8% 0.6x
3   Great Egret 29.2% 44.4% 15.2% 1.5x
4   Osprey 12.8% 44.4% 31.6% 3.5x
5   Carolina Wren 77.0% 38.9% 38.1% 0.5x
6   Tufted Titmouse 65.4% 38.9% 26.5% 0.6x
7   American Crow 64.9% 38.9% 26.0% 0.6x
8   Pine Warbler 40.5% 38.9% 1.7% 1.0x
9   Double-crested Cormorant 15.3% 38.9% 23.6% 2.5x
10   Bald Eagle 12.2% 38.9% 26.7% 3.2x
11   Northern Cardinal 73.5% 33.3% 40.1% 0.5x
12   Downy Woodpecker 56.2% 33.3% 22.9% 0.6x
13   Turkey Vulture 39.5% 33.3% 6.2% 0.8x
14   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.4% 33.3% 3.0% 0.9x
15   Fish Crow 21.9% 33.3% 11.4% 1.5x
16   Blue Jay 60.4% 27.8% 32.7% 0.5x
17   Mourning Dove 38.4% 27.8% 10.6% 0.7x
18   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.0% 27.8% 8.2% 0.8x
19   Summer Tanager 22.3% 27.8% 5.4% 1.2x
20   Black Vulture 21.2% 27.8% 6.6% 1.3x
21   Red-shouldered Hawk 36.7% 22.2% 14.4% 0.6x
22   White-eyed Vireo 33.5% 22.2% 11.3% 0.7x
23   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32.7% 22.2% 10.5% 0.7x
24   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26.4% 22.2% 4.2% 0.8x
25   Pileated Woodpecker 24.6% 22.2% 2.3% 0.9x
26   American Goldfinch 47.3% 16.7% 30.6% 0.4x
27   Eastern Bluebird 42.2% 16.7% 25.6% 0.4x
28   American Redstart 30.9% 16.7% 14.3% 0.5x
29   Eastern Wood-Pewee 27.8% 16.7% 11.1% 0.6x
30   Northern Parula 25.0% 16.7% 8.4% 0.7x
31   Chimney Swift 24.5% 16.7% 7.8% 0.7x
32   Hairy Woodpecker 14.2% 16.7% 2.4% 1.2x
33   Caspian Tern 1.8% 16.7% 14.9% 9.3x
34   Black Tern 0.7% 16.7% 15.9% 22.5x
35   Common Tern 0.7% 16.7% 16.0% 24.3x
36   Red-bellied Woodpecker 56.0% 11.1% 44.9% 0.2x
37   Gray Catbird 42.8% 11.1% 31.7% 0.3x
38   American Robin 29.4% 11.1% 18.3% 0.4x
39   Red-eyed Vireo 28.6% 11.1% 17.5% 0.4x
40   Canada Goose 24.9% 11.1% 13.8% 0.4x
41   Killdeer 23.9% 11.1% 12.8% 0.5x
42   Northern Flicker 22.6% 11.1% 11.5% 0.5x
43   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.8% 11.1% 3.7% 0.8x
44   Chipping Sparrow 14.3% 11.1% 3.2% 0.8x
45   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.6% 11.1% 3.5% 1.5x
46   Swainson's Thrush 5.0% 11.1% 6.1% 2.2x
47   Veery 4.1% 11.1% 7.1% 2.7x
48   Wood Thrush 3.4% 11.1% 7.8% 3.3x
49   Forster's Tern 1.2% 11.1% 10.0% 9.6x
50   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 11.1% 10.3% 13.5x
51   Sooty Tern 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 303.3x
52   tern sp. 0% 11.1% 11.1%
53   Eastern Phoebe 37.2% 5.6% 31.6% 0.1x
54   Northern Mockingbird 31.2% 5.6% 25.6% 0.2x
55   Common Yellowthroat 29.9% 5.6% 24.3% 0.2x
56   Eastern Towhee 26.4% 5.6% 20.8% 0.2x
57   Black-and-white Warbler 24.2% 5.6% 18.6% 0.2x
58   Magnolia Warbler 17.5% 5.6% 12.0% 0.3x
59   Indigo Bunting 17.4% 5.6% 11.9% 0.3x
60   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.5% 5.6% 9.9% 0.4x
61   European Starling 10.9% 5.6% 5.3% 0.5x
62   Solitary Sandpiper 5.1% 5.6% 0.5% 1.1x
63   Palm Warbler 4.9% 5.6% 0.6% 1.1x
64   Yellow-throated Warbler 4.8% 5.6% 0.8% 1.2x
65   Rock Pigeon 4.5% 5.6% 1.0% 1.2x
66   Prairie Warbler 4.5% 5.6% 1.1% 1.2x
67   Little Blue Heron 2.0% 5.6% 3.6% 2.8x
68   Barn Swallow 1.7% 5.6% 3.9% 3.3x
69   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.4% 5.6% 4.2% 4.0x
70   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.9% 5.6% 4.7% 6.4x
71   Blue-headed Vireo 0.8% 5.6% 4.7% 6.6x
72   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.7% 5.6% 4.9% 8.4x
73   Prothonotary Warbler 0.6% 5.6% 5.0% 9.6x
74   Merlin 0.5% 5.6% 5.0% 10.6x
75   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 5.6% 5.1% 12.1x
76   Laughing Gull 0.4% 5.6% 5.2% 14.8x
77   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 5.6% 5.3% 19.0x
78   Sandwich Tern 0.1% 5.6% 5.4% 37.9x
79   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 5.6% 5.4% 40.4x
80   Herring Gull 0.1% 5.6% 5.5% 55.2x
81   Willow Flycatcher 0.1% 5.6% 5.5% 67.4x
82   Sabine's Gull 0.1% 5.6% 5.5% 86.7x
83   Parasitic Jaeger 0.1% 5.6% 5.5% 86.7x