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Top Birds at Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 35 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp in October. 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 42.7% 88.6% 45.9% 2.1x
2   Double-crested Cormorant 20.1% 80.0% 59.9% 4.0x
3   Great Egret 15.4% 80.0% 64.6% 5.2x
4   Carolina Chickadee 71.1% 57.1% 13.9% 0.8x
5   Red-bellied Woodpecker 69.0% 48.6% 20.4% 0.7x
6   Bald Eagle 15.1% 45.7% 30.6% 3.0x
7   Ring-billed Gull 4.0% 42.9% 38.8% 10.7x
8   Carolina Wren 75.4% 40.0% 35.4% 0.5x
9   American Crow 68.4% 40.0% 28.4% 0.6x
10   Tufted Titmouse 65.4% 40.0% 25.4% 0.6x
11   Blue Jay 70.8% 37.1% 33.7% 0.5x
12   Northern Cardinal 72.4% 31.4% 40.9% 0.4x
13   Northern Flicker 55.0% 28.6% 26.4% 0.5x
14   Turkey Vulture 43.8% 28.6% 15.2% 0.7x
15   Belted Kingfisher 29.8% 28.6% 1.3% 1.0x
16   Downy Woodpecker 57.7% 22.9% 34.8% 0.4x
17   Golden-crowned Kinglet 15.0% 22.9% 7.8% 1.5x
18   Osprey 7.3% 20.0% 12.7% 2.7x
19   Pine Warbler 35.3% 17.1% 18.1% 0.5x
20   Brown-headed Nuthatch 37.0% 14.3% 22.8% 0.4x
21   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 32.7% 14.3% 18.4% 0.4x
22   Canada Goose 26.0% 14.3% 11.7% 0.6x
23   Black Vulture 21.7% 14.3% 7.5% 0.7x
24   Bonaparte's Gull 0.9% 14.3% 13.4% 16.6x
25   Herring Gull 0.7% 14.3% 13.6% 20.3x
26   Surf Scoter 0.1% 14.3% 14.2% 148.0x
27   Eastern Phoebe 54.0% 11.4% 42.6% 0.2x
28   American Robin 35.8% 11.4% 24.4% 0.3x
29   Yellow-rumped Warbler 32.8% 11.4% 21.4% 0.3x
30   Killdeer 23.4% 11.4% 12.0% 0.5x
31   Red-tailed Hawk 12.4% 11.4% 1.0% 0.9x
32   Chimney Swift 12.3% 11.4% 0.9% 0.9x
33   Pied-billed Grebe 7.4% 11.4% 4.0% 1.5x
34   Eastern Bluebird 53.9% 8.6% 45.3% 0.2x
35   Eastern Towhee 37.7% 8.6% 29.2% 0.2x
36   Song Sparrow 34.9% 8.6% 26.3% 0.2x
37   American Goldfinch 33.5% 8.6% 25.0% 0.3x
38   White-throated Sparrow 24.0% 8.6% 15.4% 0.4x
39   Northern Parula 21.6% 8.6% 13.0% 0.4x
40   Palm Warbler 17.2% 8.6% 8.6% 0.5x
41   Ruddy Duck 3.4% 8.6% 5.2% 2.5x
42   American Coot 1.7% 8.6% 6.9% 5.1x
43   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.3% 8.6% 7.2% 6.5x
44   White-breasted Nuthatch 35.6% 5.7% 29.9% 0.2x
45   Red-shouldered Hawk 35.5% 5.7% 29.8% 0.2x
46   Chipping Sparrow 22.8% 5.7% 17.0% 0.3x
47   Pileated Woodpecker 22.2% 5.7% 16.5% 0.3x
48   American Redstart 16.2% 5.7% 10.5% 0.4x
49   Hairy Woodpecker 15.1% 5.7% 9.4% 0.4x
50   Cape May Warbler 13.0% 5.7% 7.3% 0.4x
51   Chestnut-sided Warbler 3.1% 5.7% 2.7% 1.9x
52   Pine Siskin 2.5% 5.7% 3.2% 2.3x
53   Least Sandpiper 1.9% 5.7% 3.8% 3.0x
54   Northern Shoveler 1.3% 5.7% 4.4% 4.3x
55   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.2% 5.7% 4.6% 4.9x
56   crow sp. 1.0% 5.7% 4.7% 5.8x
57   Ring-necked Duck 0.9% 5.7% 4.9% 6.7x
58   Caspian Tern 0.7% 5.7% 5.0% 8.5x
59   peep sp. 0.3% 5.7% 5.5% 21.9x
60   Lesser Scaup 0.3% 5.7% 5.5% 22.8x
61   Northern Mockingbird 43.0% 2.9% 40.1% 0.1x
62   Brown Thrasher 32.5% 2.9% 29.7% 0.1x
63   House Finch 29.2% 2.9% 26.3% 0.1x
64   Gray Catbird 28.6% 2.9% 25.8% 0.1x
65   Mourning Dove 28.4% 2.9% 25.6% 0.1x
66   Mallard 22.4% 2.9% 19.5% 0.1x
67   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18.6% 2.9% 15.8% 0.2x
68   Fish Crow 17.7% 2.9% 14.8% 0.2x
69   Common Grackle 14.1% 2.9% 11.3% 0.2x
70   European Starling 13.7% 2.9% 10.9% 0.2x
71   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.6% 2.9% 10.7% 0.2x
72   Swamp Sparrow 9.9% 2.9% 7.0% 0.3x
73   Red-winged Blackbird 7.9% 2.9% 5.0% 0.4x
74   Cooper's Hawk 7.7% 2.9% 4.9% 0.4x
75   Cedar Waxwing 6.7% 2.9% 3.8% 0.4x
76   Wood Duck 5.9% 2.9% 3.0% 0.5x
77   Rock Pigeon 5.5% 2.9% 2.6% 0.5x
78   Red-breasted Nuthatch 5.4% 2.9% 2.6% 0.5x
79   Winter Wren 5.1% 2.9% 2.2% 0.6x
80   Hermit Thrush 3.9% 2.9% 1.0% 0.7x
81   Greater Yellowlegs 1.8% 2.9% 1.0% 1.5x
82   Spotted Sandpiper 1.7% 2.9% 1.2% 1.7x
83   Blue-winged Teal 1.6% 2.9% 1.2% 1.7x
84   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 1.5% 2.9% 1.4% 1.9x
85   Green-winged Teal 1.0% 2.9% 1.8% 2.7x
86   Wilson's Snipe 0.9% 2.9% 1.9% 3.1x
87   duck sp. 0.8% 2.9% 2.1% 3.8x
88   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 2.9% 2.1% 3.8x
89   Common Loon 0.7% 2.9% 2.1% 4.0x
90   Laughing Gull 0.7% 2.9% 2.2% 4.2x
91   Horned Grebe 0.6% 2.9% 2.3% 5.0x
92   Forster's Tern 0.6% 2.9% 2.3% 5.0x
93   Vesper Sparrow 0.5% 2.9% 2.4% 6.2x
94   gull sp. 0.4% 2.9% 2.4% 6.4x
95   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 2.9% 2.4% 6.7x
96   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.4% 2.9% 2.5% 7.4x
97   Black-bellied Plover 0.3% 2.9% 2.6% 9.9x
98   Dunlin 0.3% 2.9% 2.6% 10.6x
99   Semipalmated Plover 0.2% 2.9% 2.6% 12.9x
100   Buteo sp. 0.2% 2.9% 2.7% 14.8x
101   Stilt Sandpiper 0.1% 2.9% 2.8% 29.6x
102   American White Pelican 0.1% 2.9% 2.8% 29.6x
103   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 0.1% 2.9% 2.8% 37.0x