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

based on 60 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 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 Egret 28.9% 90.0% 61.1% 3.1x
2   Great Blue Heron 44.5% 78.3% 33.9% 1.8x
3   Double-crested Cormorant 15.0% 75.0% 60.0% 5.0x
4   Carolina Wren 77.1% 36.7% 40.5% 0.5x
5   American Crow 65.0% 36.7% 28.3% 0.6x
6   Osprey 12.8% 36.7% 23.9% 2.9x
7   Carolina Chickadee 71.4% 33.3% 38.0% 0.5x
8   Tufted Titmouse 65.6% 31.7% 33.9% 0.5x
9   Killdeer 23.9% 31.7% 7.8% 1.3x
10   Caspian Tern 1.7% 31.7% 30.0% 19.1x
11   Bald Eagle 12.1% 30.0% 17.9% 2.5x
12   Pine Warbler 40.6% 28.3% 12.3% 0.7x
13   Turkey Vulture 39.6% 26.7% 12.9% 0.7x
14   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.0% 26.7% 9.3% 0.7x
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker 56.1% 25.0% 31.1% 0.4x
16   Downy Woodpecker 56.3% 23.3% 33.0% 0.4x
17   Northern Cardinal 73.7% 21.7% 52.0% 0.3x
18   Canada Goose 24.9% 18.3% 6.5% 0.7x
19   Spotted Sandpiper 5.6% 18.3% 12.7% 3.2x
20   Belted Kingfisher 28.1% 16.7% 11.5% 0.6x
21   Chimney Swift 24.5% 15.0% 9.5% 0.6x
22   Summer Tanager 22.4% 15.0% 7.4% 0.7x
23   Fish Crow 22.0% 15.0% 7.0% 0.7x
24   Pectoral Sandpiper 4.7% 15.0% 10.3% 3.2x
25   Eastern Bluebird 42.3% 13.3% 29.0% 0.3x
26   Northern Parula 25.1% 13.3% 11.7% 0.5x
27   Ring-billed Gull 0.3% 13.3% 13.0% 38.2x
28   American Redstart 31.0% 11.7% 19.3% 0.4x
29   Eastern Wood-Pewee 27.9% 11.7% 16.2% 0.4x
30   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26.5% 11.7% 14.8% 0.4x
31   Mallard 20.1% 11.7% 8.5% 0.6x
32   Semipalmated Plover 3.2% 11.7% 8.5% 3.6x
33   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.9% 11.7% 8.7% 4.0x
34   Sanderling 0.9% 11.7% 10.8% 13.0x
35   Mourning Dove 38.5% 10.0% 28.5% 0.3x
36   Eastern Phoebe 37.3% 10.0% 27.3% 0.3x
37   White-eyed Vireo 33.6% 10.0% 23.6% 0.3x
38   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32.8% 10.0% 22.8% 0.3x
39   Eastern Towhee 26.4% 10.0% 16.4% 0.4x
40   Lesser Yellowlegs 4.4% 10.0% 5.6% 2.3x
41   Tricolored Heron 1.3% 10.0% 8.7% 7.8x
42   Forster's Tern 1.1% 8.3% 7.2% 7.4x
43   Blue Jay 60.7% 6.7% 54.0% 0.1x
44   American Goldfinch 47.5% 6.7% 40.8% 0.1x
45   Red-shouldered Hawk 36.8% 6.7% 30.1% 0.2x
46   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.5% 6.7% 29.9% 0.2x
47   Red-eyed Vireo 28.7% 6.7% 22.1% 0.2x
48   Black-and-white Warbler 24.3% 6.7% 17.6% 0.3x
49   Northern Flicker 22.6% 6.7% 16.0% 0.3x
50   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.8% 6.7% 8.1% 0.5x
51   Hairy Woodpecker 14.3% 6.7% 7.6% 0.5x
52   Hooded Warbler 7.0% 6.7% 0.3% 1.0x
53   Least Sandpiper 6.2% 6.7% 0.5% 1.1x
54   peep sp. 1.6% 6.7% 5.0% 4.1x
55   Black Tern 0.7% 6.7% 5.9% 9.1x
56   Baird's Sandpiper 0.7% 6.7% 6.0% 9.4x
57   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.5% 6.7% 6.2% 13.2x
58   Parasitic Jaeger 0.0% 6.7% 6.6% 181.3x
59   Brown Thrasher 30.7% 5.0% 25.7% 0.2x
60   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.5% 5.0% 10.5% 0.3x
61   Red-tailed Hawk 9.4% 5.0% 4.4% 0.5x
62   Solitary Sandpiper 5.1% 5.0% 0.1% 1.0x
63   Little Blue Heron 1.9% 5.0% 3.1% 2.6x
64   Barn Swallow 1.7% 5.0% 3.3% 3.0x
65   Snowy Egret 0.8% 5.0% 4.2% 5.9x
66   Common Tern 0.7% 5.0% 4.3% 7.3x
67   American Oystercatcher 0% 5.0% 5.0% ∞
68   Gray Catbird 43.0% 3.3% 39.7% 0.1x
69   American Robin 29.5% 3.3% 26.2% 0.1x
70   Black Vulture 21.3% 3.3% 18.0% 0.2x
71   Magnolia Warbler 17.6% 3.3% 14.3% 0.2x
72   Indigo Bunting 17.5% 3.3% 14.2% 0.2x
73   Chipping Sparrow 14.4% 3.3% 11.0% 0.2x
74   Scarlet Tanager 9.6% 3.3% 6.2% 0.3x
75   Black-throated Blue Warbler 5.3% 3.3% 2.0% 0.6x
76   Yellow Warbler 3.7% 3.3% 0.4% 0.9x
77   Greater Yellowlegs 2.3% 3.3% 1.0% 1.4x
78   Wood Stork 1.3% 3.3% 2.1% 2.6x
79   American Golden-Plover 0.4% 3.3% 2.9% 8.2x
80   Laughing Gull 0.4% 3.3% 3.0% 9.1x
81   American/Fish Crow 0.2% 3.3% 3.1% 18.1x
82   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.1% 3.3% 3.3% 40.3x
83   Northern Mockingbird 31.3% 1.7% 29.6% 0.1x
84   Common Yellowthroat 30.0% 1.7% 28.3% 0.1x
85   Pileated Woodpecker 24.7% 1.7% 23.0% 0.1x
86   House Finch 19.6% 1.7% 17.9% 0.1x
87   European Starling 10.9% 1.7% 9.2% 0.2x
88   Wood Duck 8.5% 1.7% 6.9% 0.2x
89   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.7% 1.7% 6.0% 0.2x
90   Acadian Flycatcher 6.8% 1.7% 5.2% 0.2x
91   Cooper's Hawk 5.2% 1.7% 3.6% 0.3x
92   Yellow-throated Warbler 4.8% 1.7% 3.1% 0.3x
93   Rock Pigeon 4.5% 1.7% 2.9% 0.4x
94   Ovenbird 3.5% 1.7% 1.8% 0.5x
95   Tennessee Warbler 2.9% 1.7% 1.2% 0.6x
96   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 1.7% 1.1% 0.6x
97   Blue-winged Teal 2.6% 1.7% 1.0% 0.6x
98   Blackburnian Warbler 2.2% 1.7% 0.5% 0.8x
99   Stilt Sandpiper 1.9% 1.7% 0.2% 0.9x
100   Bobolink 1.7% 1.7% 0.0% 1.0x
101   Eastern Kingbird 1.6% 1.7% 0.0% 1.0x
102   Philadelphia Vireo 1.2% 1.7% 0.4% 1.4x
103   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.9% 1.7% 0.8% 1.9x
104   Blue-headed Vireo 0.8% 1.7% 0.8% 2.0x
105   Northern Shoveler 0.7% 1.7% 1.0% 2.4x
106   Golden-winged Warbler 0.7% 1.7% 1.0% 2.5x
107   Blackpoll Warbler 0.6% 1.7% 1.0% 2.7x
108   Royal Tern 0.6% 1.7% 1.1% 2.9x
109   Tree Swallow 0.5% 1.7% 1.1% 3.2x
110   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 1.7% 1.2% 3.6x
111   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 1.7% 1.2% 3.9x
112   Black-bellied Plover 0.3% 1.7% 1.4% 6.0x
113   shorebird sp. 0.2% 1.7% 1.5% 10.7x
114   Purple Martin 0.1% 1.7% 1.5% 11.3x
115   Herring Gull 0.1% 1.7% 1.6% 16.5x
116   gull sp. 0.1% 1.7% 1.6% 22.7x
117   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 1.7% 1.6% 22.7x
118   Marbled Godwit 0.1% 1.7% 1.6% 30.2x
119   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 1.7% 1.6% 30.2x
120   Cliff Swallow 0.0% 1.7% 1.6% 45.3x