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Top Birds at North Carolina Botanical Garden in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 172 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at North Carolina Botanical Garden in May. 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
1   Northern Cardinal 79.4% 95.3% 15.9%
2   Tufted Titmouse 64.1% 91.9% 27.8%
3   Carolina Wren 70.2% 89.5% 19.4%
4   Carolina Chickadee 59.7% 83.1% 23.4%
5   Red-bellied Woodpecker 53.7% 77.9% 24.2%
6   Red-eyed Vireo 51.2% 69.8% 18.6%
7   Acadian Flycatcher 25.5% 69.8% 44.2%
8   American Crow 56.5% 69.2% 12.7%
9   Downy Woodpecker 39.3% 68.0% 28.7%
10   Blue Jay 42.8% 59.3% 16.5%
11   Northern Parula 36.2% 57.0% 20.8%
12   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.0% 57.0% 34.0%
13   Summer Tanager 36.9% 55.8% 18.9%
14   Louisiana Waterthrush 6.9% 54.7% 47.8%
15   Eastern Bluebird 49.3% 52.9% 3.6%
16   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.0% 52.3% 4.6%
17   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.3% 51.2% 19.9%
18   American Goldfinch 44.3% 50.0% 5.7%
19   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.1% 48.3% 0.2%
20   House Finch 27.3% 48.3% 20.9%
21   Pine Warbler 39.6% 43.6% 4.0%
22   American Robin 38.6% 39.5% 0.9%
23   Eastern Towhee 37.5% 39.5% 2.1%
24   Hooded Warbler 11.1% 39.5% 28.4%
25   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.1% 34.3% 4.2%
26   Ovenbird 18.6% 30.8% 12.2%
27   Chipping Sparrow 37.9% 28.5% 9.4%
28   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.6% 27.3% 13.7%
29   Gray Catbird 30.9% 26.7% 4.1%
30   Turkey Vulture 39.8% 22.1% 17.7%
31   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.4% 21.5% 0.1%
32   Mourning Dove 48.6% 20.3% 28.2%
33   Wood Thrush 13.7% 19.8% 6.1%
34   Eastern Phoebe 34.6% 19.2% 15.4%
35   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.8% 18.6% 0.2%
36   White-eyed Vireo 33.8% 18.0% 15.7%
37   Swainson's Thrush 5.8% 18.0% 12.2%
38   Chimney Swift 28.4% 16.9% 11.6%
39   Pileated Woodpecker 19.2% 15.7% 3.5%
40   Scarlet Tanager 11.8% 15.7% 3.9%
41   Common Grackle 35.9% 15.1% 20.8%
42   Common Yellowthroat 41.1% 13.4% 27.8%
43   Indigo Bunting 45.8% 12.8% 33.0%
44   Brown Thrasher 17.3% 9.9% 7.4%
45   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.3% 8.7% 26.6%
46   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.3% 8.1% 3.2%
47   White-throated Sparrow 8.4% 8.1% 0.2%
48   Black Vulture 21.2% 7.6% 13.6%
49   Fish Crow 33.5% 7.0% 26.6%
50   Northern Mockingbird 31.3% 7.0% 24.3%
51   American Redstart 22.8% 7.0% 15.9%
52   European Starling 22.5% 7.0% 15.6%
53   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 7.0% 1.4%
54   Black-and-white Warbler 16.0% 6.4% 9.6%
55   Great Blue Heron 47.0% 5.2% 41.8%
56   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.5% 4.7% 5.8%
57   Veery 3.5% 4.7% 1.2%
58   Song Sparrow 15.0% 4.1% 11.0%
59   Northern Flicker 8.8% 4.1% 4.8%
60   Pine Siskin 0.7% 4.1% 3.3%
61   Belted Kingfisher 11.9% 2.9% 9.0%
62   Barred Owl 7.9% 2.9% 5.0%
63   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 2.9% 0.2%
64   Red-tailed Hawk 13.4% 1.7% 11.7%
65   House Wren 9.7% 1.7% 8.0%
66   Yellow Warbler 8.1% 1.7% 6.4%
67   Magnolia Warbler 3.6% 1.7% 1.9%
68   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.2% 1.7% 0.4%
69   Blue Grosbeak 23.7% 1.2% 22.6%
70   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.7% 1.2% 14.6%
71   Cedar Waxwing 13.5% 1.2% 12.3%
72   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.9% 1.2% 9.7%
73   Prairie Warbler 7.7% 1.2% 6.5%
74   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.8% 1.2% 5.6%
75   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
76   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
77   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 32.4% 0.6% 31.8%
78   Eastern Kingbird 26.9% 0.6% 26.3%
79   Orchard Oriole 15.4% 0.6% 14.8%
80   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.2% 0.6% 10.7%
81   Northern Waterthrush 7.1% 0.6% 6.5%
82   House Sparrow 3.7% 0.6% 3.1%
83   Kentucky Warbler 2.3% 0.6% 1.8%
84   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.5% 0.6% 0.9%
85   Worm-eating Warbler 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
86   Broad-winged Hawk 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
87   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
88   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
89   Merlin 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
90   Dark-eyed Junco 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%