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Top Birds at Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 10 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 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 42.8% 90.0% 47.2% 2.1x
2   Bald Eagle 15.1% 90.0% 74.9% 6.0x
3   American Crow 68.3% 80.0% 11.7% 1.2x
4   Great Egret 15.6% 80.0% 64.4% 5.1x
5   Carolina Wren 75.3% 70.0% 5.3% 0.9x
6   Red-bellied Woodpecker 68.9% 70.0% 1.1% 1.0x
7   Tufted Titmouse 65.4% 70.0% 4.6% 1.1x
8   Double-crested Cormorant 20.3% 70.0% 49.7% 3.5x
9   Downy Woodpecker 57.6% 60.0% 2.4% 1.0x
10   Turkey Vulture 43.7% 60.0% 16.3% 1.4x
11   Killdeer 23.4% 60.0% 36.6% 2.6x
12   Carolina Chickadee 71.1% 50.0% 21.1% 0.7x
13   Blue Jay 70.7% 50.0% 20.7% 0.7x
14   Northern Flicker 54.9% 50.0% 4.9% 0.9x
15   Eastern Phoebe 53.9% 50.0% 3.9% 0.9x
16   Pine Warbler 35.2% 50.0% 14.8% 1.4x
17   Black Vulture 21.7% 50.0% 28.3% 2.3x
18   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.5% 50.0% 36.5% 3.7x
19   Northern Cardinal 72.3% 40.0% 32.3% 0.6x
20   Fish Crow 17.6% 40.0% 22.4% 2.3x
21   Blue-winged Teal 1.6% 40.0% 38.4% 24.9x
22   Eastern Towhee 37.7% 30.0% 7.7% 0.8x
23   Belted Kingfisher 29.9% 30.0% 0.1% 1.0x
24   Mallard 22.3% 30.0% 7.7% 1.3x
25   American Redstart 16.1% 30.0% 13.9% 1.9x
26   Red-tailed Hawk 12.4% 30.0% 17.6% 2.4x
27   Least Sandpiper 1.9% 30.0% 28.1% 15.8x
28   Greater Yellowlegs 1.8% 30.0% 28.2% 16.5x
29   Eastern Bluebird 53.8% 20.0% 33.8% 0.4x
30   Brown-headed Nuthatch 37.0% 20.0% 17.0% 0.5x
31   White-breasted Nuthatch 35.6% 20.0% 15.6% 0.6x
32   Canada Goose 26.0% 20.0% 6.0% 0.8x
33   Pileated Woodpecker 22.1% 20.0% 2.1% 0.9x
34   Palm Warbler 17.2% 20.0% 2.8% 1.2x
35   Scarlet Tanager 6.5% 20.0% 13.5% 3.1x
36   Northern Harrier 1.2% 20.0% 18.8% 16.2x
37   Northern Mockingbird 42.9% 10.0% 32.9% 0.2x
38   American Robin 35.8% 10.0% 25.8% 0.3x
39   Red-shouldered Hawk 35.4% 10.0% 25.4% 0.3x
40   American Goldfinch 33.5% 10.0% 23.5% 0.3x
41   Brown Thrasher 32.5% 10.0% 22.5% 0.3x
42   Gray Catbird 28.6% 10.0% 18.6% 0.3x
43   Mourning Dove 28.4% 10.0% 18.4% 0.4x
44   Common Yellowthroat 18.3% 10.0% 8.3% 0.5x
45   Chimney Swift 12.3% 10.0% 2.3% 0.8x
46   Indigo Bunting 8.3% 10.0% 1.7% 1.2x
47   House Wren 8.0% 10.0% 2.0% 1.2x
48   Cooper's Hawk 7.7% 10.0% 2.3% 1.3x
49   Wood Duck 5.9% 10.0% 4.1% 1.7x
50   American Kestrel 5.5% 10.0% 4.5% 1.8x
51   Savannah Sparrow 2.8% 10.0% 7.2% 3.6x
52   Dark-eyed Junco 2.3% 10.0% 7.7% 4.4x
53   Northern Shoveler 1.3% 10.0% 8.7% 7.5x
54   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.3% 10.0% 8.7% 7.5x
55   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.2% 10.0% 8.8% 8.6x
56   Merlin 1.1% 10.0% 8.9% 9.4x
57   Northern Waterthrush 1.0% 10.0% 9.0% 10.1x
58   Peregrine Falcon 0.8% 10.0% 9.2% 12.7x
59   duck sp. 0.8% 10.0% 9.2% 13.3x
60   gull sp. 0.4% 10.0% 9.6% 22.6x
61   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.4% 10.0% 9.6% 26.0x
62   American Golden-Plover 0.3% 10.0% 9.7% 28.8x
63   Sanderling 0.1% 10.0% 9.9% 74.2x