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Top Birds at Cow Meadow Park and Preserve in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 158 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Cow Meadow Park and Preserve in April. 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   Red-winged Blackbird 26.8% 86.7% 59.9%
2   American Robin 42.0% 86.1% 44.1%
3   Canada Goose 48.6% 83.5% 35.0%
4   Song Sparrow 23.8% 78.5% 54.7%
5   Osprey 17.5% 77.2% 59.7%
6   Great Egret 2.2% 76.6% 74.3%
7   Brant 0% 74.7% 74.7%
8   Mallard 29.5% 74.1% 44.5%
9   Common Grackle 25.9% 70.9% 45.0%
10   Northern Cardinal 80.7% 68.4% 12.4%
11   European Starling 19.9% 67.1% 47.1%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 25.8% 61.4% 35.6%
13   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 61.4% 61.2%
14   Northern Mockingbird 26.9% 60.8% 33.9%
15   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 59.5% 59.5%
16   Snowy Egret 0.1% 58.2% 58.1%
17   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.8% 55.1% 53.3%
18   American Herring Gull 0.5% 55.1% 54.6%
19   Mourning Dove 45.4% 53.8% 8.4%
20   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 52.5% 52.4%
21   American Black Duck 0.1% 51.3% 51.2%
22   Tree Swallow 14.5% 47.5% 33.0%
23   Fish Crow 37.0% 46.2% 9.2%
24   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 43.7% 42.9%
25   Glossy Ibis 0.0% 41.8% 41.8%
26   Green-winged Teal 0.3% 39.9% 39.5%
27   Hooded Merganser 2.3% 34.8% 32.5%
28   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 34.8% 34.8%
29   House Sparrow 2.2% 32.9% 30.8%
30   Northern Flicker 13.1% 31.6% 18.5%
31   White-throated Sparrow 57.3% 29.7% 27.6%
32   Great Blue Heron 44.0% 27.8% 16.1%
33   Ring-billed Gull 6.3% 27.2% 20.9%
34   American Crow 56.7% 24.7% 32.1%
35   Savannah Sparrow 4.1% 22.8% 18.7%
36   Rock Pigeon 4.9% 22.2% 17.2%
37   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 21.5% 19.3%
38   Mute Swan 0.4% 19.6% 19.2%
39   Brown-headed Cowbird 38.0% 18.4% 19.7%
40   Barn Swallow 19.6% 18.4% 1.3%
41   Downy Woodpecker 40.0% 17.7% 22.3%
42   Monk Parakeet 0% 17.7% 17.7%
43   Forster's Tern 0.2% 16.5% 16.2%
44   American Oystercatcher 0.0% 15.2% 15.2%
45   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 14.6% 11.7%
46   Lesser Scaup 0.7% 14.6% 13.9%
47   Laughing Gull 0.1% 14.6% 14.5%
48   Gadwall 0.1% 12.0% 11.9%
49   Blue Jay 48.6% 10.1% 38.4%
50   Common Loon 0.6% 9.5% 8.9%
51   Killdeer 17.3% 8.9% 8.4%
52   American Goldfinch 47.1% 8.2% 38.9%
53   Red-breasted Merganser 0.7% 8.2% 7.5%
54   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.8% 7.6% 37.2%
55   Swamp Sparrow 14.1% 6.3% 7.7%
56   Yellow Warbler 2.6% 6.3% 3.7%
57   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 6.3% 5.5%
58   Carolina Wren 71.6% 5.7% 65.9%
59   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.0% 5.7% 27.3%
60   Merlin 0.2% 5.7% 5.5%
61   Willet 0.0% 5.7% 5.7%
62   Red-tailed Hawk 12.5% 5.1% 7.4%
63   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 5.1% 5.0%
64   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 5.1% 5.1%
65   Eastern Towhee 44.6% 4.4% 40.1%
66   Chipping Sparrow 43.6% 4.4% 39.2%
67   House Finch 27.2% 3.2% 24.1%
68   Greater Scaup 0.1% 3.2% 3.1%
69   Canvasback 0.0% 3.2% 3.2%
70   Turkey Vulture 42.8% 2.5% 40.2%
71   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28.5% 2.5% 26.0%
72   Belted Kingfisher 18.6% 2.5% 16.1%
73   Hermit Thrush 8.2% 2.5% 5.7%
74   Dark-eyed Junco 5.1% 2.5% 2.6%
75   American Kestrel 1.0% 2.5% 1.6%
76   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 2.5% 2.5%
77   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 63.5% 1.9% 61.6%
78   Eastern Phoebe 35.4% 1.9% 33.5%
79   Bald Eagle 12.4% 1.9% 10.5%
80   Field Sparrow 10.7% 1.9% 8.8%
81   House Wren 10.2% 1.9% 8.3%
82   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 1.9% 8.2%
83   Palm Warbler 7.9% 1.9% 6.0%
84   Green Heron 6.4% 1.9% 4.5%
85   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 1.9% 0.5%
86   Ring-necked Duck 0.4% 1.9% 1.5%
87   Common Raven 0.4% 1.9% 1.5%
88   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.3% 1.3% 57.1%
89   Gray Catbird 18.3% 1.3% 17.0%
90   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 1.3% 0.4%
91   Muscovy Duck 0.8% 1.3% 0.5%
92   Sanderling 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
93   Clapper Rail 0% 1.3% 1.3%
94   Tufted Titmouse 70.2% 0.6% 69.6%
95   Pine Warbler 45.5% 0.6% 44.8%
96   Common Yellowthroat 33.8% 0.6% 33.2%
97   Brown Thrasher 19.9% 0.6% 19.2%
98   Wood Duck 13.3% 0.6% 12.7%
99   Spotted Sandpiper 7.3% 0.6% 6.7%
100   Purple Martin 7.0% 0.6% 6.4%
101   Cedar Waxwing 5.8% 0.6% 5.2%
102   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 0.6% 3.2%
103   Least Sandpiper 1.1% 0.6% 0.4%
104   American Coot 0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
105   Northern Harrier 0.8% 0.6% 0.1%
106   Brown Creeper 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
107   American Pipit 0.2% 0.6% 0.5%
108   Dunlin 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
109   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
110   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
111   Common Tern 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
112   Black-bellied Plover 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
113   American Tree Sparrow 0% 0.6% 0.6%
114   Common Merganser 0% 0.6% 0.6%
115   Long-tailed Duck 0% 0.6% 0.6%
116   Snow Goose 0% 0.6% 0.6%