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Top Birds at Shelley Lake in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 255 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Shelley Lake 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Percentile
1   Canada Goose 10 17 136 224 87.8% 98%
2   Mallard 14 17 136 224 87.8% 99%
3   Northern Cardinal 2 17 134 219 85.9% 89%
4   Great Blue Heron 13 17 133 216 84.7% 99%
5   Tufted Titmouse 3 17 129 190 74.5% 84%
6   Carolina Wren 3 17 122 183 71.8% 82%
7   American Crow 1 17 120 181 71.0% 96%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 8 17 127 176 69.0% 95%
9   American Robin 0 17 116 173 67.8% 92%
10   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 17 116 170 66.7% 78%
11   Carolina Chickadee 2 17 118 162 63.5% 76%
12   Bald Eagle 25 10 109 150 58.8% 98%
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 17 106 142 55.7% 77%
14   White-throated Sparrow 3 17 103 136 53.3% 74%
15   Chipping Sparrow 9 16 103 131 51.4% 80%
16   Pine Warbler 3 17 87 127 49.8% 72%
17   Killdeer 7 17 91 127 49.8% 95%
18   Downy Woodpecker 11 17 96 125 49.0% 89%
19   Song Sparrow 0 16 91 125 49.0% 96%
20   American Goldfinch 4 17 94 120 47.1% 78%
21   Brown-headed Nuthatch 4 16 94 119 46.7% 90%
22   Fish Crow 2 16 85 113 44.3% 85%
23   Red-shouldered Hawk 4 14 93 112 43.9% 90%
24   Common Grackle 3 17 99 110 43.1% 91%
25   White-breasted Nuthatch 4 16 96 109 42.7% 93%
26   Eastern Towhee 1 17 81 102 40.0% 68%
27   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 16 80 101 39.6% 88%
28   Eastern Bluebird 6 15 88 96 37.6% 67%
29   Belted Kingfisher 1 17 76 95 37.3% 95%
30   Eastern Phoebe 5 12 75 92 36.1% 87%
31   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 16 75 84 32.9% 64%
32   House Finch 0 17 69 82 32.2% 76%
33   Turkey Vulture 1 14 79 78 30.6% 64%
34   Blue Jay 0 17 65 75 29.4% 50%
35   Eastern Kingbird 9 16 66 72 28.2% 90%
36   Mourning Dove 1 17 55 70 27.5% 50%
37   Brown-headed Cowbird 2 13 67 70 27.5% 59%
38   Northern Flicker 1 15 54 63 24.7% 93%
39   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 15 68 58 22.7% 63%
40   Pileated Woodpecker 3 12 53 51 20.0% 63%
41   Spotted Sandpiper 6 17 36 49 19.2% 89%
42   Great Crested Flycatcher 2 13 33 40 15.7% 51%
43   Red-eyed Vireo 0 14 38 37 14.5% 39%
44   Northern Parula 0 13 35 36 14.1% 37%
45   Chimney Swift 0 14 33 35 13.7% 75%
46   Solitary Sandpiper 2 13 25 34 13.3% 85%
47   Yellow-throated Warbler 1 6 35 33 12.9% 43%
48   Barn Swallow 0 12 34 33 12.9% 64%
49   Tree Swallow 0 9 32 32 12.5% 70%
50   Gray Catbird 0 14 25 31 12.2% 57%
51   Hairy Woodpecker 0 9 25 31 12.2% 73%
52   Red-tailed Hawk 1 12 37 29 11.4% 74%
53   Black Vulture 0 7 32 28 11.0% 52%
54   Brown Thrasher 1 14 37 28 11.0% 48%
55   Common Yellowthroat 0 9 29 27 10.6% 42%
56   Northern Mockingbird 0 14 29 27 10.6% 42%
57   Red-winged Blackbird 1 11 29 27 10.6% 53%
58   White-eyed Vireo 1 12 29 25 9.8% 28%
59   Barred Owl 0 6 17 22 8.6% 66%
60   Hermit Thrush 2 10 34 21 8.2% 67%
61   Cooper's Hawk 0 12 28 21 8.2% 89%
62   Osprey 1 6 22 20 7.8% 41%
63   Red-headed Woodpecker 1 8 23 20 7.8% 49%
64   Wood Thrush 2 11 15 18 7.1% 53%
65   Pine Siskin 0 8 19 18 7.1% 89%
66   European Starling 0 9 22 17 6.7% 44%
67   Cedar Waxwing 0 8 18 16 6.3% 70%
68   Dark-eyed Junco 0 4 23 16 6.3% 74%
69   Ring-billed Gull 0 7 13 12 4.7% 43%
70   House Wren 0 6 9 11 4.3% 44%
71   Orchard Oriole 0 8 11 11 4.3% 42%
72   Ruddy Duck 0 6 15 11 4.3% 46%
73   Black-and-white Warbler 0 6 13 10 3.9% 23%
74   Muscovy Duck 0 6 11 10 3.9% 40%
75   Prothonotary Warbler 0 4 8 9 3.5% 34%
76   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 5 11 8 3.1% 34%
77   Palm Warbler 0 5 15 8 3.1% 31%
78   Pied-billed Grebe 2 5 11 8 3.1% 59%
79   Ovenbird 0 6 12 7 2.7% 15%
80   Prairie Warbler 0 4 10 7 2.7% 32%
81   Wood Duck 0 2 7 6 2.4% 23%
82   Greater Yellowlegs 0 3 9 6 2.4% 47%
83   Swamp Sparrow 0 3 8 5 2.0% 20%
84   Indigo Bunting 0 4 4 5 2.0% 16%
85   Louisiana Waterthrush 2 4 14 5 2.0% 23%
86   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 4 4 5 2.0% 50%
87   House Sparrow 0 3 6 5 2.0% 46%
88   Blue-winged Teal 2 2 6 5 2.0% 39%
89   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 5 10 5 2.0% 78%
90   Horned Grebe 1 2 9 5 2.0% 68%
91   American Redstart 0 2 3 4 1.6% 29%
92   Green Heron 0 3 3 4 1.6% 21%
93   Blue-headed Vireo 0 2 8 4 1.6% 23%
94   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 4 12 4 1.6% 66%
95   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 3 3 3 1.2% 6%
96   Northern Waterthrush 1 3 3 3 1.2% 18%
97   Summer Tanager 0 2 2 2 0.8% 2%
98   Eastern Meadowlark 0 1 1 2 0.8% 19%
99   Yellow-throated Vireo 0 2 1 2 0.8% 7%
100   Rock Pigeon 0 2 2 2 0.8% 19%
101   Caspian Tern 0 2 2 2 0.8% 9%
102   Wild Turkey 0 2 3 2 0.8% 17%
103   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 2 2 2 0.8% 15%
104   Baltimore Oriole 0 2 2 2 0.8% 25%
105   Green-winged Teal 0 1 3 2 0.8% 44%
106   Hooded Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 1%
107   Blue Grosbeak 1 1 1 1 0.4% 1%
108   Purple Martin 0 1 2 1 0.4% 1%
109   Savannah Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.4% 3%
110   Yellow-breasted Chat 0 1 1 1 0.4% 3%
111   Acadian Flycatcher 0 1 1 1 0.4% 1%
112   Lesser Yellowlegs 0 1 1 1 0.4% 13%
113   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 1 1 1 0.4% 4%
114   Veery 0 1 1 1 0.4% 5%
115   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 1 1 1 0.4% 11%
116   Red-breasted Merganser 0 1 1 1 0.4% 2%
117   Lesser Scaup 0 1 3 1 0.4% 0%
118   Cape May Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 7%
119   Common Raven 0 1 1 1 0.4% 10%
120   Ring-necked Duck 0 1 1 1 0.4% 10%
121   Orange-crowned Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 18%
122   Warbling Vireo 0 1 1 1 0.4% 25%
123   Vesper Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.4% 7%
124   Snowy Egret 0 1 1 1 0.4% 17%
125   American Woodcock 0 1 1 1 0.4% 36%