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Top Birds at Shelley Lake in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 143 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference Relative
1   Canada Goose 48.6% 88.1% 39.5% 1.8x
2   Mallard 29.5% 86.0% 56.5% 2.9x
3   Northern Cardinal 80.4% 83.9% 3.5% 1.0x
4   Great Blue Heron 44.1% 81.8% 37.7% 1.9x
5   American Robin 42.0% 74.8% 32.8% 1.8x
6   Tufted Titmouse 69.7% 72.7% 3.1% 1.0x
7   Double-crested Cormorant 26.1% 69.9% 43.8% 2.7x
8   Carolina Wren 70.7% 68.5% 2.1% 1.0x
9   American Crow 56.5% 67.8% 11.4% 1.2x
10   Carolina Chickadee 66.2% 65.7% 0.5% 1.0x
11   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 62.2% 60.8% 1.4% 1.0x
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.4% 59.4% 1.0% 1.0x
13   Eastern Towhee 46.2% 53.8% 7.6% 1.2x
14   White-throated Sparrow 56.9% 50.3% 6.6% 0.9x
15   Common Grackle 26.9% 50.3% 23.5% 1.9x
16   Bald Eagle 11.7% 50.3% 38.7% 4.3x
17   Pine Warbler 43.3% 49.0% 5.6% 1.1x
18   Chipping Sparrow 43.4% 48.3% 4.9% 1.1x
19   Killdeer 16.2% 46.9% 30.7% 2.9x
20   Downy Woodpecker 39.1% 44.8% 5.7% 1.1x
21   American Goldfinch 45.3% 43.4% 2.0% 1.0x
22   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.7% 42.7% 11.0% 1.3x
23   Song Sparrow 22.4% 42.0% 19.6% 1.9x
24   Fish Crow 35.9% 41.3% 5.4% 1.1x
25   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 29.6% 41.3% 11.7% 1.4x
26   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.2% 39.9% 17.6% 1.8x
27   Red-shouldered Hawk 32.5% 39.2% 6.6% 1.2x
28   Mourning Dove 46.3% 38.5% 7.8% 0.8x
29   Yellow-rumped Warbler 46.6% 37.1% 9.5% 0.8x
30   Belted Kingfisher 18.2% 36.4% 18.1% 2.0x
31   Blue Jay 50.3% 34.3% 16.0% 0.7x
32   Eastern Bluebird 48.7% 31.5% 17.3% 0.6x
33   Turkey Vulture 42.9% 31.5% 11.5% 0.7x
34   Eastern Kingbird 11.7% 28.0% 16.2% 2.4x
35   House Finch 25.7% 27.3% 1.6% 1.1x
36   Eastern Phoebe 34.3% 25.9% 8.4% 0.8x
37   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.0% 23.8% 9.2% 0.7x
38   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.8% 21.7% 14.2% 0.6x
39   Spotted Sandpiper 7.3% 21.0% 13.7% 2.9x
40   Pileated Woodpecker 19.9% 17.5% 2.4% 0.9x
41   Northern Flicker 13.8% 17.5% 3.6% 1.3x
42   Brown Thrasher 20.8% 15.4% 5.4% 0.7x
43   Barn Swallow 19.2% 13.3% 5.9% 0.7x
44   Chimney Swift 13.6% 12.6% 1.0% 0.9x
45   Red-tailed Hawk 13.4% 12.6% 0.8% 0.9x
46   Northern Parula 36.1% 11.9% 24.2% 0.3x
47   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 11.9% 16.4% 0.4x
48   Barred Owl 8.7% 11.9% 3.2% 1.4x
49   Wood Thrush 8.1% 11.9% 3.8% 1.5x
50   White-eyed Vireo 37.8% 11.2% 26.6% 0.3x
51   Red-eyed Vireo 30.0% 11.2% 18.8% 0.4x
52   Red-winged Blackbird 26.0% 11.2% 14.8% 0.4x
53   Great Crested Flycatcher 20.0% 11.2% 8.8% 0.6x
54   Gray Catbird 18.9% 11.2% 7.7% 0.6x
55   Hermit Thrush 8.1% 11.2% 3.0% 1.4x
56   Solitary Sandpiper 5.5% 11.2% 5.7% 2.0x
57   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 11.2% 7.4% 2.9x
58   Hairy Woodpecker 9.0% 9.8% 0.7% 1.1x
59   Pine Siskin 3.8% 9.8% 6.0% 2.6x
60   Tree Swallow 12.2% 9.1% 3.1% 0.7x
61   Black Vulture 20.1% 8.4% 11.7% 0.4x
62   Ring-billed Gull 7.2% 8.4% 1.2% 1.2x
63   Common Yellowthroat 33.3% 7.7% 25.6% 0.2x
64   Osprey 16.9% 7.7% 9.2% 0.5x
65   Muscovy Duck 0.9% 7.0% 6.1% 8.1x
66   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 5.6% 2.7% 1.9x
67   Pied-billed Grebe 2.4% 5.6% 3.2% 2.3x
68   European Starling 21.4% 4.9% 16.5% 0.2x
69   Palm Warbler 8.6% 4.9% 3.7% 0.6x
70   Orchard Oriole 6.6% 4.9% 1.7% 0.7x
71   Ovenbird 19.0% 4.2% 14.8% 0.2x
72   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.3% 4.2% 10.1% 0.3x
73   swallow sp. 1.0% 4.2% 3.2% 4.1x
74   Yellow-throated Warbler 19.8% 3.5% 16.4% 0.2x
75   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.3% 3.5% 6.8% 0.3x
76   Prairie Warbler 8.0% 3.5% 4.5% 0.4x
77   Cedar Waxwing 6.2% 3.5% 2.7% 0.6x
78   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 3.5% 1.3% 1.6x
79   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.1% 3.5% 2.4% 3.2x
80   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 2.8% 11.5% 0.2x
81   House Wren 10.5% 2.8% 7.7% 0.3x
82   Green Heron 6.9% 2.8% 4.1% 0.4x
83   Horned Grebe 0.3% 2.8% 2.5% 10.0x
84   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.8% 2.1% 6.7% 0.2x
85   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.3% 2.1% 4.2% 0.3x
86   Yellow Warbler 2.8% 2.1% 0.7% 0.7x
87   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 2.1% 1.3% 2.6x
88   Swamp Sparrow 13.5% 1.4% 12.1% 0.1x
89   Wood Duck 13.5% 1.4% 12.1% 0.1x
90   Indigo Bunting 12.6% 1.4% 11.2% 0.1x
91   Prothonotary Warbler 12.1% 1.4% 10.7% 0.1x
92   Dark-eyed Junco 4.7% 1.4% 3.3% 0.3x
93   Blue-headed Vireo 4.3% 1.4% 2.9% 0.3x
94   Northern Waterthrush 3.5% 1.4% 2.1% 0.4x
95   Caspian Tern 3.0% 1.4% 1.6% 0.5x
96   crow sp. 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% 1.0x
97   Greater Yellowlegs 0.7% 1.4% 0.7% 2.0x
98   Green-winged Teal 0.4% 1.4% 1.0% 3.5x
99   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 1.4% 1.1% 5.1x
100   Summer Tanager 14.0% 0.7% 13.3% 0.0x
101   Hooded Warbler 9.1% 0.7% 8.4% 0.1x
102   American Redstart 8.8% 0.7% 8.1% 0.1x
103   Blue Grosbeak 8.6% 0.7% 7.9% 0.1x
104   Yellow-throated Vireo 5.7% 0.7% 5.0% 0.1x
105   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 0.7% 4.9% 0.1x
106   Savannah Sparrow 4.3% 0.7% 3.6% 0.2x
107   Yellow-breasted Chat 2.8% 0.7% 2.1% 0.3x
108   House Sparrow 2.3% 0.7% 1.6% 0.3x
109   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1.5% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5x
110   Veery 1.4% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5x
111   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7x
112   duck sp. 0.8% 0.7% 0.1% 0.9x
113   Lesser Scaup 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 1.0x
114   Red-breasted Merganser 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 1.0x
115   Baltimore Oriole 0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 1.1x
116   hawk sp. 0.5% 0.7% 0.2% 1.3x
117   Ring-necked Duck 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 1.6x
118   new world sparrow sp. 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 2.0x
119   Common Raven 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 2.0x
120   Vesper Sparrow 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 2.0x
121   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 2.1x
122   blackbird sp. 0.2% 0.7% 0.5% 3.9x
123   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 0.7% 0.6% 5.4x
124   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.7% 0.6% 6.2x
125   Snowy Egret 0.1% 0.7% 0.6% 6.5x
126   Warbling Vireo 0.0% 0.7% 0.7% 19.6x
127   Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 0.0% 0.7% 0.7% 39.3x