Top Birds at Shelley Lake in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 109 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Shelley Lake during the month of 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | Relative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Goose | 41.9% | 86.2% | 44.3% | 2.1x | |||
| 2 | Mallard | 29.9% | 82.6% | 52.6% | 2.8x | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal | 79.4% | 79.8% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
| 4 | Great Blue Heron | 47.7% | 77.1% | 29.3% | 1.6x | |||
| 5 | American Robin | 37.7% | 69.7% | 32.0% | 1.8x | |||
| 6 | Carolina Wren | 70.1% | 63.3% | 6.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 7 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.8% | 61.5% | 3.3% | 0.9x | |||
| 8 | Common Grackle | 36.7% | 59.6% | 22.9% | 1.6x | |||
| 9 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.5% | 58.7% | 1.8% | 1.0x | |||
| 10 | American Crow | 56.7% | 57.8% | 1.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 11 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 55.2% | 55.0% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 12 | Fish Crow | 33.1% | 50.5% | 17.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 13 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 33.1% | 49.5% | 16.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 14 | Killdeer | 19.7% | 48.6% | 28.9% | 2.5x | |||
| 15 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 56.5% | 47.7% | 8.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 16 | Eastern Towhee | 37.7% | 47.7% | 10.0% | 1.3x | |||
| 17 | Double-crested Cormorant | 18.8% | 46.8% | 28.0% | 2.5x | |||
| 18 | Song Sparrow | 13.9% | 46.8% | 32.9% | 3.4x | |||
| 19 | Belted Kingfisher | 11.7% | 45.9% | 34.2% | 3.9x | |||
| 20 | Mourning Dove | 49.4% | 43.1% | 6.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 21 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.2% | 43.1% | 3.9% | 1.1x | |||
| 22 | Pine Warbler | 39.0% | 42.2% | 3.2% | 1.1x | |||
| 23 | Eastern Kingbird | 26.2% | 42.2% | 16.0% | 1.6x | |||
| 24 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.0% | 40.4% | 7.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 25 | Gray Catbird | 31.2% | 40.4% | 9.1% | 1.3x | |||
| 26 | Bald Eagle | 10.2% | 37.6% | 27.5% | 3.7x | |||
| 27 | American Goldfinch | 43.6% | 35.8% | 7.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 28 | Blue Jay | 44.5% | 34.9% | 9.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 29 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.6% | 34.9% | 3.3% | 1.1x | |||
| 30 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.5% | 34.9% | 4.3% | 1.1x | |||
| 31 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.2% | 33.9% | 3.3% | 0.9x | |||
| 32 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.1% | 33.9% | 17.9% | 2.1x | |||
| 33 | Wood Thrush | 14.0% | 32.1% | 18.1% | 2.3x | |||
| 34 | Barn Swallow | 31.3% | 31.2% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 35 | House Finch | 27.1% | 30.3% | 3.1% | 1.1x | |||
| 36 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.6% | 30.3% | 6.7% | 1.3x | |||
| 37 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.0% | 29.4% | 4.6% | 0.9x | |||
| 38 | Chimney Swift | 28.8% | 29.4% | 0.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 39 | Brown Thrasher | 16.7% | 27.5% | 10.8% | 1.6x | |||
| 40 | Turkey Vulture | 39.6% | 22.9% | 16.6% | 0.6x | |||
| 41 | Warbling Vireo | 1.6% | 22.9% | 21.3% | 14.0x | |||
| 42 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 35.9% | 22.0% | 13.9% | 0.6x | |||
| 43 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.7% | 21.1% | 30.6% | 0.4x | |||
| 44 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.7% | 20.2% | 29.5% | 0.4x | |||
| 45 | Orchard Oriole | 15.2% | 20.2% | 5.0% | 1.3x | |||
| 46 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.9% | 18.3% | 22.6% | 0.4x | |||
| 47 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.5% | 17.4% | 14.0% | 0.6x | |||
| 48 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.4% | 13.8% | 5.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 49 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 19.1% | 12.8% | 6.2% | 0.7x | |||
| 50 | Summer Tanager | 38.0% | 11.9% | 26.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 51 | Northern Parula | 36.5% | 11.0% | 25.5% | 0.3x | |||
| 52 | Barred Owl | 8.1% | 11.0% | 3.0% | 1.4x | |||
| 53 | Solitary Sandpiper | 8.0% | 11.0% | 3.0% | 1.4x | |||
| 54 | White-eyed Vireo | 32.1% | 10.1% | 22.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 55 | Acadian Flycatcher | 26.9% | 10.1% | 16.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 56 | European Starling | 22.8% | 10.1% | 12.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 57 | Osprey | 15.5% | 9.2% | 6.4% | 0.6x | |||
| 58 | Northern Flicker | 9.2% | 9.2% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 59 | Red-tailed Hawk | 14.1% | 8.3% | 5.9% | 0.6x | |||
| 60 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.3% | 8.3% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 61 | American Redstart | 22.7% | 7.3% | 15.4% | 0.3x | |||
| 62 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 11.2% | 7.3% | 3.8% | 0.7x | |||
| 63 | Green Heron | 10.7% | 7.3% | 3.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 64 | Muscovy Duck | 1.3% | 7.3% | 6.1% | 5.7x | |||
| 65 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.5% | 6.4% | 9.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 66 | House Wren | 9.2% | 6.4% | 2.8% | 0.7x | |||
| 67 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 14.9% | 5.5% | 9.4% | 0.4x | |||
| 68 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.1% | 5.5% | 7.6% | 0.4x | |||
| 69 | crow sp. | 1.8% | 5.5% | 3.7% | 3.1x | |||
| 70 | Red-winged Blackbird | 27.3% | 4.6% | 22.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 71 | Black Vulture | 21.3% | 4.6% | 16.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 72 | Least Sandpiper | 5.2% | 4.6% | 0.7% | 0.9x | |||
| 73 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.1% | 4.6% | 1.5% | 1.5x | |||
| 74 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.7% | 4.6% | 1.9% | 1.7x | |||
| 75 | Prothonotary Warbler | 16.6% | 3.7% | 12.9% | 0.2x | |||
| 76 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 14.8% | 2.8% | 12.0% | 0.2x | |||
| 77 | Tree Swallow | 13.2% | 2.8% | 10.5% | 0.2x | |||
| 78 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.3% | 2.8% | 8.6% | 0.2x | |||
| 79 | White-throated Sparrow | 7.6% | 2.8% | 4.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 80 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 6.4% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 81 | House Sparrow | 3.3% | 2.8% | 0.6% | 0.8x | |||
| 82 | Semipalmated Plover | 2.3% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 83 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.3% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 8.7x | |||
| 84 | Ruddy Duck | 0.3% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 8.9x | |||
| 85 | Ovenbird | 18.9% | 1.8% | 17.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 86 | Scarlet Tanager | 12.2% | 1.8% | 10.4% | 0.2x | |||
| 87 | Northern Waterthrush | 7.4% | 1.8% | 5.5% | 0.2x | |||
| 88 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.7% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 89 | Pine Siskin | 0.9% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 2.1x | |||
| 90 | Great Horned Owl | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 3.6x | |||
| 91 | Blue-winged Teal | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 4.9x | |||
| 92 | Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 17.8x | |||
| 93 | Indigo Bunting | 45.2% | 0.9% | 44.3% | 0.0x | |||
| 94 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.9% | 0.9% | 20.9% | 0.0x | |||
| 95 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 12.2% | 0.9% | 11.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 96 | Purple Martin | 10.1% | 0.9% | 9.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 97 | Yellow Warbler | 7.9% | 0.9% | 7.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 98 | Prairie Warbler | 7.8% | 0.9% | 6.9% | 0.1x | |||
| 99 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.5% | 0.9% | 6.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 100 | Swainson's Thrush | 6.5% | 0.9% | 5.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 101 | Veery | 3.5% | 0.9% | 2.6% | 0.3x | |||
| 102 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.6x | |||
| 103 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.7x | |||
| 104 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 105 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.7x | |||
| 106 | peep sp. | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 107 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.6x | |||
| 108 | Willow Flycatcher | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 3.3x | |||
| 109 | Empidonax sp. | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 3.4x | |||
| 110 | Snowy Egret | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 3.9x | |||
| 111 | Catharus sp. | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 5.5x | |||
| 112 | Ring-necked Duck | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 6.8x | |||
| 113 | shorebird sp. | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 14.5x | |||
| 114 | blackbird sp. | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 57.8x |