Top Birds at Shelley Lake in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 134 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Shelley Lake in 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Goose | 41.3% | 88.8% | 47.5% | |||
| 2 | Mallard | 28.5% | 85.8% | 57.3% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal | 79.6% | 81.3% | 1.8% | |||
| 4 | Great Blue Heron | 46.3% | 79.9% | 33.6% | |||
| 5 | American Robin | 38.3% | 70.9% | 32.6% | |||
| 6 | Carolina Wren | 70.4% | 67.2% | 3.2% | |||
| 7 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.4% | 63.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 8 | Carolina Chickadee | 59.9% | 62.7% | 2.7% | |||
| 9 | American Crow | 56.6% | 60.4% | 3.8% | |||
| 10 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 53.9% | 58.2% | 4.3% | |||
| 11 | Common Grackle | 35.5% | 55.2% | 19.7% | |||
| 12 | Fish Crow | 33.1% | 51.5% | 18.4% | |||
| 13 | Killdeer | 19.7% | 51.5% | 31.8% | |||
| 14 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 57.0% | 50.0% | 7.0% | |||
| 15 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 31.9% | 48.5% | 16.6% | |||
| 16 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.5% | 47.8% | 8.2% | |||
| 17 | Eastern Towhee | 37.4% | 47.8% | 10.3% | |||
| 18 | Belted Kingfisher | 11.5% | 47.8% | 36.2% | |||
| 19 | Song Sparrow | 14.6% | 47.0% | 32.4% | |||
| 20 | Pine Warbler | 39.6% | 45.5% | 5.9% | |||
| 21 | Eastern Kingbird | 26.4% | 45.5% | 19.1% | |||
| 22 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.1% | 44.0% | 4.1% | |||
| 23 | Mourning Dove | 48.3% | 41.8% | 6.5% | |||
| 24 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.8% | 39.6% | 1.8% | |||
| 25 | Double-crested Cormorant | 18.1% | 39.6% | 21.5% | |||
| 26 | American Goldfinch | 44.4% | 38.8% | 5.6% | |||
| 27 | Gray Catbird | 30.8% | 38.1% | 7.3% | |||
| 28 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.1% | 38.1% | 8.0% | |||
| 29 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.2% | 38.1% | 21.9% | |||
| 30 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.5% | 35.8% | 4.4% | |||
| 31 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.4% | 35.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 32 | Bald Eagle | 10.1% | 35.1% | 25.0% | |||
| 33 | Blue Jay | 43.1% | 33.6% | 9.5% | |||
| 34 | Chimney Swift | 28.2% | 33.6% | 5.3% | |||
| 35 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.3% | 32.1% | 8.8% | |||
| 36 | Barn Swallow | 30.6% | 31.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 37 | House Finch | 27.5% | 29.9% | 2.3% | |||
| 38 | Wood Thrush | 13.6% | 27.6% | 14.0% | |||
| 39 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.6% | 26.9% | 24.8% | |||
| 40 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.6% | 26.9% | 22.7% | |||
| 41 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 35.1% | 26.1% | 9.0% | |||
| 42 | Turkey Vulture | 39.8% | 25.4% | 14.4% | |||
| 43 | Brown Thrasher | 17.2% | 22.4% | 5.2% | |||
| 44 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.1% | 20.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 45 | Orchard Oriole | 15.2% | 20.1% | 4.9% | |||
| 46 | Warbling Vireo | 1.5% | 18.7% | 17.2% | |||
| 47 | Common Yellowthroat | 41.0% | 17.9% | 23.1% | |||
| 48 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.2% | 16.4% | 14.7% | |||
| 49 | Northern Parula | 36.6% | 15.7% | 20.9% | |||
| 50 | Acadian Flycatcher | 26.1% | 15.7% | 10.5% | |||
| 51 | White-eyed Vireo | 33.8% | 13.4% | 20.3% | |||
| 52 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 18.8% | 13.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 53 | Osprey | 16.0% | 13.4% | 2.5% | |||
| 54 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.4% | 12.7% | 4.3% | |||
| 55 | Solitary Sandpiper | 8.1% | 11.9% | 3.8% | |||
| 56 | Summer Tanager | 37.4% | 11.2% | 26.2% | |||
| 57 | American Redstart | 22.8% | 10.4% | 12.3% | |||
| 58 | Barred Owl | 7.8% | 10.4% | 2.7% | |||
| 59 | European Starling | 22.5% | 9.7% | 12.8% | |||
| 60 | Northern Flicker | 8.8% | 9.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 61 | House Wren | 9.6% | 9.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 62 | Red-winged Blackbird | 27.7% | 8.2% | 19.4% | |||
| 63 | Green Heron | 10.6% | 8.2% | 2.4% | |||
| 64 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.9% | 7.5% | 8.5% | |||
| 65 | Red-tailed Hawk | 13.3% | 7.5% | 5.9% | |||
| 66 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.4% | 6.7% | 6.7% | |||
| 67 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.3% | 6.7% | 4.6% | |||
| 68 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 10.8% | 6.7% | 4.1% | |||
| 69 | Muscovy Duck | 1.2% | 6.7% | 5.5% | |||
| 70 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 15.7% | 6.0% | 9.7% | |||
| 71 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 13.8% | 5.2% | 8.6% | |||
| 72 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.6% | 5.2% | 1.6% | |||
| 73 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.1% | 5.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 74 | Black Vulture | 21.2% | 4.5% | 16.7% | |||
| 75 | Least Sandpiper | 5.6% | 4.5% | 1.1% | |||
| 76 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.7% | 4.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 77 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.5% | 3.7% | 17.8% | |||
| 78 | Ovenbird | 18.8% | 3.7% | 15.1% | |||
| 79 | Tree Swallow | 14.6% | 3.7% | 10.9% | |||
| 80 | White-throated Sparrow | 8.4% | 3.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 81 | Northern Waterthrush | 7.0% | 3.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 82 | Semipalmated Plover | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 83 | Prothonotary Warbler | 16.3% | 3.0% | 13.4% | |||
| 84 | Scarlet Tanager | 12.0% | 3.0% | 9.0% | |||
| 85 | Blue-winged Teal | 0.4% | 3.0% | 2.6% | |||
| 86 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.3% | 3.0% | 2.7% | |||
| 87 | Prairie Warbler | 7.7% | 2.2% | 5.4% | |||
| 88 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 6.7% | 2.2% | 4.5% | |||
| 89 | House Sparrow | 3.7% | 2.2% | 1.4% | |||
| 90 | Pine Siskin | 0.8% | 2.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 91 | Ruddy Duck | 0.4% | 2.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 92 | Indigo Bunting | 45.8% | 1.5% | 44.3% | |||
| 93 | Swainson's Thrush | 6.0% | 1.5% | 4.5% | |||
| 94 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2.2% | 1.5% | 0.7% | |||
| 95 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.6% | 1.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 96 | Great Horned Owl | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 97 | Blue Grosbeak | 23.7% | 0.7% | 22.9% | |||
| 98 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 10.5% | 0.7% | 9.7% | |||
| 99 | Purple Martin | 10.5% | 0.7% | 9.7% | |||
| 100 | Yellow Warbler | 8.1% | 0.7% | 7.4% | |||
| 101 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.3% | 0.7% | 6.6% | |||
| 102 | Veery | 3.5% | 0.7% | 2.8% | |||
| 103 | Kentucky Warbler | 2.3% | 0.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 104 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 105 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 106 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 107 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 108 | Worm-eating Warbler | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 109 | Baltimore Oriole | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 110 | Palm Warbler | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 111 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 112 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 113 | Snowy Egret | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 114 | Willow Flycatcher | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 115 | Ring-necked Duck | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% |