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Top Birds at Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 59 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) in October. 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   Great Blue Heron 44.2% 83.1% 38.9%
2   Great Egret 15.9% 74.6% 58.7%
3   Carolina Wren 75.6% 69.5% 6.1%
4   Killdeer 24.4% 66.1% 41.7%
5   Blue Jay 70.2% 64.4% 5.8%
6   Red-bellied Woodpecker 69.4% 62.7% 6.6%
7   Eastern Phoebe 56.0% 61.0% 5.0%
8   Northern Flicker 55.5% 59.3% 3.9%
9   Bald Eagle 16.4% 59.3% 42.9%
10   Northern Cardinal 72.6% 57.6% 15.0%
11   Carolina Chickadee 71.3% 55.9% 15.4%
12   American Crow 68.9% 52.5% 16.3%
13   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.5% 52.5% 51.0%
14   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.3% 50.8% 49.5%
15   Tufted Titmouse 65.9% 49.2% 16.7%
16   Eastern Bluebird 54.7% 49.2% 5.5%
17   Palm Warbler 18.5% 49.2% 30.6%
18   Greater Yellowlegs 2.1% 47.5% 45.4%
19   Belted Kingfisher 30.1% 45.8% 15.7%
20   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.1% 45.8% 32.7%
21   Turkey Vulture 43.9% 42.4% 1.5%
22   Downy Woodpecker 58.6% 40.7% 18.0%
23   Eastern Towhee 37.1% 40.7% 3.6%
24   Least Sandpiper 2.0% 39.0% 37.0%
25   Pine Warbler 36.1% 37.3% 1.2%
26   Song Sparrow 35.1% 37.3% 2.2%
27   Pileated Woodpecker 22.4% 37.3% 14.9%
28   Double-crested Cormorant 20.2% 37.3% 17.1%
29   Northern Shoveler 1.1% 37.3% 36.2%
30   Mallard 22.3% 35.6% 13.3%
31   Blue-winged Teal 1.6% 35.6% 34.0%
32   Swamp Sparrow 9.8% 33.9% 24.1%
33   Brown-headed Nuthatch 37.0% 30.5% 6.5%
34   Red-shouldered Hawk 36.1% 30.5% 5.6%
35   Green-winged Teal 1.0% 30.5% 29.5%
36   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 34.6% 27.1% 7.5%
37   American Goldfinch 34.2% 27.1% 7.1%
38   Common Yellowthroat 18.0% 27.1% 9.1%
39   Wilson's Snipe 1.1% 25.4% 24.3%
40   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.0% 22.0% 13.9%
41   White-throated Sparrow 24.0% 22.0% 2.0%
42   Northern Pintail 0.3% 22.0% 21.8%
43   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.4% 20.3% 14.0%
44   House Finch 29.7% 20.3% 9.3%
45   Gray Catbird 29.4% 18.6% 10.7%
46   Mourning Dove 27.1% 18.6% 8.4%
47   Canada Goose 25.8% 18.6% 7.2%
48   Common Grackle 13.4% 18.6% 5.3%
49   American Golden-Plover 0.3% 18.6% 18.4%
50   American Robin 34.8% 16.9% 17.8%
51   Hairy Woodpecker 15.5% 16.9% 1.5%
52   Chimney Swift 13.0% 16.9% 3.9%
53   Dunlin 0.4% 16.9% 16.6%
54   Chipping Sparrow 23.4% 15.3% 8.1%
55   Fish Crow 16.8% 15.3% 1.5%
56   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 15.3% 3.1%
57   Red-winged Blackbird 7.5% 15.3% 7.8%
58   Indigo Bunting 8.1% 13.6% 5.4%
59   Ring-billed Gull 5.0% 13.6% 8.5%
60   Peregrine Falcon 0.9% 13.6% 12.7%
61   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 13.6% 12.8%
62   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.3% 13.6% 13.2%
63   Brown Thrasher 32.2% 11.9% 20.4%
64   House Wren 8.0% 11.9% 3.8%
65   Northern Mockingbird 41.1% 10.2% 30.9%
66   Black Vulture 21.6% 10.2% 11.5%
67   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18.5% 10.2% 8.4%
68   Eastern Wood-Pewee 13.7% 10.2% 3.6%
69   Field Sparrow 4.6% 10.2% 5.6%
70   Barn Swallow 0.2% 10.2% 9.9%
71   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 10.2% 9.9%
72   Semipalmated Plover 0.2% 10.2% 10.0%
73   Golden-crowned Kinglet 15.8% 8.5% 7.3%
74   European Starling 13.2% 8.5% 4.7%
75   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8.4% 8.5% 0.0%
76   Eastern Meadowlark 4.3% 8.5% 4.2%
77   Gadwall 0.7% 8.5% 7.8%
78   American Wigeon 0.4% 8.5% 8.1%
79   Stilt Sandpiper 0.1% 8.5% 8.4%
80   Wilson's Phalarope 0% 8.5% 8.5%
81   Northern Parula 22.8% 6.8% 16.0%
82   American Redstart 16.7% 6.8% 9.9%
83   Magnolia Warbler 12.9% 6.8% 6.1%
84   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 6.8% 0.8%
85   Winter Wren 5.5% 6.8% 1.3%
86   Wood Duck 5.4% 6.8% 1.4%
87   American Kestrel 5.2% 6.8% 1.6%
88   Barred Owl 4.1% 6.8% 2.7%
89   American Pipit 1.5% 6.8% 5.3%
90   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 6.8% 6.3%
91   Marsh Wren 0.5% 6.8% 6.3%
92   Snowy Egret 0.1% 6.8% 6.7%
93   Black-and-white Warbler 13.2% 5.1% 8.2%
94   Blue Grosbeak 2.1% 5.1% 3.0%
95   Ovenbird 1.7% 5.1% 3.4%
96   Northern Waterthrush 0.9% 5.1% 4.2%
97   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.9% 3.4% 10.5%
98   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.6% 3.4% 5.2%
99   Osprey 8.3% 3.4% 4.9%
100   Red-eyed Vireo 7.2% 3.4% 3.8%
101   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3.6% 3.4% 0.2%
102   Blackburnian Warbler 3.1% 3.4% 0.3%
103   Savannah Sparrow 2.8% 3.4% 0.6%
104   Dark-eyed Junco 2.5% 3.4% 0.9%
105   American Coot 1.7% 3.4% 1.6%
106   Tree Swallow 1.7% 3.4% 1.7%
107   Spotted Sandpiper 1.5% 3.4% 1.9%
108   Bonaparte's Gull 1.2% 3.4% 2.2%
109   Solitary Sandpiper 1.0% 3.4% 2.3%
110   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.8% 3.4% 2.6%
111   Laughing Gull 0.7% 3.4% 2.7%
112   Wild Turkey 0.4% 3.4% 3.0%
113   American Avocet 0.3% 3.4% 3.1%
114   White Ibis 0.2% 3.4% 3.2%
115   Wood Stork 0.1% 3.4% 3.3%
116   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 3.4% 3.3%
117   Ruddy Turnstone 0.0% 3.4% 3.3%
118   Seaside Sparrow 0% 3.4% 3.4%
119   Cape May Warbler 14.9% 1.7% 13.2%
120   Pied-billed Grebe 7.7% 1.7% 6.0%
121   Cedar Waxwing 6.1% 1.7% 4.4%
122   White-eyed Vireo 5.7% 1.7% 4.0%
123   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.5% 1.7% 2.8%
124   Blue-headed Vireo 3.6% 1.7% 2.0%
125   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.4% 1.7% 1.8%
126   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 1.7% 1.6%
127   Chestnut-sided Warbler 2.9% 1.7% 1.2%
128   Northern Harrier 1.3% 1.7% 0.4%
129   Merlin 1.2% 1.7% 0.5%
130   Hooded Warbler 1.0% 1.7% 0.7%
131   Herring Gull 0.9% 1.7% 0.8%
132   Prairie Warbler 0.6% 1.7% 1.0%
133   Sora 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
134   Vesper Sparrow 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
135   American Black Duck 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
136   Bobolink 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
137   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 1.7% 1.5%
138   Sanderling 0.2% 1.7% 1.5%
139   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.2% 1.7% 1.5%
140   American White Pelican 0.1% 1.7% 1.6%
141   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.0% 1.7% 1.6%