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

based on 85 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) in August. 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   Great Egret 32.7% 90.6% 57.9% 2.8x
2   Great Blue Heron 46.1% 89.4% 43.3% 1.9x
3   Little Blue Heron 6.5% 65.9% 59.3% 10.1x
4   American Goldfinch 59.3% 63.5% 4.2% 1.1x
5   Carolina Wren 72.5% 61.2% 11.3% 0.8x
6   Osprey 20.4% 57.6% 37.3% 2.8x
7   Killdeer 22.4% 56.5% 34.0% 2.5x
8   Eastern Wood-Pewee 18.9% 55.3% 36.4% 2.9x
9   Mourning Dove 47.6% 54.1% 6.6% 1.1x
10   Northern Cardinal 66.3% 52.9% 13.3% 0.8x
11   American Crow 53.9% 49.4% 4.4% 0.9x
12   Wood Duck 10.6% 48.2% 37.7% 4.6x
13   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 40.7% 45.9% 5.2% 1.1x
14   Spotted Sandpiper 10.4% 44.7% 34.3% 4.3x
15   Carolina Chickadee 58.5% 43.5% 14.9% 0.7x
16   Tufted Titmouse 52.5% 43.5% 9.0% 0.8x
17   Pectoral Sandpiper 5.4% 43.5% 38.1% 8.0x
18   Lesser Yellowlegs 3.9% 41.2% 37.2% 10.5x
19   Mallard 22.8% 40.0% 17.2% 1.8x
20   Double-crested Cormorant 14.6% 40.0% 25.4% 2.7x
21   Least Sandpiper 8.3% 40.0% 31.7% 4.8x
22   Belted Kingfisher 22.5% 38.8% 16.3% 1.7x
23   Eastern Kingbird 13.7% 36.5% 22.8% 2.7x
24   Solitary Sandpiper 7.1% 36.5% 29.3% 5.1x
25   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.9% 35.3% 1.4% 1.0x
26   Indigo Bunting 28.0% 34.1% 6.1% 1.2x
27   Blue Grosbeak 22.0% 34.1% 12.1% 1.6x
28   Field Sparrow 2.3% 32.9% 30.7% 14.4x
29   White Ibis 1.9% 32.9% 31.0% 16.9x
30   Eastern Phoebe 19.9% 30.6% 10.7% 1.5x
31   Bald Eagle 8.7% 30.6% 21.9% 3.5x
32   Downy Woodpecker 40.6% 29.4% 11.2% 0.7x
33   Eastern Bluebird 39.9% 29.4% 10.5% 0.7x
34   Turkey Vulture 31.5% 29.4% 2.1% 0.9x
35   Fish Crow 25.8% 29.4% 3.6% 1.1x
36   Eastern Towhee 25.2% 29.4% 4.3% 1.2x
37   Semipalmated Plover 3.7% 28.2% 24.5% 7.6x
38   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.3% 28.2% 25.0% 8.6x
39   Barn Swallow 11.2% 23.5% 12.3% 2.1x
40   Brown-headed Nuthatch 26.3% 22.4% 3.9% 0.9x
41   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.1% 21.2% 18.0% 0.5x
42   Canada Goose 26.0% 21.2% 4.8% 0.8x
43   Snowy Egret 2.0% 21.2% 19.1% 10.4x
44   Pine Warbler 16.1% 20.0% 3.9% 1.2x
45   Pileated Woodpecker 15.9% 20.0% 4.1% 1.3x
46   Black Vulture 15.7% 20.0% 4.3% 1.3x
47   Stilt Sandpiper 1.1% 20.0% 18.9% 18.7x
48   Northern Flicker 8.7% 18.8% 10.1% 2.2x
49   Blue Jay 36.8% 17.6% 19.2% 0.5x
50   Green Heron 18.2% 17.6% 0.6% 1.0x
51   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.7% 17.6% 2.0% 1.1x
52   Tricolored Heron 3.9% 17.6% 13.8% 4.6x
53   Greater Yellowlegs 3.1% 17.6% 14.6% 5.8x
54   Anhinga 1.5% 17.6% 16.1% 11.8x
55   Common Yellowthroat 12.1% 16.5% 4.4% 1.4x
56   Prothonotary Warbler 2.4% 16.5% 14.1% 7.0x
57   Chipping Sparrow 18.6% 15.3% 3.3% 0.8x
58   Chimney Swift 18.6% 15.3% 3.3% 0.8x
59   Great Crested Flycatcher 17.9% 15.3% 2.7% 0.9x
60   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 15.3% 14.3% 15.1x
61   Summer Tanager 14.7% 14.1% 0.6% 1.0x
62   Red-tailed Hawk 10.2% 14.1% 3.9% 1.4x
63   Common Grackle 9.9% 14.1% 4.2% 1.4x
64   Black Tern 1.4% 14.1% 12.8% 10.3x
65   Northern Mockingbird 29.6% 12.9% 16.6% 0.4x
66   White-breasted Nuthatch 27.9% 11.8% 16.1% 0.4x
67   Barred Owl 4.5% 11.8% 7.3% 2.6x
68   Wood Stork 1.7% 11.8% 10.0% 6.8x
69   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.5% 9.4% 16.1% 0.4x
70   Great Horned Owl 0.9% 9.4% 8.5% 10.1x
71   American Robin 28.4% 8.2% 20.1% 0.3x
72   Hairy Woodpecker 8.0% 8.2% 0.3% 1.0x
73   House Wren 4.6% 8.2% 3.7% 1.8x
74   Prairie Warbler 2.8% 8.2% 5.4% 2.9x
75   Roseate Spoonbill 2.4% 8.2% 5.8% 3.4x
76   Red-winged Blackbird 6.0% 7.1% 1.1% 1.2x
77   Cooper's Hawk 4.5% 7.1% 2.6% 1.6x
78   peep sp. 1.9% 7.1% 5.1% 3.6x
79   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.9% 7.1% 5.2% 3.7x
80   Western Sandpiper 0.6% 7.1% 6.5% 12.7x
81   White-eyed Vireo 20.6% 5.9% 14.8% 0.3x
82   Acadian Flycatcher 9.6% 5.9% 3.7% 0.6x
83   Gray Catbird 27.4% 4.7% 22.7% 0.2x
84   Yellow-throated Vireo 3.6% 4.7% 1.1% 1.3x
85   Caspian Tern 1.9% 4.7% 2.8% 2.4x
86   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.7% 4.7% 3.0% 2.7x
87   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 4.7% 3.6% 4.4x
88   Wild Turkey 1.0% 4.7% 3.7% 4.9x
89   Sanderling 0.5% 4.7% 4.2% 9.7x
90   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.2% 4.7% 4.5% 23.2x
91   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 0.2% 4.7% 4.5% 29.0x
92   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.5% 3.5% 7.0% 0.3x
93   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.5% 3.5% 2.0% 2.4x
94   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 3.5% 3.5% 130.5x
95   American Redstart 6.3% 2.4% 3.9% 0.4x
96   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.7% 2.4% 3.4% 0.4x
97   Yellow Warbler 2.3% 2.4% 0.0% 1.0x
98   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 2.4% 1.0% 1.7x
99   Scarlet Tanager 1.4% 2.4% 1.0% 1.7x
100   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 2.4% 1.5% 2.9x
101   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.8% 2.4% 1.6% 3.1x
102   Pied-billed Grebe 0.5% 2.4% 1.9% 5.1x
103   Tree Swallow 0.4% 2.4% 1.9% 5.3x
104   Wilson's Phalarope 0.4% 2.4% 1.9% 5.3x
105   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.3% 2.4% 2.1% 9.2x
106   Willet 0.2% 2.4% 2.2% 12.4x
107   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.1% 2.4% 2.2% 17.4x
108   Black-bellied Plover 0.1% 2.4% 2.2% 19.3x
109   Northern Harrier 0.1% 2.4% 2.2% 21.7x
110   Red-eyed Vireo 21.9% 1.2% 20.7% 0.1x
111   House Finch 20.3% 1.2% 19.1% 0.1x
112   Brown Thrasher 15.3% 1.2% 14.1% 0.1x
113   European Starling 10.1% 1.2% 8.9% 0.1x
114   Song Sparrow 9.6% 1.2% 8.4% 0.1x
115   Northern Parula 7.5% 1.2% 6.3% 0.2x
116   Black-and-white Warbler 5.6% 1.2% 4.4% 0.2x
117   Purple Martin 2.3% 1.2% 1.2% 0.5x
118   American Avocet 1.7% 1.2% 0.5% 0.7x
119   Northern Waterthrush 0.9% 1.2% 0.3% 1.4x
120   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 1.2% 0.4% 1.6x
121   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 1.2% 0.5% 1.7x
122   Magnolia Warbler 0.6% 1.2% 0.6% 2.0x
123   Baird's Sandpiper 0.5% 1.2% 0.7% 2.6x
124   Forster's Tern 0.4% 1.2% 0.7% 2.6x
125   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.4% 1.2% 0.8% 3.0x
126   Northern Bobwhite 0.3% 1.2% 0.9% 3.6x
127   new world vulture sp. 0.3% 1.2% 0.9% 4.6x
128   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 1.2% 1.0% 7.9x
129   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 1.2% 1.1% 10.9x
130   Accipiter sp. 0.1% 1.2% 1.1% 10.9x
131   Wilson's Snipe 0.0% 1.2% 1.1% 29.0x
132   Bank Swallow 0.0% 1.2% 1.1% 29.0x
133   Hooded Merganser 0.0% 1.2% 1.1% 43.5x
134   Palm Warbler 0.0% 1.2% 1.1% 43.5x
135   Clapper Rail 0% 1.2% 1.2%
136   American Pipit 0% 1.2% 1.2%