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

based on 100 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) during the month of September. 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 28.7% 90.0% 61.3% 3.1x
2   Great Blue Heron 44.3% 88.0% 43.7% 2.0x
3   Killdeer 23.4% 78.0% 54.6% 3.3x
4   Carolina Wren 77.0% 69.0% 8.0% 0.9x
5   Lesser Yellowlegs 3.9% 67.0% 63.1% 17.2x
6   American Crow 64.9% 61.0% 3.9% 0.9x
7   Least Sandpiper 5.7% 57.0% 51.3% 9.9x
8   Northern Cardinal 73.6% 56.0% 17.6% 0.8x
9   Bald Eagle 11.8% 55.0% 43.2% 4.6x
10   Pectoral Sandpiper 4.3% 55.0% 50.7% 12.9x
11   Carolina Chickadee 71.3% 54.0% 17.3% 0.8x
12   Tufted Titmouse 65.5% 54.0% 11.5% 0.8x
13   Mallard 19.8% 54.0% 34.2% 2.7x
14   Blue Jay 60.5% 49.0% 11.5% 0.8x
15   Pine Warbler 40.5% 47.0% 6.5% 1.2x
16   Red-bellied Woodpecker 56.0% 46.0% 10.0% 0.8x
17   American Goldfinch 47.3% 46.0% 1.3% 1.0x
18   Semipalmated Plover 2.9% 46.0% 43.1% 16.1x
19   Fish Crow 21.7% 44.0% 22.3% 2.0x
20   Eastern Bluebird 42.2% 43.0% 0.8% 1.0x
21   Double-crested Cormorant 15.1% 42.0% 26.9% 2.8x
22   Downy Woodpecker 56.3% 40.0% 16.3% 0.7x
23   Canada Goose 24.7% 40.0% 15.3% 1.6x
24   Pileated Woodpecker 24.4% 39.0% 14.6% 1.6x
25   Blue-winged Teal 2.3% 39.0% 36.7% 17.1x
26   Eastern Phoebe 37.1% 38.0% 0.9% 1.0x
27   Belted Kingfisher 28.0% 38.0% 10.0% 1.4x
28   Summer Tanager 22.2% 38.0% 15.8% 1.7x
29   Wood Duck 8.2% 38.0% 29.8% 4.6x
30   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.7% 38.0% 35.3% 14.3x
31   Mourning Dove 38.4% 37.0% 1.4% 1.0x
32   Eastern Wood-Pewee 27.7% 36.0% 8.3% 1.3x
33   Stilt Sandpiper 1.6% 36.0% 34.4% 22.8x
34   Turkey Vulture 39.6% 35.0% 4.6% 0.9x
35   Greater Yellowlegs 2.0% 35.0% 33.0% 17.2x
36   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26.4% 34.0% 7.6% 1.3x
37   Solitary Sandpiper 4.8% 34.0% 29.2% 7.1x
38   Northern Flicker 22.4% 33.0% 10.6% 1.5x
39   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.0% 31.0% 5.0% 0.9x
40   Eastern Towhee 26.3% 31.0% 4.7% 1.2x
41   Spotted Sandpiper 5.5% 31.0% 25.5% 5.7x
42   Common Yellowthroat 29.8% 30.0% 0.2% 1.0x
43   Indigo Bunting 17.3% 29.0% 11.7% 1.7x
44   Chimney Swift 24.4% 28.0% 3.6% 1.1x
45   Osprey 12.8% 27.0% 14.2% 2.1x
46   Little Blue Heron 1.7% 27.0% 25.3% 15.6x
47   Red-shouldered Hawk 36.7% 26.0% 10.7% 0.7x
48   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.5% 24.0% 12.5% 0.7x
49   Wood Stork 1.1% 24.0% 22.9% 22.6x
50   Blue Grosbeak 11.3% 23.0% 11.7% 2.0x
51   White-eyed Vireo 33.6% 22.0% 11.6% 0.7x
52   Black Vulture 21.2% 22.0% 0.8% 1.0x
53   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.1% 22.0% 20.9% 20.9x
54   White Ibis 0.6% 22.0% 21.4% 38.5x
55   Hairy Woodpecker 14.2% 21.0% 6.8% 1.5x
56   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.7% 20.0% 5.3% 1.4x
57   Gray Catbird 43.0% 19.0% 24.0% 0.4x
58   Northern Mockingbird 31.3% 19.0% 12.3% 0.6x
59   Field Sparrow 1.4% 19.0% 17.6% 13.2x
60   Northern Waterthrush 3.5% 15.0% 11.5% 4.3x
61   House Wren 8.4% 14.0% 5.6% 1.7x
62   Sanderling 0.8% 14.0% 13.2% 16.7x
63   Northern Shoveler 0.6% 14.0% 13.4% 24.5x
64   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32.9% 13.0% 19.9% 0.4x
65   Chipping Sparrow 14.3% 13.0% 1.3% 0.9x
66   Barn Swallow 1.6% 13.0% 11.4% 8.1x
67   Barred Owl 5.6% 12.0% 6.4% 2.1x
68   Palm Warbler 4.9% 12.0% 7.1% 2.5x
69   Snowy Egret 0.8% 12.0% 11.2% 15.7x
70   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.3% 12.0% 11.7% 36.1x
71   peep sp. 1.6% 11.0% 9.4% 7.1x
72   Red-tailed Hawk 9.4% 10.0% 0.6% 1.1x
73   Wilson's Snipe 0.4% 10.0% 9.6% 27.8x
74   American Redstart 31.1% 9.0% 22.1% 0.3x
75   Brown Thrasher 30.7% 9.0% 21.7% 0.3x
76   Black-and-white Warbler 24.3% 8.0% 16.3% 0.3x
77   Yellow Warbler 3.7% 8.0% 4.3% 2.2x
78   Baird's Sandpiper 0.7% 8.0% 7.3% 11.9x
79   American Golden-Plover 0.4% 8.0% 7.6% 22.8x
80   Red-necked Phalarope 0.2% 8.0% 7.8% 41.3x
81   Red-eyed Vireo 28.8% 7.0% 21.8% 0.2x
82   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.5% 7.0% 8.5% 0.5x
83   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.6% 7.0% 0.6% 0.9x
84   Yellow-throated Warbler 4.7% 7.0% 2.3% 1.5x
85   Caspian Tern 1.8% 7.0% 5.2% 4.0x
86   Northern Harrier 0.4% 7.0% 6.6% 17.2x
87   Northern Parula 25.2% 6.0% 19.2% 0.2x
88   Song Sparrow 9.2% 6.0% 3.2% 0.6x
89   Wild Turkey 1.0% 6.0% 5.0% 5.9x
90   Western Sandpiper 0.8% 6.0% 5.2% 7.3x
91   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.5% 6.0% 5.5% 12.3x
92   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.1% 6.0% 5.9% 81.3x
93   American Robin 29.6% 5.0% 24.6% 0.2x
94   Great Crested Flycatcher 10.7% 5.0% 5.7% 0.5x
95   Scarlet Tanager 9.6% 5.0% 4.6% 0.5x
96   Acadian Flycatcher 6.8% 5.0% 1.8% 0.7x
97   Cooper's Hawk 5.2% 5.0% 0.2% 1.0x
98   Prairie Warbler 4.5% 5.0% 0.5% 1.1x
99   Wilson's Phalarope 0.1% 5.0% 4.9% 49.3x
100   American Kestrel 3.7% 4.0% 0.3% 1.1x
101   Eastern Kingbird 1.6% 4.0% 2.4% 2.5x
102   Tricolored Heron 1.3% 4.0% 2.7% 3.1x
103   Common Nighthawk 1.0% 4.0% 3.0% 4.0x
104   Prothonotary Warbler 0.6% 4.0% 3.4% 7.2x
105   Tree Swallow 0.5% 4.0% 3.5% 8.0x
106   Peregrine Falcon 0.4% 4.0% 3.6% 10.6x
107   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 4.0% 3.8% 16.1x
108   European Starling 10.9% 3.0% 7.9% 0.3x
109   Green Heron 10.8% 3.0% 7.8% 0.3x
110   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6.9% 3.0% 3.9% 0.4x
111   Black Tern 0.7% 3.0% 2.3% 4.0x
112   Merlin 0.5% 3.0% 2.5% 5.9x
113   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 3.0% 2.8% 13.0x
114   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 0.2% 3.0% 2.8% 14.1x
115   House Finch 19.7% 2.0% 17.7% 0.1x
116   Magnolia Warbler 17.7% 2.0% 15.7% 0.1x
117   Hooded Warbler 7.0% 2.0% 5.0% 0.3x
118   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.4% 2.0% 2.4% 0.4x
119   Ovenbird 3.5% 2.0% 1.5% 0.6x
120   Wood Thrush 3.4% 2.0% 1.4% 0.6x
121   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 2.0% 0.8% 0.7x
122   Red-winged Blackbird 1.7% 2.0% 0.3% 1.2x
123   American Avocet 0.8% 2.0% 1.2% 2.6x
124   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 2.0% 1.5% 4.4x
125   Marsh Wren 0.4% 2.0% 1.6% 4.5x
126   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 2.0% 1.7% 7.0x
127   Ruddy Turnstone 0.2% 2.0% 1.8% 9.9x
128   Herring Gull 0.1% 2.0% 1.9% 21.7x
129   Bank Swallow 0.1% 2.0% 1.9% 27.1x
130   Mourning Warbler 0.0% 2.0% 2.0% 43.4x
131   Dickcissel 0.0% 2.0% 2.0% 72.3x
132   Cape May Warbler 9.9% 1.0% 8.9% 0.1x
133   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.6% 1.0% 8.6% 0.1x
134   Cedar Waxwing 7.2% 1.0% 6.2% 0.1x
135   Common Grackle 5.5% 1.0% 4.5% 0.2x
136   Black-throated Blue Warbler 5.4% 1.0% 4.4% 0.2x
137   Veery 4.1% 1.0% 3.1% 0.2x
138   Tennessee Warbler 2.9% 1.0% 1.9% 0.3x
139   Empidonax sp. 2.8% 1.0% 1.8% 0.4x
140   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.3% 1.0% 1.3% 0.4x
141   Blackburnian Warbler 2.2% 1.0% 1.2% 0.5x
142   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.7% 1.0% 0.7% 0.6x
143   Bobolink 1.7% 1.0% 0.7% 0.6x
144   Forster's Tern 1.2% 1.0% 0.2% 0.9x
145   Nashville Warbler 1.1% 1.0% 0.1% 0.9x
146   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% 1.1x
147   hawk sp. 0.8% 1.0% 0.2% 1.2x
148   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 1.0% 0.2% 1.2x
149   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.6% 1.0% 0.4% 1.6x
150   Common Raven 0.5% 1.0% 0.5% 1.9x
151   duck sp. 0.5% 1.0% 0.5% 1.9x
152   Ring-billed Gull 0.4% 1.0% 0.6% 2.4x
153   Sterna sp. 0.4% 1.0% 0.6% 2.9x
154   swallow sp. 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% 3.3x
155   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% 3.5x
156   Buteo sp. 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% 4.7x
157   Green-winged Teal 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% 4.9x
158   Purple Martin 0.1% 1.0% 0.9% 6.8x
159   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 1.0% 0.9% 13.5x
160   Marbled Godwit 0.1% 1.0% 0.9% 18.1x
161   Orchard Oriole 0.1% 1.0% 0.9% 18.1x
162   Savannah Sparrow 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 27.1x
163   Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 36.1x
164   Red Phalarope 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 54.2x
165   American Wigeon 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 108.4x
166   Dunlin 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 108.4x