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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 164 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) in 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
1   Great Egret 28.1% 89.6% 61.5%
2   Great Blue Heron 45.1% 86.6% 41.5%
3   Killdeer 23.6% 79.9% 56.3%
4   Lesser Yellowlegs 4.2% 72.0% 67.7%
5   Carolina Wren 77.4% 70.7% 6.6%
6   American Crow 65.3% 64.0% 1.3%
7   Least Sandpiper 5.8% 62.2% 56.4%
8   Semipalmated Plover 3.1% 55.5% 52.4%
9   Northern Cardinal 73.8% 54.9% 18.9%
10   Tufted Titmouse 65.7% 54.3% 11.4%
11   Pectoral Sandpiper 4.1% 52.4% 48.3%
12   Carolina Chickadee 71.2% 51.2% 20.0%
13   American Goldfinch 47.2% 50.6% 3.4%
14   Pine Warbler 40.5% 50.0% 9.5%
15   Eastern Bluebird 43.1% 48.2% 5.1%
16   Blue-winged Teal 2.3% 48.2% 45.8%
17   Greater Yellowlegs 2.2% 47.6% 45.4%
18   Bald Eagle 12.1% 46.3% 34.3%
19   Canada Goose 24.8% 45.1% 20.3%
20   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.8% 43.9% 41.1%
21   Blue Jay 59.2% 40.9% 18.4%
22   Eastern Wood-Pewee 28.4% 40.2% 11.8%
23   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.6% 39.6% 16.0%
24   Belted Kingfisher 27.8% 39.6% 11.8%
25   Wood Duck 7.7% 39.0% 31.3%
26   Solitary Sandpiper 6.2% 39.0% 32.9%
27   Downy Woodpecker 57.0% 38.4% 18.6%
28   Eastern Phoebe 38.5% 38.4% 0.1%
29   Pileated Woodpecker 24.6% 38.4% 13.8%
30   Mallard 20.0% 38.4% 18.4%
31   Stilt Sandpiper 1.6% 38.4% 36.8%
32   Mourning Dove 36.6% 36.6% 0.0%
33   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26.8% 36.6% 9.8%
34   Turkey Vulture 40.0% 36.0% 4.0%
35   Summer Tanager 21.6% 35.4% 13.8%
36   Double-crested Cormorant 14.8% 32.9% 18.1%
37   Osprey 13.0% 32.3% 19.3%
38   Spotted Sandpiper 5.4% 32.3% 26.9%
39   Fish Crow 21.3% 30.5% 9.2%
40   Indigo Bunting 18.0% 30.5% 12.5%
41   Red-shouldered Hawk 37.1% 28.0% 9.1%
42   Brown-headed Nuthatch 35.2% 28.0% 7.2%
43   Eastern Towhee 26.4% 28.0% 1.6%
44   White Ibis 0.6% 28.0% 27.4%
45   Common Yellowthroat 30.2% 26.2% 4.0%
46   Wood Stork 1.1% 25.6% 24.5%
47   Blue Grosbeak 11.2% 25.0% 13.8%
48   Northern Flicker 22.5% 24.4% 1.8%
49   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.5% 23.8% 23.3%
50   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.4% 23.2% 13.2%
51   Chimney Swift 23.7% 21.3% 2.4%
52   Black Vulture 21.4% 21.3% 0.1%
53   Chipping Sparrow 14.8% 21.3% 6.6%
54   Little Blue Heron 1.6% 21.3% 19.8%
55   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.3% 20.1% 5.8%
56   Snowy Egret 0.8% 20.1% 19.4%
57   White-eyed Vireo 34.9% 18.9% 16.0%
58   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.9% 18.9% 18.0%
59   American Avocet 0.8% 18.9% 18.1%
60   Hairy Woodpecker 14.2% 17.1% 2.9%
61   Northern Mockingbird 29.6% 16.5% 13.2%
62   American Golden-Plover 0.6% 16.5% 15.8%
63   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.5% 15.9% 17.6%
64   Northern Waterthrush 3.7% 15.9% 12.2%
65   Northern Shoveler 0.9% 15.2% 14.4%
66   Gray Catbird 43.4% 14.0% 29.4%
67   Wilson's Snipe 0.4% 12.8% 12.4%
68   Field Sparrow 1.4% 12.2% 10.8%
69   Sanderling 0.9% 12.2% 11.3%
70   Red-tailed Hawk 9.0% 11.0% 2.0%
71   Yellow-throated Vireo 8.0% 11.0% 3.0%
72   Barred Owl 5.4% 11.0% 5.6%
73   Palm Warbler 5.1% 9.8% 4.6%
74   Barn Swallow 1.6% 9.8% 8.2%
75   Wild Turkey 1.0% 9.1% 8.1%
76   House Wren 8.5% 8.5% 0.0%
77   Caspian Tern 1.6% 7.9% 6.3%
78   Northern Harrier 0.5% 7.9% 7.5%
79   Black-and-white Warbler 24.3% 7.3% 17.0%
80   Yellow Warbler 3.9% 6.1% 2.2%
81   American Kestrel 3.6% 6.1% 2.5%
82   Brown Thrasher 31.2% 5.5% 25.8%
83   American Redstart 30.8% 5.5% 25.3%
84   Red-eyed Vireo 29.0% 5.5% 23.5%
85   Western Sandpiper 0.7% 5.5% 4.8%
86   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 4.9% 4.3%
87   Red-necked Phalarope 0.2% 4.9% 4.7%
88   Northern Parula 25.1% 4.3% 20.9%
89   House Finch 19.1% 4.3% 14.9%
90   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16.1% 4.3% 11.8%
91   Song Sparrow 9.7% 4.3% 5.5%
92   Yellow-throated Warbler 5.1% 4.3% 0.8%
93   Peregrine Falcon 0.5% 4.3% 3.8%
94   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.1% 4.3% 4.2%
95   Scarlet Tanager 9.2% 3.7% 5.6%
96   Acadian Flycatcher 7.8% 3.7% 4.2%
97   Cooper's Hawk 5.2% 3.7% 1.5%
98   Prairie Warbler 4.2% 3.7% 0.5%
99   Eastern Kingbird 2.0% 3.7% 1.7%
100   Prothonotary Warbler 0.6% 3.7% 3.0%
101   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.5% 3.7% 3.1%
102   American Robin 28.9% 3.0% 25.9%
103   Great Crested Flycatcher 11.3% 3.0% 8.2%
104   European Starling 10.3% 3.0% 7.3%
105   Wilson's Phalarope 0.1% 3.0% 3.0%
106   Baltimore Oriole 2.7% 2.4% 0.2%
107   Common Nighthawk 1.1% 2.4% 1.3%
108   Tricolored Heron 1.1% 2.4% 1.3%
109   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 2.4% 1.6%
110   Black Tern 0.7% 2.4% 1.7%
111   Tree Swallow 0.5% 2.4% 1.9%
112   Merlin 0.5% 2.4% 2.0%
113   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 2.4% 2.1%
114   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 2.4% 2.2%
115   Green Heron 12.1% 1.8% 10.3%
116   Cape May Warbler 9.7% 1.8% 7.9%
117   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6.4% 1.8% 4.6%
118   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.3% 1.8% 2.5%
119   Red-winged Blackbird 1.6% 1.8% 0.2%
120   Limpkin 0.2% 1.8% 1.6%
121   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 1.8% 1.6%
122   Magnolia Warbler 17.9% 1.2% 16.7%
123   Hooded Warbler 6.8% 1.2% 5.6%
124   Common Grackle 5.1% 1.2% 3.9%
125   Ovenbird 3.4% 1.2% 2.2%
126   Wood Thrush 3.3% 1.2% 2.1%
127   Blackburnian Warbler 2.4% 1.2% 1.2%
128   Nashville Warbler 1.1% 1.2% 0.1%
129   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
130   Marsh Wren 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
131   Green-winged Teal 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
132   Ruddy Turnstone 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
133   Herring Gull 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
134   Bank Swallow 0.1% 1.2% 1.2%
135   American Wigeon 0.1% 1.2% 1.2%
136   Mourning Warbler 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
137   Dickcissel 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
138   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.6% 0.6% 9.0%
139   Cedar Waxwing 6.5% 0.6% 5.9%
140   Black-throated Blue Warbler 4.8% 0.6% 4.2%
141   Veery 4.3% 0.6% 3.7%
142   Tennessee Warbler 2.7% 0.6% 2.1%
143   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.1% 0.6% 1.5%
144   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
145   Bobolink 1.6% 0.6% 1.0%
146   Bay-breasted Warbler 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
147   Forster's Tern 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
148   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
149   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
150   Common Raven 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
151   Ring-billed Gull 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
152   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
153   Purple Martin 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
154   Orchard Oriole 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
155   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
156   Northern Bobwhite 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
157   Marbled Godwit 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
158   Gadwall 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
159   Savannah Sparrow 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
160   Red Phalarope 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
161   Dunlin 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%