Bird Finder

Top Birds at Schenck Forest in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 201 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Schenck Forest during the month of 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.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference Relative
1   Eastern Bluebird 53.0% 89.6% 36.5% 1.7x
2   Blue Jay 70.4% 88.1% 17.7% 1.3x
3   Carolina Wren 75.1% 83.6% 8.5% 1.1x
4   Carolina Chickadee 70.8% 82.1% 11.3% 1.2x
5   Northern Cardinal 72.1% 81.1% 9.0% 1.1x
6   American Crow 68.1% 80.1% 12.0% 1.2x
7   Eastern Phoebe 53.4% 80.1% 26.7% 1.5x
8   Red-bellied Woodpecker 68.7% 79.1% 10.4% 1.2x
9   Tufted Titmouse 65.1% 76.6% 11.5% 1.2x
10   Northern Mockingbird 42.2% 75.6% 33.4% 1.8x
11   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.2% 73.6% 37.4% 2.0x
12   Pine Warbler 34.5% 72.6% 38.2% 2.1x
13   Northern Flicker 54.6% 70.6% 16.1% 1.3x
14   Downy Woodpecker 57.3% 69.7% 12.3% 1.2x
15   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.9% 67.2% 32.3% 1.9x
16   Mourning Dove 27.6% 66.7% 39.1% 2.4x
17   Chipping Sparrow 21.8% 66.7% 44.8% 3.1x
18   Canada Goose 25.1% 66.2% 41.0% 2.6x
19   Eastern Towhee 37.1% 63.7% 26.6% 1.7x
20   Killdeer 22.7% 60.7% 38.0% 2.7x
21   Turkey Vulture 43.4% 59.7% 16.3% 1.4x
22   House Finch 28.5% 55.7% 27.2% 2.0x
23   American Kestrel 4.7% 47.3% 42.6% 10.1x
24   Palm Warbler 16.6% 46.3% 29.7% 2.8x
25   Eastern Meadowlark 3.6% 46.3% 42.7% 12.8x
26   Song Sparrow 34.6% 45.3% 10.7% 1.3x
27   Gray Catbird 28.2% 43.8% 15.5% 1.6x
28   Rock Pigeon 4.7% 42.8% 38.0% 9.0x
29   Brown Thrasher 32.2% 41.8% 9.6% 1.3x
30   American Robin 35.7% 41.3% 5.6% 1.2x
31   Great Blue Heron 42.9% 40.3% 2.6% 0.9x
32   Belted Kingfisher 29.7% 38.3% 8.7% 1.3x
33   Red-tailed Hawk 11.9% 37.8% 25.9% 3.2x
34   European Starling 13.2% 36.8% 23.6% 2.8x
35   American Goldfinch 33.4% 35.3% 1.9% 1.1x
36   Red-shouldered Hawk 35.4% 34.8% 0.6% 1.0x
37   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 32.6% 34.8% 2.2% 1.1x
38   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.4% 34.3% 25.9% 4.1x
39   Yellow-rumped Warbler 32.7% 33.8% 1.1% 1.0x
40   Common Yellowthroat 18.0% 33.8% 15.9% 1.9x
41   Mallard 22.1% 32.8% 10.8% 1.5x
42   Eastern Wood-Pewee 13.3% 28.4% 15.0% 2.1x
43   Pileated Woodpecker 22.0% 27.9% 5.9% 1.3x
44   Chimney Swift 12.0% 27.9% 15.9% 2.3x
45   White-throated Sparrow 23.9% 27.4% 3.5% 1.1x
46   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.3% 25.9% 12.6% 1.9x
47   House Wren 7.7% 25.9% 18.2% 3.4x
48   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 24.9% 17.5% 3.4x
49   Hairy Woodpecker 14.9% 24.4% 9.5% 1.6x
50   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18.5% 23.9% 5.4% 1.3x
51   Golden-crowned Kinglet 14.9% 21.9% 7.0% 1.5x
52   American Redstart 16.0% 21.4% 5.4% 1.3x
53   Fish Crow 17.6% 18.9% 1.3% 1.1x
54   Northern Parula 21.6% 18.4% 3.2% 0.9x
55   Magnolia Warbler 12.0% 18.4% 6.4% 1.5x
56   Double-crested Cormorant 20.4% 13.9% 6.5% 0.7x
57   Black-and-white Warbler 12.7% 13.9% 1.3% 1.1x
58   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.1% 13.4% 0.3% 1.0x
59   White-eyed Vireo 5.2% 12.9% 7.7% 2.5x
60   Swamp Sparrow 9.8% 12.4% 2.6% 1.3x
61   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8.0% 12.4% 4.4% 1.6x
62   Common Grackle 14.1% 11.9% 2.2% 0.8x
63   Field Sparrow 4.8% 11.9% 7.1% 2.5x
64   Great Egret 15.7% 10.9% 4.8% 0.7x
65   Black Vulture 21.9% 10.4% 11.5% 0.5x
66   Red-winged Blackbird 7.8% 10.4% 2.6% 1.3x
67   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 10.0% 9.4% 17.2x
68   Indigo Bunting 8.3% 9.5% 1.1% 1.1x
69   Swainson's Thrush 5.8% 9.5% 3.7% 1.6x
70   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 9.0% 5.7% 2.7x
71   Cape May Warbler 13.0% 8.0% 5.1% 0.6x
72   Red-eyed Vireo 7.5% 8.0% 0.4% 1.1x
73   Scarlet Tanager 6.5% 8.0% 1.5% 1.2x
74   Barred Owl 4.1% 8.0% 3.9% 2.0x
75   Spotted Sandpiper 1.6% 7.5% 5.9% 4.8x
76   Loggerhead Shrike 0.4% 7.5% 7.1% 19.5x
77   Red-breasted Nuthatch 5.4% 7.0% 1.6% 1.3x
78   Dark-eyed Junco 2.2% 7.0% 4.8% 3.2x
79   Northern Harrier 1.1% 7.0% 5.8% 6.1x
80   Cedar Waxwing 6.7% 6.5% 0.2% 1.0x
81   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5.6% 6.5% 0.8% 1.1x
82   Connecticut Warbler 0.3% 6.5% 6.2% 22.7x
83   Savannah Sparrow 2.7% 6.0% 3.3% 2.2x
84   Bald Eagle 15.4% 5.5% 9.9% 0.4x
85   Ovenbird 1.7% 5.5% 3.8% 3.2x
86   Winter Wren 5.1% 5.0% 0.1% 1.0x
87   Chestnut-sided Warbler 3.0% 5.0% 2.0% 1.6x
88   Blue Grosbeak 2.1% 5.0% 2.8% 2.3x
89   Hermit Thrush 3.9% 4.5% 0.6% 1.2x
90   Hooded Warbler 1.0% 4.5% 3.4% 4.3x
91   Osprey 7.5% 4.0% 3.5% 0.5x
92   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 4.0% 0.6% 1.2x
93   Wood Thrush 3.2% 4.0% 0.8% 1.2x
94   Philadelphia Vireo 0.6% 4.0% 3.4% 6.9x
95   Wood Duck 5.9% 3.5% 2.5% 0.6x
96   Summer Tanager 2.4% 3.5% 1.1% 1.5x
97   Brown Creeper 1.9% 3.5% 1.5% 1.8x
98   crow sp. 1.0% 3.5% 2.5% 3.7x
99   Pied-billed Grebe 7.5% 3.0% 4.5% 0.4x
100   Blackpoll Warbler 6.1% 3.0% 3.1% 0.5x
101   Gray-cheeked Thrush 2.4% 3.0% 0.6% 1.2x
102   Merlin 1.0% 3.0% 1.9% 2.9x
103   Wild Turkey 0.4% 3.0% 2.6% 7.8x
104   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.3% 2.5% 2.8% 0.5x
105   Blue-headed Vireo 3.6% 2.5% 1.1% 0.7x
106   Common Raven 0.6% 2.5% 1.9% 4.4x
107   Black-bellied Plover 0.3% 2.5% 2.2% 9.8x
108   Bobolink 0.2% 2.5% 2.3% 12.7x
109   Pine Siskin 2.5% 2.0% 0.5% 0.8x
110   Blue-winged Teal 1.6% 2.0% 0.4% 1.2x
111   Tree Swallow 1.5% 2.0% 0.5% 1.3x
112   Yellow-throated Vireo 1.1% 2.0% 0.9% 1.9x
113   Ruddy Duck 3.4% 1.5% 1.9% 0.4x
114   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.1% 1.5% 1.6% 0.5x
115   American Pipit 1.3% 1.5% 0.2% 1.1x
116   Solitary Sandpiper 1.2% 1.5% 0.3% 1.2x
117   Vesper Sparrow 0.5% 1.5% 1.0% 3.3x
118   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.4% 1.5% 1.1% 3.5x
119   American Wigeon 0.3% 1.5% 1.2% 4.6x
120   Green-winged Teal 1.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.9x
121   Green Heron 1.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.9x
122   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% 1.1x
123   hawk sp. 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% 1.5x
124   Prairie Warbler 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% 1.5x
125   passerine sp. 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% 3.3x
126   Worm-eating Warbler 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% 3.3x
127   Ring-billed Gull 4.2% 0.5% 3.7% 0.1x
128   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2.5% 0.5% 2.0% 0.2x
129   Greater Yellowlegs 1.9% 0.5% 1.4% 0.3x
130   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 1.5% 0.5% 1.0% 0.3x
131   Northern Shoveler 1.4% 0.5% 0.9% 0.4x
132   Horned Lark 1.1% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5x
133   Northern Waterthrush 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5x
134   Veery 0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5x
135   duck sp. 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.7x
136   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0.7x
137   Gadwall 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0.7x
138   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
139   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
140   new world sparrow sp. 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
141   Rusty Blackbird 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.9x
142   Marsh Wren 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.9x
143   Catharus sp. 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
144   Accipiter sp. 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.1x
145   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.2x
146   Barn Swallow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.7x
147   Broad-winged Hawk 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.3x
148   Buteo sp. 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.5x
149   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.7x
150   Cattle Egret 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.7x
151   Lark Sparrow 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 7.2x
152   Snowy Egret 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 7.2x
153   American Woodcock 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 25.4x