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

based on 216 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Schenck Forest in May. 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   Northern Cardinal 79.6% 89.8% 10.2% 1.1x
2   Chipping Sparrow 37.4% 85.2% 47.8% 2.3x
3   Eastern Bluebird 49.2% 84.3% 35.1% 1.7x
4   Mourning Dove 48.0% 83.3% 35.3% 1.7x
5   Northern Mockingbird 30.2% 77.3% 47.1% 2.6x
6   Tufted Titmouse 64.5% 76.9% 12.4% 1.2x
7   Pine Warbler 39.5% 76.9% 37.4% 1.9x
8   Carolina Chickadee 60.0% 75.9% 15.9% 1.3x
9   Eastern Towhee 36.9% 75.0% 38.1% 2.0x
10   Carolina Wren 70.5% 74.5% 4.0% 1.1x
11   House Finch 27.2% 73.1% 45.9% 2.7x
12   Blue Jay 42.9% 72.2% 29.3% 1.7x
13   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.6% 69.9% 13.3% 1.2x
14   Brown-headed Nuthatch 29.9% 69.9% 40.0% 2.3x
15   Summer Tanager 36.9% 69.4% 32.6% 1.9x
16   American Crow 56.7% 68.5% 11.8% 1.2x
17   Indigo Bunting 45.0% 67.1% 22.1% 1.5x
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.1% 66.7% 12.6% 1.2x
19   Red-eyed Vireo 51.2% 66.7% 15.4% 1.3x
20   Brown-headed Cowbird 34.9% 63.4% 28.5% 1.8x
21   Ovenbird 18.1% 60.6% 42.6% 3.4x
22   American Goldfinch 44.3% 60.2% 15.9% 1.4x
23   Canada Goose 41.3% 60.2% 18.8% 1.5x
24   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.1% 59.7% 11.6% 1.2x
25   Blue Grosbeak 22.9% 56.9% 34.0% 2.5x
26   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 31.6% 56.0% 24.4% 1.8x
27   Barn Swallow 30.2% 53.2% 23.1% 1.8x
28   Eastern Kingbird 26.1% 51.4% 25.2% 2.0x
29   Downy Woodpecker 39.8% 50.5% 10.7% 1.3x
30   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.9% 50.5% 29.6% 2.4x
31   Fish Crow 33.0% 50.0% 17.0% 1.5x
32   Eastern Meadowlark 8.1% 50.0% 41.9% 6.2x
33   European Starling 21.9% 48.1% 26.3% 2.2x
34   Great Blue Heron 46.4% 46.3% 0.1% 1.0x
35   American Robin 38.4% 46.3% 7.9% 1.2x
36   Northern Parula 36.2% 46.3% 10.1% 1.3x
37   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.4% 45.4% 22.0% 1.9x
38   Common Yellowthroat 40.7% 44.9% 4.2% 1.1x
39   Mallard 28.7% 44.0% 15.3% 1.5x
40   Killdeer 19.6% 43.5% 23.9% 2.2x
41   Rock Pigeon 5.7% 41.2% 35.5% 7.3x
42   Turkey Vulture 39.7% 40.7% 1.0% 1.0x
43   Orchard Oriole 14.9% 40.3% 25.4% 2.7x
44   Red-tailed Hawk 13.0% 39.4% 26.4% 3.0x
45   Wood Thrush 13.3% 38.9% 25.6% 2.9x
46   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 35.6% 25.3% 3.4x
47   Spotted Sandpiper 16.1% 34.3% 18.2% 2.1x
48   Acadian Flycatcher 25.8% 33.3% 7.5% 1.3x
49   Common Grackle 35.7% 31.5% 4.2% 0.9x
50   Chimney Swift 28.6% 31.5% 2.9% 1.1x
51   Eastern Phoebe 34.4% 28.7% 5.7% 0.8x
52   Black-and-white Warbler 15.7% 28.7% 13.0% 1.8x
53   Gray Catbird 30.9% 28.2% 2.7% 0.9x
54   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.6% 27.8% 14.2% 2.0x
55   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.4% 27.3% 11.9% 1.8x
56   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.1% 27.3% 20.2% 3.8x
57   White-eyed Vireo 33.6% 26.9% 6.7% 0.8x
58   American Redstart 22.6% 26.9% 4.3% 1.2x
59   Pileated Woodpecker 19.1% 26.4% 7.3% 1.4x
60   Northern Flicker 8.5% 25.9% 17.4% 3.0x
61   Brown Thrasher 17.3% 25.0% 7.7% 1.4x
62   Double-crested Cormorant 18.2% 23.1% 5.0% 1.3x
63   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.0% 22.7% 3.6% 1.2x
64   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.0% 20.8% 9.9% 1.9x
65   Purple Martin 10.2% 19.9% 9.7% 1.9x
66   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.7% 19.4% 12.3% 0.6x
67   Solitary Sandpiper 8.0% 19.4% 11.5% 2.4x
68   Cedar Waxwing 13.3% 17.6% 4.3% 1.3x
69   Prairie Warbler 7.5% 17.6% 10.1% 2.4x
70   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.2% 16.7% 5.4% 1.5x
71   Belted Kingfisher 11.8% 15.7% 4.0% 1.3x
72   Scarlet Tanager 11.8% 15.3% 3.5% 1.3x
73   Barred Owl 7.7% 13.4% 5.7% 1.7x
74   Red-winged Blackbird 27.6% 13.0% 14.6% 0.5x
75   Swainson's Thrush 6.0% 11.6% 5.6% 1.9x
76   Loggerhead Shrike 0.3% 11.1% 10.8% 31.9x
77   Black Vulture 21.3% 10.6% 10.7% 0.5x
78   Song Sparrow 14.9% 10.6% 4.2% 0.7x
79   Hairy Woodpecker 8.6% 10.6% 2.1% 1.2x
80   Blackpoll Warbler 7.2% 10.6% 3.4% 1.5x
81   White-throated Sparrow 8.5% 10.2% 1.7% 1.2x
82   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.4% 9.7% 0.7% 0.9x
83   Wood Duck 13.1% 7.9% 5.2% 0.6x
84   Great Horned Owl 0.4% 7.9% 7.5% 20.0x
85   Tree Swallow 14.6% 7.4% 7.2% 0.5x
86   Yellow Warbler 8.1% 7.4% 0.7% 0.9x
87   Northern Waterthrush 7.0% 7.4% 0.4% 1.1x
88   Veery 3.5% 6.9% 3.5% 2.0x
89   American Kestrel 0.6% 6.9% 6.3% 11.1x
90   Field Sparrow 3.5% 6.5% 3.0% 1.8x
91   Osprey 16.1% 6.0% 10.0% 0.4x
92   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 6.0% 3.3% 2.2x
93   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.7% 5.1% 1.6% 0.8x
94   Green Heron 10.6% 4.6% 6.0% 0.4x
95   Bald Eagle 10.4% 4.6% 5.7% 0.4x
96   Magnolia Warbler 3.6% 4.6% 1.1% 1.3x
97   House Wren 9.7% 4.2% 5.5% 0.4x
98   Worm-eating Warbler 1.1% 4.2% 3.0% 3.7x
99   Prothonotary Warbler 16.4% 3.7% 12.7% 0.2x
100   Least Sandpiper 5.5% 3.7% 1.8% 0.7x
101   Bobolink 3.2% 3.7% 0.5% 1.2x
102   Grasshopper Sparrow 2.8% 3.7% 0.9% 1.3x
103   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 3.7% 3.2% 7.8x
104   Hooded Warbler 11.5% 3.2% 8.3% 0.3x
105   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.3% 3.2% 0.9% 1.4x
106   Palm Warbler 0.8% 3.2% 2.4% 3.9x
107   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.1% 2.8% 0.4% 0.9x
108   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 2.8% 1.4% 2.0x
109   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.5% 2.3% 0.8% 1.6x
110   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 2.3% 1.9% 6.3x
111   Pine Siskin 0.8% 1.9% 1.1% 2.4x
112   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 1.9% 1.3% 3.4x
113   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.6% 1.4% 0.2% 0.9x
114   crow sp. 1.5% 1.4% 0.1% 0.9x
115   Bank Swallow 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% 1.0x
116   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 1.4% 1.3% 11.1x
117   Swamp Sparrow 2.1% 0.9% 1.1% 0.4x
118   Wild Turkey 1.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.6x
119   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 0.9% 0.3% 0.7x
120   Greater Yellowlegs 1.2% 0.9% 0.3% 0.8x
121   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 0.9% 0.3% 0.8x
122   swallow sp. 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.8x
123   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.9x
124   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 0.9% 0.1% 1.1x
125   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 0.9% 0.6% 2.9x
126   Blue-winged Warbler 0.3% 0.9% 0.6% 3.1x
127   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 0.9% 0.6% 3.1x
128   Empidonax sp. 0.2% 0.9% 0.7% 3.9x
129   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.9% 0.8% 9.4x
130   Cliff Swallow 5.4% 0.5% 4.9% 0.1x
131   Kentucky Warbler 2.3% 0.5% 1.9% 0.2x
132   Great Egret 2.2% 0.5% 1.8% 0.2x
133   Warbling Vireo 1.6% 0.5% 1.2% 0.3x
134   Northern Bobwhite 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.3x
135   Chuck-will's-widow 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.3x
136   Northern Harrier 0.3% 0.5% 0.1% 1.4x
137   Common Raven 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.3x
138   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.1x
139   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 7.8x
140   Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo 0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 23.5x
141   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 35.2x