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Top Birds at Sandy Creek Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 946 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Creek Park 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
1   Northern Cardinal 79.3% 84.2% 4.9%
2   Carolina Wren 70.6% 75.3% 4.6%
3   Common Grackle 32.0% 73.9% 41.9%
4   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.9% 72.0% 15.1%
5   Carolina Chickadee 58.7% 70.5% 11.8%
6   Great Blue Heron 44.0% 70.4% 26.4%
7   Canada Goose 39.8% 69.9% 30.1%
8   Tufted Titmouse 65.1% 68.2% 3.1%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 53.7% 67.2% 13.5%
10   Eastern Bluebird 48.9% 65.8% 16.9%
11   Red-winged Blackbird 25.5% 64.2% 38.6%
12   Downy Woodpecker 39.2% 63.6% 24.4%
13   American Robin 37.0% 59.9% 22.9%
14   American Crow 56.0% 59.3% 3.3%
15   Eastern Phoebe 33.1% 56.6% 23.4%
16   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.7% 55.2% 6.5%
17   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28.9% 53.5% 24.6%
18   Chimney Swift 26.4% 51.3% 24.9%
19   Red-eyed Vireo 52.0% 50.3% 1.7%
20   Common Yellowthroat 39.9% 49.7% 9.8%
21   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.1% 49.0% 17.9%
22   Mallard 27.2% 47.8% 20.5%
23   American Goldfinch 45.0% 45.2% 0.2%
24   Eastern Towhee 36.2% 41.9% 5.6%
25   Blue Jay 41.9% 40.8% 1.1%
26   Gray Catbird 27.5% 40.7% 13.1%
27   European Starling 19.5% 39.5% 20.0%
28   Prothonotary Warbler 14.8% 38.9% 24.1%
29   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.5% 36.5% 6.0%
30   Mourning Dove 48.4% 36.2% 12.2%
31   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 35.7% 1.0%
32   Red-headed Woodpecker 9.3% 32.8% 23.5%
33   House Finch 29.2% 32.0% 2.8%
34   Turkey Vulture 38.7% 31.3% 7.4%
35   Fish Crow 34.2% 30.8% 3.4%
36   Indigo Bunting 46.4% 30.3% 16.0%
37   Pine Warbler 42.2% 30.1% 12.1%
38   Northern Parula 35.6% 29.3% 6.3%
39   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.0% 26.3% 3.3%
40   Pileated Woodpecker 18.7% 26.2% 7.5%
41   Wood Duck 11.9% 24.8% 12.9%
42   Song Sparrow 15.3% 24.4% 9.1%
43   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.8% 22.9% 14.8%
44   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.6% 22.4% 21.9%
45   Eastern Kingbird 27.3% 21.6% 5.7%
46   Yellow-throated Warbler 16.0% 21.0% 5.0%
47   Black Vulture 20.5% 20.4% 0.1%
48   Belted Kingfisher 11.7% 19.5% 7.7%
49   Northern Mockingbird 30.4% 18.8% 11.6%
50   Acadian Flycatcher 26.1% 18.6% 7.5%
51   Tree Swallow 15.1% 18.5% 3.4%
52   American Redstart 22.3% 18.1% 4.2%
53   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.2% 17.3% 0.9%
54   Summer Tanager 38.8% 16.8% 22.0%
55   House Wren 8.2% 16.8% 8.7%
56   Hairy Woodpecker 8.5% 16.2% 7.7%
57   Green Heron 9.5% 16.1% 6.5%
58   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 15.6% 0.6%
59   Yellow Warbler 7.5% 15.3% 7.9%
60   Chipping Sparrow 39.4% 14.9% 24.5%
61   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 14.3% 13.1%
62   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.2% 13.5% 7.6%
63   Northern Waterthrush 6.5% 11.5% 5.0%
64   Northern Flicker 8.4% 10.8% 2.4%
65   Osprey 16.6% 10.6% 6.0%
66   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 9.4% 0.5%
67   White-throated Sparrow 7.8% 9.3% 1.5%
68   Solitary Sandpiper 7.6% 9.3% 1.7%
69   Cedar Waxwing 14.3% 8.6% 5.7%
70   Black-and-white Warbler 15.5% 8.5% 7.0%
71   Killdeer 20.0% 8.2% 11.8%
72   Barred Owl 7.3% 8.2% 1.0%
73   Orchard Oriole 15.9% 7.4% 8.5%
74   Red-tailed Hawk 12.4% 6.6% 5.8%
75   Blackpoll Warbler 7.7% 6.3% 1.3%
76   Purple Martin 10.7% 5.8% 4.9%
77   Blue Grosbeak 24.7% 5.5% 19.2%
78   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.9% 5.3% 6.6%
79   Scarlet Tanager 11.9% 5.2% 6.7%
80   Barn Swallow 31.2% 5.0% 26.3%
81   Double-crested Cormorant 17.4% 5.0% 12.4%
82   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.4% 4.9% 7.6%
83   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.2% 4.5% 2.6%
84   Spotted Sandpiper 16.1% 4.4% 11.7%
85   Swamp Sparrow 1.8% 4.3% 2.5%
86   Ovenbird 18.3% 3.6% 14.7%
87   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 3.3% 0.6%
88   Prairie Warbler 6.8% 3.1% 3.8%
89   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 2.9% 0.5%
90   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.2% 2.3% 4.9%
91   Wood Thrush 13.5% 2.1% 11.4%
92   Swainson's Thrush 7.2% 1.8% 5.5%
93   Great Egret 2.5% 1.8% 0.7%
94   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.5% 1.4% 10.2%
95   Veery 2.9% 1.4% 1.5%
96   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
97   Pine Siskin 0.6% 1.1% 0.5%
98   Field Sparrow 3.1% 1.0% 2.1%
99   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.2% 1.0% 1.2%
100   Palm Warbler 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
101   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 1.0% 0.4%
102   Hooded Warbler 10.9% 0.8% 10.1%
103   Bald Eagle 10.9% 0.8% 10.1%
104   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 0.7% 0.3%
105   House Sparrow 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
106   Canada Warbler 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
107   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
108   Mississippi Kite 2.3% 0.5% 1.8%
109   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 0.5% 0.8%
110   Common Loon 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
111   Blue-winged Warbler 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
112   Least Sandpiper 5.2% 0.4% 4.7%
113   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
114   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 0.4% 0.7%
115   Worm-eating Warbler 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
116   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
117   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
118   Rock Pigeon 5.9% 0.3% 5.5%
119   Cliff Swallow 5.2% 0.3% 4.9%
120   Kentucky Warbler 3.0% 0.3% 2.7%
121   Bobolink 2.9% 0.3% 2.6%
122   Broad-winged Hawk 0.9% 0.3% 0.5%
123   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
124   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
125   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
126   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
127   Warbling Vireo 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
128   Wild Turkey 1.5% 0.2% 1.2%
129   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
130   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
131   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
132   Snowy Egret 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
133   American Black Duck 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
134   Grasshopper Sparrow 2.8% 0.1% 2.7%
135   Greater Yellowlegs 1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
136   American Kestrel 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
137   Northern Harrier 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
138   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
139   Purple Finch 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
140   Rusty Blackbird 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%