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Top Birds at Sandy Creek Park in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 439 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Creek Park in 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Carolina Wren 75.1% 88.4% 13.3%
2   Northern Cardinal 72.0% 88.2% 16.2%
3   Red-bellied Woodpecker 68.7% 87.2% 18.6%
4   Carolina Chickadee 70.8% 83.8% 13.0%
5   Eastern Phoebe 55.1% 81.8% 26.7%
6   Downy Woodpecker 57.9% 77.2% 19.3%
7   Tufted Titmouse 65.5% 74.5% 9.0%
8   American Crow 68.6% 73.6% 5.0%
9   Eastern Bluebird 54.1% 69.7% 15.6%
10   Blue Jay 70.2% 69.5% 0.7%
11   Northern Flicker 55.1% 66.7% 11.7%
12   Eastern Towhee 36.4% 56.7% 20.3%
13   House Finch 28.7% 53.8% 25.0%
14   Brown Thrasher 31.4% 53.3% 21.9%
15   Great Blue Heron 44.0% 53.1% 9.0%
16   Red-shouldered Hawk 35.4% 52.6% 17.2%
17   Song Sparrow 34.4% 52.6% 18.2%
18   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.7% 51.7% 18.0%
19   Northern Mockingbird 40.7% 48.7% 8.1%
20   Belted Kingfisher 29.5% 48.3% 18.8%
21   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.7% 44.2% 7.5%
22   American Robin 34.4% 43.3% 8.9%
23   American Goldfinch 33.9% 42.8% 9.0%
24   White-breasted Nuthatch 35.7% 41.9% 6.2%
25   Gray Catbird 28.9% 41.9% 13.1%
26   Turkey Vulture 44.0% 41.2% 2.7%
27   White-throated Sparrow 23.6% 35.5% 11.9%
28   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 34.6% 33.9% 0.7%
29   Common Grackle 12.7% 32.8% 20.1%
30   Pine Warbler 36.3% 30.3% 6.0%
31   Canada Goose 25.7% 27.6% 1.8%
32   European Starling 12.7% 24.8% 12.1%
33   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18.3% 24.1% 5.9%
34   Mallard 22.3% 23.7% 1.4%
35   Northern Parula 22.7% 22.8% 0.0%
36   Common Yellowthroat 18.0% 21.4% 3.4%
37   Pileated Woodpecker 22.5% 21.0% 1.6%
38   Black Vulture 21.6% 21.0% 0.6%
39   Hairy Woodpecker 15.3% 21.0% 5.7%
40   Eastern Wood-Pewee 13.5% 20.0% 6.6%
41   Mourning Dove 27.3% 18.9% 8.4%
42   Swamp Sparrow 9.7% 16.4% 6.7%
43   Chimney Swift 13.0% 15.5% 2.5%
44   American Redstart 16.7% 15.0% 1.6%
45   Golden-crowned Kinglet 15.8% 14.4% 1.4%
46   Palm Warbler 18.9% 11.8% 7.1%
47   Wood Duck 5.2% 11.2% 6.0%
48   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.3% 10.3% 3.1%
49   Red-winged Blackbird 7.4% 9.8% 2.4%
50   Winter Wren 5.3% 9.8% 4.5%
51   Great Egret 16.4% 9.6% 6.8%
52   Magnolia Warbler 12.9% 9.3% 3.6%
53   Fish Crow 17.0% 9.1% 7.9%
54   Cape May Warbler 15.0% 8.7% 6.4%
55   White-eyed Vireo 5.6% 8.2% 2.6%
56   Red-eyed Vireo 7.1% 8.0% 0.9%
57   Killdeer 25.2% 7.5% 17.7%
58   Chipping Sparrow 23.9% 7.3% 16.6%
59   Black-and-white Warbler 13.4% 7.3% 6.1%
60   Red-tailed Hawk 12.3% 6.8% 5.5%
61   Indigo Bunting 8.2% 6.8% 1.4%
62   Black-throated Blue Warbler 14.1% 6.4% 7.7%
63   Barred Owl 4.1% 5.7% 1.6%
64   Scarlet Tanager 6.4% 5.2% 1.1%
65   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5.2% 5.2% 0.0%
66   Pied-billed Grebe 7.8% 4.6% 3.2%
67   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.4% 4.6% 1.2%
68   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8.6% 4.3% 4.2%
69   Brown Creeper 1.8% 4.1% 2.3%
70   House Wren 8.2% 3.9% 4.3%
71   Cooper's Hawk 7.7% 3.9% 3.8%
72   Tennessee Warbler 4.0% 3.9% 0.1%
73   Cedar Waxwing 6.2% 3.2% 3.0%
74   Hermit Thrush 3.9% 3.2% 0.8%
75   Blue-headed Vireo 3.7% 3.0% 0.7%
76   Pine Siskin 2.1% 3.0% 0.8%
77   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.9% 2.7% 3.1%
78   Red-breasted Nuthatch 4.7% 2.7% 1.9%
79   Northern Waterthrush 0.8% 2.5% 1.7%
80   Swainson's Thrush 6.4% 2.3% 4.1%
81   Field Sparrow 4.7% 2.3% 2.4%
82   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3.6% 2.3% 1.3%
83   Chestnut-sided Warbler 3.0% 2.1% 0.9%
84   Double-crested Cormorant 21.0% 1.6% 19.4%
85   Blackpoll Warbler 6.6% 1.6% 5.0%
86   Wood Thrush 3.4% 1.6% 1.9%
87   Blackburnian Warbler 3.1% 1.6% 1.5%
88   Summer Tanager 2.2% 1.6% 0.6%
89   Philadelphia Vireo 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
90   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.8% 1.4% 7.4%
91   Savannah Sparrow 2.8% 1.4% 1.4%
92   Dark-eyed Junco 2.5% 1.4% 1.1%
93   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%
94   Least Flycatcher 0.1% 1.4% 1.2%
95   Marsh Wren 0.5% 1.1% 0.7%
96   Bald Eagle 17.2% 0.9% 16.3%
97   Blue Grosbeak 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
98   Green Heron 1.8% 0.9% 0.8%
99   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
100   American Wigeon 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
101   American Coot 1.8% 0.7% 1.1%
102   Blue-winged Teal 1.8% 0.7% 1.1%
103   Tree Swallow 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
104   Hooded Warbler 1.0% 0.7% 0.4%
105   Veery 0.9% 0.7% 0.2%
106   Nashville Warbler 0.8% 0.7% 0.2%
107   Purple Finch 0.7% 0.7% 0.1%
108   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
109   American Kestrel 5.4% 0.5% 4.9%
110   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.6% 0.5% 4.2%
111   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.5% 0.5% 3.1%
112   Gray-cheeked Thrush 2.8% 0.5% 2.4%
113   Ovenbird 1.7% 0.5% 1.3%
114   Yellow-throated Vireo 1.2% 0.5% 0.8%
115   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
116   American Black Duck 0.3% 0.5% 0.1%
117   Osprey 8.5% 0.2% 8.3%
118   Rock Pigeon 5.2% 0.2% 5.0%
119   Spotted Sandpiper 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
120   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.5% 0.2% 1.2%
121   Northern Harrier 1.4% 0.2% 1.1%
122   Yellow Warbler 1.4% 0.2% 1.1%
123   Merlin 1.3% 0.2% 1.0%
124   Green-winged Teal 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
125   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
126   Common Raven 0.7% 0.2% 0.4%
127   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
128   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
129   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
130   Worm-eating Warbler 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
131   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
132   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
133   Sedge Wren 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
134   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%