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

based on 984 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Creek Park in April. 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 80.0% 87.4% 7.4% 1.1x
2   Canada Goose 46.9% 82.0% 35.1% 1.7x
3   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 61.0% 81.6% 20.6% 1.3x
4   Carolina Chickadee 65.3% 81.4% 16.1% 1.2x
5   Carolina Wren 70.3% 76.5% 6.2% 1.1x
6   Tufted Titmouse 69.3% 76.4% 7.2% 1.1x
7   Red-winged Blackbird 23.0% 73.0% 49.9% 3.2x
8   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.6% 72.2% 14.6% 1.3x
9   White-throated Sparrow 56.1% 69.7% 13.7% 1.2x
10   Eastern Bluebird 47.5% 66.2% 18.6% 1.4x
11   Great Blue Heron 43.1% 66.2% 23.1% 1.5x
12   American Robin 40.9% 64.7% 23.8% 1.6x
13   Downy Woodpecker 37.6% 64.5% 27.0% 1.7x
14   Common Grackle 24.9% 61.9% 36.9% 2.5x
15   Yellow-rumped Warbler 45.6% 61.5% 15.9% 1.3x
16   Mallard 28.2% 59.7% 31.5% 2.1x
17   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 27.9% 58.4% 30.6% 2.1x
18   American Crow 56.6% 56.9% 0.4% 1.0x
19   Eastern Phoebe 32.9% 56.2% 23.3% 1.7x
20   American Goldfinch 44.8% 54.7% 9.9% 1.2x
21   Eastern Towhee 45.9% 51.4% 5.5% 1.1x
22   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.5% 50.7% 19.2% 1.6x
23   Blue Jay 50.2% 48.3% 2.0% 1.0x
24   Chipping Sparrow 43.2% 46.2% 3.0% 1.1x
25   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.0% 43.4% 12.4% 1.4x
26   Turkey Vulture 42.9% 41.9% 1.0% 1.0x
27   Song Sparrow 21.4% 41.3% 19.9% 1.9x
28   European Starling 20.0% 40.4% 20.4% 2.0x
29   Common Yellowthroat 32.7% 39.0% 6.3% 1.2x
30   Mourning Dove 46.8% 36.0% 10.9% 0.8x
31   White-eyed Vireo 37.7% 35.9% 1.8% 1.0x
32   Pine Warbler 43.9% 35.2% 8.7% 0.8x
33   House Finch 25.3% 33.2% 8.0% 1.3x
34   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.0% 32.2% 0.8% 1.0x
35   Brown-headed Cowbird 36.1% 29.6% 6.5% 0.8x
36   Northern Parula 36.4% 28.6% 7.8% 0.8x
37   Fish Crow 36.4% 28.5% 7.9% 0.8x
38   Northern Mockingbird 28.1% 28.5% 0.4% 1.0x
39   Prothonotary Warbler 11.1% 26.8% 15.7% 2.4x
40   Wood Duck 12.6% 26.5% 13.9% 2.1x
41   Black Vulture 19.7% 24.0% 4.3% 1.2x
42   Gray Catbird 18.5% 24.0% 5.5% 1.3x
43   Swamp Sparrow 12.7% 24.0% 11.2% 1.9x
44   Red-eyed Vireo 30.3% 22.8% 7.5% 0.8x
45   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.4% 22.2% 0.2% 1.0x
46   Pileated Woodpecker 19.7% 21.6% 1.9% 1.1x
47   Brown Thrasher 20.8% 21.1% 0.4% 1.0x
48   Great Crested Flycatcher 19.9% 19.8% 0.1% 1.0x
49   Belted Kingfisher 18.3% 19.2% 0.9% 1.0x
50   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.9% 19.2% 5.3% 1.4x
51   Chimney Swift 13.3% 19.2% 5.9% 1.4x
52   Yellow-throated Warbler 19.7% 19.1% 0.6% 1.0x
53   Palm Warbler 8.0% 17.6% 9.6% 2.2x
54   Field Sparrow 11.4% 16.8% 5.4% 1.5x
55   Northern Flicker 13.8% 15.4% 1.7% 1.1x
56   Green Heron 6.4% 14.9% 8.6% 2.3x
57   Black-and-white Warbler 14.2% 13.3% 0.9% 0.9x
58   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 13.0% 4.2% 1.5x
59   House Wren 10.3% 11.7% 1.3% 1.1x
60   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 11.0% 9.3% 6.5x
61   Solitary Sandpiper 5.2% 10.9% 5.7% 2.1x
62   Barred Owl 8.7% 10.0% 1.3% 1.1x
63   Osprey 17.3% 9.8% 7.5% 0.6x
64   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.6% 9.8% 1.1% 1.1x
65   Cedar Waxwing 6.0% 8.9% 2.9% 1.5x
66   Tree Swallow 12.5% 7.9% 4.5% 0.6x
67   Indigo Bunting 12.8% 7.6% 5.2% 0.6x
68   Northern Waterthrush 3.2% 7.6% 4.4% 2.4x
69   Red-tailed Hawk 13.8% 6.9% 6.9% 0.5x
70   Eastern Kingbird 12.2% 6.9% 5.3% 0.6x
71   Prairie Warbler 8.0% 6.9% 1.1% 0.9x
72   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 6.6% 6.4% 30.2x
73   Ovenbird 19.7% 5.7% 14.0% 0.3x
74   Hermit Thrush 8.4% 5.2% 3.2% 0.6x
75   Pine Siskin 3.7% 5.1% 1.4% 1.4x
76   Yellow Warbler 2.7% 4.5% 1.8% 1.7x
77   Dark-eyed Junco 4.7% 4.3% 0.4% 0.9x
78   Great Egret 2.4% 4.3% 1.8% 1.8x
79   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.7% 3.9% 6.8% 0.4x
80   Spotted Sandpiper 7.6% 3.5% 4.2% 0.5x
81   Killdeer 17.2% 3.4% 13.9% 0.2x
82   Orchard Oriole 6.8% 3.3% 3.6% 0.5x
83   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.4% 3.2% 3.3% 0.5x
84   Barn Swallow 20.1% 3.0% 17.1% 0.2x
85   Summer Tanager 14.6% 2.9% 11.6% 0.2x
86   American Redstart 9.1% 2.9% 6.1% 0.3x
87   Cooper's Hawk 3.9% 2.9% 1.0% 0.7x
88   Scarlet Tanager 4.5% 2.8% 1.6% 0.6x
89   Blue-headed Vireo 4.4% 2.7% 1.7% 0.6x
90   Blue-winged Warbler 1.0% 2.6% 1.6% 2.5x
91   Hooded Warbler 9.5% 2.3% 7.1% 0.2x
92   Worm-eating Warbler 2.3% 2.3% 0.1% 1.0x
93   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.3% 2.3% 1.0% 1.8x
94   Blue Grosbeak 9.0% 2.2% 6.7% 0.2x
95   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 2.2% 0.0% 1.0x
96   American Bittern 0.9% 2.1% 1.2% 2.3x
97   Pied-billed Grebe 2.4% 2.0% 0.4% 0.8x
98   Double-crested Cormorant 28.0% 1.9% 26.1% 0.1x
99   Winter Wren 1.2% 1.9% 0.8% 1.6x
100   Wood Thrush 8.5% 1.8% 6.7% 0.2x
101   swallow sp. 1.0% 1.8% 0.8% 1.8x
102   Yellow-throated Vireo 5.9% 1.6% 4.3% 0.3x
103   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 1.5% 0.1% 1.1x
104   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 1.5% 0.9% 2.4x
105   Bald Eagle 12.7% 1.2% 11.5% 0.1x
106   Yellow-breasted Chat 2.8% 1.2% 1.6% 0.4x
107   Purple Martin 6.6% 1.1% 5.4% 0.2x
108   Acadian Flycatcher 2.3% 1.1% 1.2% 0.5x
109   crow sp. 1.4% 1.0% 0.4% 0.7x
110   new world sparrow sp. 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% 3.2x
111   Tricolored Heron 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 81.4x
112   Rusty Blackbird 0.9% 0.9% 0.0% 1.0x
113   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 0.9% 0.1% 1.1x
114   Savannah Sparrow 4.5% 0.8% 3.7% 0.2x
115   Brown Creeper 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.3x
116   Veery 1.4% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5x
117   Purple Finch 0.8% 0.7% 0.1% 0.9x
118   Baltimore Oriole 0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 1.1x
119   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 0.7% 0.5% 2.8x
120   Magnolia Warbler 0.2% 0.7% 0.6% 4.6x
121   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1.5% 0.6% 0.9% 0.4x
122   duck sp. 0.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.8x
123   Cape May Warbler 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.5x
124   House Sparrow 2.4% 0.5% 1.9% 0.2x
125   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.1% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5x
126   Northern Harrier 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0.7x
127   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
128   Vesper Sparrow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.5x
129   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.5x
130   Blackpoll Warbler 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.1x
131   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.1% 0.4% 0.7% 0.4x
132   Swainson's Thrush 0.9% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4x
133   hawk sp. 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.8x
134   Broad-winged Hawk 1.0% 0.3% 0.7% 0.3x
135   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7x
136   new world vulture sp. 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 4.4x
137   Rock Pigeon 5.9% 0.2% 5.7% 0.0x
138   American Kestrel 1.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.2x
139   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.2x
140   American Coot 1.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.2x
141   Cliff Swallow 3.6% 0.1% 3.5% 0.0x
142   Least Sandpiper 1.1% 0.1% 1.0% 0.1x
143   Kentucky Warbler 0.7% 0.1% 0.6% 0.1x
144   Common Loon 0.6% 0.1% 0.5% 0.2x
145   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2x
146   Common Raven 0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3x
147   Bank Swallow 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3x
148   Horned Grebe 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3x
149   Merlin 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4x
150   Blackburnian Warbler 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5x
151   Accipiter sp. 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5x
152   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7x
153   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7x
154   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.9x
155   Fox Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.8x
156   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 2.3x
157   Empidonax sp. 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 2.3x
158   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 2.7x
159   Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 5.4x
160   Black-billed Cuckoo 0% 0.1% 0.1%