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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 865 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 80.2% 87.3% 7.1% 1.1x
2   Carolina Chickadee 65.9% 81.8% 15.9% 1.2x
3   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 60.9% 81.3% 20.3% 1.3x
4   Canada Goose 47.4% 80.9% 33.6% 1.7x
5   Tufted Titmouse 69.6% 76.6% 7.0% 1.1x
6   Carolina Wren 69.9% 76.1% 6.1% 1.1x
7   Red-winged Blackbird 22.7% 72.0% 49.3% 3.2x
8   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.1% 71.3% 13.2% 1.2x
9   White-throated Sparrow 55.3% 69.0% 13.7% 1.2x
10   Great Blue Heron 44.2% 66.7% 22.5% 1.5x
11   American Robin 41.6% 65.2% 23.6% 1.6x
12   Eastern Bluebird 46.9% 65.1% 18.2% 1.4x
13   Yellow-rumped Warbler 46.4% 64.7% 18.3% 1.4x
14   Downy Woodpecker 37.4% 63.8% 26.4% 1.7x
15   Common Grackle 25.9% 61.0% 35.2% 2.4x
16   Mallard 29.4% 60.3% 31.0% 2.1x
17   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28.8% 59.7% 30.8% 2.1x
18   American Crow 56.6% 54.6% 2.0% 1.0x
19   Eastern Phoebe 31.8% 54.6% 22.7% 1.7x
20   American Goldfinch 43.6% 52.3% 8.6% 1.2x
21   Eastern Towhee 46.2% 52.0% 5.8% 1.1x
22   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.3% 51.2% 19.9% 1.6x
23   Blue Jay 50.4% 49.4% 1.0% 1.0x
24   Chipping Sparrow 41.9% 49.2% 7.4% 1.2x
25   Turkey Vulture 43.4% 43.2% 0.2% 1.0x
26   Song Sparrow 20.7% 42.7% 22.0% 2.1x
27   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.8% 42.1% 11.3% 1.4x
28   Common Yellowthroat 32.8% 37.3% 4.5% 1.1x
29   European Starling 20.9% 36.2% 15.3% 1.7x
30   Mourning Dove 47.1% 34.8% 12.3% 0.7x
31   White-eyed Vireo 36.1% 34.5% 1.6% 1.0x
32   Pine Warbler 43.4% 34.0% 9.5% 0.8x
33   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 32.6% 33.3% 0.7% 1.0x
34   House Finch 24.8% 32.4% 7.6% 1.3x
35   Northern Mockingbird 28.6% 30.6% 2.0% 1.1x
36   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.7% 30.4% 5.3% 0.9x
37   Northern Parula 36.7% 27.9% 8.8% 0.8x
38   Wood Duck 13.0% 27.5% 14.6% 2.1x
39   Prothonotary Warbler 10.9% 26.1% 15.3% 2.4x
40   Black Vulture 19.5% 25.4% 5.9% 1.3x
41   Gray Catbird 19.3% 24.4% 5.1% 1.3x
42   Fish Crow 36.2% 23.5% 12.7% 0.6x
43   Swamp Sparrow 12.8% 23.5% 10.7% 1.8x
44   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.0% 22.5% 0.5% 1.0x
45   Red-eyed Vireo 30.1% 21.6% 8.5% 0.7x
46   Pileated Woodpecker 20.1% 21.3% 1.1% 1.1x
47   Brown Thrasher 20.9% 20.9% 0.0% 1.0x
48   Belted Kingfisher 19.3% 20.2% 1.0% 1.0x
49   Palm Warbler 8.0% 19.2% 11.2% 2.4x
50   Great Crested Flycatcher 19.6% 18.0% 1.6% 0.9x
51   Field Sparrow 11.4% 17.1% 5.7% 1.5x
52   Chimney Swift 13.3% 16.0% 2.7% 1.2x
53   Northern Flicker 14.1% 15.1% 1.1% 1.1x
54   Yellow-throated Warbler 19.1% 14.8% 4.3% 0.8x
55   Black-and-white Warbler 14.4% 14.1% 0.3% 1.0x
56   Green Heron 6.7% 13.6% 7.0% 2.0x
57   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 12.3% 10.5% 7.1x
58   Hairy Woodpecker 8.7% 12.1% 3.4% 1.4x
59   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.2% 11.6% 2.7% 0.8x
60   Solitary Sandpiper 5.5% 11.0% 5.5% 2.0x
61   Barred Owl 8.7% 10.5% 1.8% 1.2x
62   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.4% 9.9% 1.5% 1.2x
63   Cedar Waxwing 6.6% 9.8% 3.3% 1.5x
64   House Wren 10.4% 9.7% 0.6% 0.9x
65   Indigo Bunting 12.1% 8.1% 4.0% 0.7x
66   Osprey 17.3% 7.9% 9.4% 0.5x
67   Northern Waterthrush 3.4% 7.6% 4.2% 2.2x
68   Prairie Warbler 8.3% 7.3% 1.1% 0.9x
69   Eastern Kingbird 12.4% 7.1% 5.4% 0.6x
70   Red-tailed Hawk 14.4% 5.8% 8.6% 0.4x
71   Ovenbird 20.1% 5.5% 14.6% 0.3x
72   Hermit Thrush 8.8% 5.5% 3.2% 0.6x
73   Pine Siskin 4.4% 5.4% 1.0% 1.2x
74   Tree Swallow 12.2% 4.5% 7.7% 0.4x
75   Dark-eyed Junco 4.7% 4.2% 0.6% 0.9x
76   Great Egret 2.6% 4.0% 1.4% 1.6x
77   Spotted Sandpiper 8.0% 3.8% 4.2% 0.5x
78   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.4% 3.7% 6.7% 0.4x
79   Killdeer 17.5% 3.6% 14.0% 0.2x
80   Orchard Oriole 6.6% 3.6% 3.0% 0.5x
81   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.8% 3.5% 3.3% 0.5x
82   Yellow Warbler 2.6% 3.4% 0.7% 1.3x
83   Scarlet Tanager 4.4% 3.1% 1.2% 0.7x
84   Summer Tanager 14.5% 2.9% 11.7% 0.2x
85   Blue-winged Warbler 1.2% 2.9% 1.7% 2.5x
86   Barn Swallow 19.9% 2.8% 17.1% 0.1x
87   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 2.8% 1.0% 0.7x
88   Blue-headed Vireo 4.4% 2.7% 1.8% 0.6x
89   American Redstart 8.7% 2.5% 6.2% 0.3x
90   Blue-winged Teal 2.5% 2.5% 0.1% 1.0x
91   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 2.5% 2.3% 11.0x
92   Blue Grosbeak 8.4% 2.4% 5.9% 0.3x
93   Hooded Warbler 9.1% 2.3% 6.7% 0.3x
94   Pied-billed Grebe 2.6% 2.3% 0.3% 0.9x
95   Worm-eating Warbler 2.4% 2.3% 0.1% 1.0x
96   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.4% 2.3% 0.9% 1.7x
97   American Bittern 1.1% 2.3% 1.2% 2.1x
98   swallow sp. 1.0% 2.1% 1.1% 2.0x
99   Winter Wren 1.3% 2.0% 0.7% 1.5x
100   Yellow-throated Vireo 5.3% 1.8% 3.4% 0.4x
101   Wood Thrush 8.5% 1.7% 6.7% 0.2x
102   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 1.7% 1.1% 2.7x
103   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 1.6% 0.2% 1.1x
104   Double-crested Cormorant 28.3% 1.4% 26.9% 0.0x
105   Acadian Flycatcher 2.6% 1.3% 1.3% 0.5x
106   crow sp. 1.6% 1.2% 0.5% 0.7x
107   Bald Eagle 12.5% 1.0% 11.5% 0.1x
108   Purple Martin 6.3% 1.0% 5.3% 0.2x
109   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% 1.2x
110   new world sparrow sp. 0.4% 1.0% 0.7% 3.0x
111   Rusty Blackbird 0.9% 0.9% 0.0% 1.0x
112   Savannah Sparrow 4.2% 0.7% 3.5% 0.2x
113   Yellow-breasted Chat 2.7% 0.7% 2.0% 0.3x
114   Purple Finch 0.8% 0.7% 0.1% 0.9x
115   duck sp. 0.7% 0.7% 0.1% 0.9x
116   Cape May Warbler 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 1.6x
117   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 2.4x
118   House Sparrow 2.6% 0.6% 2.1% 0.2x
119   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1.7% 0.6% 1.1% 0.3x
120   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.2% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5x
121   Northern Harrier 0.7% 0.6% 0.1% 0.8x
122   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
123   hawk sp. 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
124   Brown Creeper 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.6x
125   Vesper Sparrow 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 1.8x
126   Veery 1.6% 0.5% 1.1% 0.3x
127   Swainson's Thrush 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5x
128   Baltimore Oriole 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
129   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.3x
130   Magnolia Warbler 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.7x
131   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.2% 0.3% 0.8% 0.3x
132   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7x
133   Blackpoll Warbler 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 1.3x
134   new world vulture sp. 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 4.2x
135   Rock Pigeon 6.1% 0.2% 5.9% 0.0x
136   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.2% 0.2% 0.9% 0.2x
137   American Coot 1.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.2x
138   Broad-winged Hawk 0.9% 0.2% 0.7% 0.2x
139   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.7x
140   Cliff Swallow 3.5% 0.1% 3.3% 0.0x
141   Least Sandpiper 1.2% 0.1% 1.1% 0.1x
142   Kentucky Warbler 0.7% 0.1% 0.6% 0.2x
143   Common Loon 0.6% 0.1% 0.5% 0.2x
144   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2x
145   Common Raven 0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3x
146   Bank Swallow 0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3x
147   Merlin 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4x
148   Horned Grebe 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4x
149   Accipiter sp. 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5x
150   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8x
151   Nashville Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 2.2x
152   Fox Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 2.2x
153   Empidonax sp. 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 2.2x
154   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 2.6x
155   Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 5.2x
156   Black-billed Cuckoo 0% 0.1% 0.1%