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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
1   Northern Cardinal 80.0% 87.4% 7.4%
2   Canada Goose 46.8% 82.0% 35.2%
3   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 61.0% 81.6% 20.6%
4   Carolina Chickadee 65.3% 81.4% 16.1%
5   Carolina Wren 70.3% 76.5% 6.3%
6   Tufted Titmouse 69.2% 76.4% 7.2%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 23.0% 73.0% 50.0%
8   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.5% 72.2% 14.6%
9   White-throated Sparrow 56.0% 69.7% 13.7%
10   Eastern Bluebird 47.5% 66.2% 18.6%
11   Great Blue Heron 43.0% 66.2% 23.1%
12   American Robin 41.0% 64.7% 23.8%
13   Downy Woodpecker 37.6% 64.5% 27.0%
14   Common Grackle 24.9% 61.9% 37.0%
15   Yellow-rumped Warbler 45.5% 61.5% 15.9%
16   Mallard 28.1% 59.7% 31.5%
17   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 27.8% 58.4% 30.6%
18   American Crow 56.6% 56.9% 0.3%
19   Eastern Phoebe 32.8% 56.2% 23.4%
20   American Goldfinch 44.8% 54.7% 9.9%
21   Eastern Towhee 45.9% 51.4% 5.5%
22   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.5% 50.7% 19.2%
23   Blue Jay 50.2% 48.3% 2.0%
24   Chipping Sparrow 43.2% 46.2% 3.0%
25   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.0% 43.4% 12.4%
26   Turkey Vulture 42.9% 41.9% 1.0%
27   Song Sparrow 21.4% 41.3% 19.8%
28   European Starling 20.0% 40.4% 20.4%
29   Common Yellowthroat 32.7% 39.0% 6.4%
30   Mourning Dove 46.8% 36.0% 10.9%
31   White-eyed Vireo 37.6% 35.9% 1.7%
32   Pine Warbler 43.8% 35.2% 8.7%
33   House Finch 25.3% 33.2% 7.9%
34   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 32.9% 32.2% 0.7%
35   Brown-headed Cowbird 36.1% 29.6% 6.5%
36   Northern Parula 36.3% 28.6% 7.8%
37   Fish Crow 36.4% 28.5% 7.9%
38   Northern Mockingbird 28.1% 28.5% 0.4%
39   Prothonotary Warbler 11.1% 26.8% 15.7%
40   Wood Duck 12.6% 26.5% 14.0%
41   Black Vulture 19.7% 24.0% 4.3%
42   Gray Catbird 18.5% 24.0% 5.5%
43   Swamp Sparrow 12.7% 24.0% 11.3%
44   Red-eyed Vireo 30.3% 22.8% 7.5%
45   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.4% 22.2% 0.2%
46   Pileated Woodpecker 19.7% 21.6% 1.9%
47   Brown Thrasher 20.8% 21.1% 0.4%
48   Great Crested Flycatcher 20.0% 19.8% 0.1%
49   Belted Kingfisher 18.3% 19.2% 0.9%
50   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.8% 19.2% 5.4%
51   Chimney Swift 13.3% 19.2% 5.9%
52   Yellow-throated Warbler 19.8% 19.1% 0.7%
53   Palm Warbler 8.0% 17.6% 9.6%
54   Field Sparrow 11.4% 16.8% 5.4%
55   Northern Flicker 13.8% 15.4% 1.7%
56   Green Heron 6.3% 14.9% 8.6%
57   Black-and-white Warbler 14.2% 13.3% 0.9%
58   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 13.0% 4.2%
59   House Wren 10.3% 11.7% 1.3%
60   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 11.0% 9.3%
61   Solitary Sandpiper 5.2% 10.9% 5.7%
62   Barred Owl 8.7% 10.0% 1.3%
63   Osprey 17.3% 9.8% 7.5%
64   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.7% 9.8% 1.1%
65   Cedar Waxwing 6.0% 8.9% 2.9%
66   Tree Swallow 12.5% 7.9% 4.5%
67   Indigo Bunting 12.8% 7.6% 5.1%
68   Northern Waterthrush 3.2% 7.6% 4.4%
69   Red-tailed Hawk 13.8% 6.9% 6.9%
70   Eastern Kingbird 12.2% 6.9% 5.3%
71   Prairie Warbler 8.0% 6.9% 1.1%
72   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 6.6% 6.4%
73   Ovenbird 19.7% 5.7% 14.0%
74   Hermit Thrush 8.3% 5.2% 3.2%
75   Pine Siskin 3.7% 5.1% 1.4%
76   Yellow Warbler 2.7% 4.5% 1.8%
77   Dark-eyed Junco 4.7% 4.3% 0.4%
78   Great Egret 2.4% 4.3% 1.8%
79   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.7% 3.9% 6.8%
80   Spotted Sandpiper 7.6% 3.5% 4.1%
81   Killdeer 17.2% 3.4% 13.8%
82   Orchard Oriole 6.8% 3.3% 3.6%
83   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.4% 3.2% 3.3%
84   Barn Swallow 20.1% 3.0% 17.0%
85   Summer Tanager 14.6% 2.9% 11.6%
86   American Redstart 9.1% 2.9% 6.1%
87   Cooper's Hawk 3.9% 2.9% 1.0%
88   Scarlet Tanager 4.5% 2.8% 1.6%
89   Blue-headed Vireo 4.4% 2.7% 1.7%
90   Blue-winged Warbler 1.0% 2.6% 1.6%
91   Hooded Warbler 9.5% 2.3% 7.1%
92   Worm-eating Warbler 2.3% 2.3% 0.1%
93   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.3% 2.3% 1.0%
94   Blue Grosbeak 9.0% 2.2% 6.7%
95   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 2.2% 0.0%
96   American Bittern 0.9% 2.1% 1.2%
97   Pied-billed Grebe 2.4% 2.0% 0.4%
98   Double-crested Cormorant 28.0% 1.9% 26.0%
99   Winter Wren 1.2% 1.9% 0.8%
100   Wood Thrush 8.5% 1.8% 6.7%
101   Yellow-throated Vireo 5.9% 1.6% 4.3%
102   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 1.5% 0.1%
103   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
104   Bald Eagle 12.7% 1.2% 11.4%
105   Yellow-breasted Chat 2.8% 1.2% 1.6%
106   Purple Martin 6.6% 1.1% 5.4%
107   Acadian Flycatcher 2.3% 1.1% 1.2%
108   Tricolored Heron 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
109   Rusty Blackbird 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
110   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
111   Savannah Sparrow 4.5% 0.8% 3.7%
112   Brown Creeper 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
113   Veery 1.5% 0.7% 0.7%
114   Purple Finch 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
115   Baltimore Oriole 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
116   Magnolia Warbler 0.2% 0.7% 0.6%
117   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1.5% 0.6% 0.9%
118   Cape May Warbler 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
119   House Sparrow 2.4% 0.5% 1.9%
120   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
121   Northern Harrier 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
122   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
123   Vesper Sparrow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
124   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
125   Blackpoll Warbler 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
126   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
127   Swainson's Thrush 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
128   Rock Pigeon 5.9% 0.3% 5.5%
129   Broad-winged Hawk 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
130   American Kestrel 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
131   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
132   American Coot 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
133   Cliff Swallow 3.6% 0.1% 3.5%
134   Least Sandpiper 1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
135   Kentucky Warbler 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
136   Common Loon 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
137   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
138   Common Raven 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
139   Bank Swallow 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
140   Horned Grebe 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
141   Merlin 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
142   Blackburnian Warbler 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
143   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
144   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
145   Fox Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
146   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
147   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
148   Black-billed Cuckoo 0% 0.1% 0.1%