Top Birds at Sandy Creek Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 629 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | Relative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Cardinal | 79.3% | 82.5% | 3.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 2 | Carolina Wren | 69.8% | 74.2% | 4.4% | 1.1x | |||
| 3 | Carolina Chickadee | 59.9% | 71.4% | 11.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 4 | Common Grackle | 35.1% | 70.9% | 35.8% | 2.0x | |||
| 5 | Great Blue Heron | 46.9% | 69.0% | 22.1% | 1.5x | |||
| 6 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 55.8% | 67.9% | 12.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 7 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.7% | 66.1% | 1.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 8 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 54.7% | 63.9% | 9.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 9 | American Robin | 36.7% | 63.0% | 26.2% | 1.7x | |||
| 10 | Canada Goose | 41.3% | 62.8% | 21.5% | 1.5x | |||
| 11 | Eastern Bluebird | 48.8% | 61.0% | 12.2% | 1.3x | |||
| 12 | Downy Woodpecker | 38.2% | 59.6% | 21.4% | 1.6x | |||
| 13 | Red-winged Blackbird | 25.5% | 57.7% | 32.2% | 2.3x | |||
| 14 | American Crow | 56.7% | 56.8% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 15 | Mallard | 29.1% | 54.7% | 25.6% | 1.9x | |||
| 16 | Eastern Phoebe | 32.9% | 54.5% | 21.6% | 1.7x | |||
| 17 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 32.2% | 53.3% | 21.0% | 1.7x | |||
| 18 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.5% | 49.8% | 1.7% | 1.0x | |||
| 19 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 30.7% | 49.6% | 18.9% | 1.6x | |||
| 20 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.3% | 49.3% | 9.0% | 1.2x | |||
| 21 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.0% | 48.3% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
| 22 | Gray Catbird | 30.4% | 48.0% | 17.6% | 1.6x | |||
| 23 | Eastern Towhee | 37.4% | 46.1% | 8.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 24 | Blue Jay | 44.4% | 44.8% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
| 25 | American Goldfinch | 43.5% | 44.5% | 1.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 26 | Chimney Swift | 28.0% | 44.5% | 16.5% | 1.6x | |||
| 27 | Mourning Dove | 49.6% | 44.4% | 5.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 28 | Prothonotary Warbler | 15.0% | 44.4% | 29.4% | 3.0x | |||
| 29 | Indigo Bunting | 45.4% | 35.3% | 10.1% | 0.8x | |||
| 30 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.4% | 34.5% | 4.1% | 1.1x | |||
| 31 | Northern Parula | 36.5% | 32.0% | 4.5% | 0.9x | |||
| 32 | Turkey Vulture | 39.9% | 30.8% | 9.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 33 | European Starling | 22.3% | 30.0% | 7.7% | 1.3x | |||
| 34 | White-eyed Vireo | 32.1% | 28.0% | 4.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 35 | Pine Warbler | 39.6% | 27.5% | 12.1% | 0.7x | |||
| 36 | House Finch | 27.2% | 27.5% | 0.3% | 1.0x | |||
| 37 | Wood Duck | 12.0% | 27.5% | 15.5% | 2.3x | |||
| 38 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.6% | 25.4% | 1.9% | 1.1x | |||
| 39 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 36.4% | 25.0% | 11.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 40 | Song Sparrow | 13.7% | 23.5% | 9.9% | 1.7x | |||
| 41 | Acadian Flycatcher | 26.9% | 22.9% | 4.1% | 0.8x | |||
| 42 | Fish Crow | 33.8% | 22.3% | 11.5% | 0.7x | |||
| 43 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.3% | 21.8% | 2.5% | 1.1x | |||
| 44 | American Redstart | 22.6% | 21.5% | 1.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 45 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.9% | 21.1% | 10.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 46 | Black Vulture | 21.3% | 18.8% | 2.5% | 0.9x | |||
| 47 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 10.8% | 18.3% | 7.5% | 1.7x | |||
| 48 | Chipping Sparrow | 38.2% | 18.0% | 20.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 49 | Summer Tanager | 38.9% | 16.7% | 22.2% | 0.4x | |||
| 50 | Yellow Warbler | 7.4% | 16.1% | 8.6% | 2.2x | |||
| 51 | Hooded Merganser | 1.0% | 15.1% | 14.1% | 15.6x | |||
| 52 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 19.2% | 14.8% | 4.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 53 | Eastern Kingbird | 27.0% | 14.6% | 12.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 54 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 22.1% | 14.1% | 7.9% | 0.6x | |||
| 55 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 14.8% | 14.0% | 0.9% | 0.9x | |||
| 56 | Green Heron | 10.6% | 12.2% | 1.6% | 1.2x | |||
| 57 | Brown Thrasher | 17.1% | 11.8% | 5.3% | 0.7x | |||
| 58 | Belted Kingfisher | 12.0% | 11.4% | 0.6% | 1.0x | |||
| 59 | Solitary Sandpiper | 7.9% | 11.3% | 3.4% | 1.4x | |||
| 60 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.3% | 11.1% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 61 | Northern Waterthrush | 7.1% | 11.1% | 4.0% | 1.6x | |||
| 62 | Killdeer | 20.5% | 10.7% | 9.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 63 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.7% | 10.7% | 5.0% | 0.7x | |||
| 64 | Northern Flicker | 9.2% | 10.7% | 1.5% | 1.2x | |||
| 65 | House Wren | 9.1% | 10.5% | 1.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 66 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.2% | 10.0% | 1.8% | 1.2x | |||
| 67 | Barred Owl | 8.0% | 9.5% | 1.5% | 1.2x | |||
| 68 | White-throated Sparrow | 7.4% | 9.5% | 2.1% | 1.3x | |||
| 69 | Osprey | 15.8% | 8.4% | 7.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 70 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.4% | 8.4% | 1.0% | 1.1x | |||
| 71 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.3% | 7.3% | 6.0% | 0.6x | |||
| 72 | Blue Grosbeak | 24.2% | 7.2% | 17.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 73 | Scarlet Tanager | 12.4% | 7.2% | 5.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 74 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 15.1% | 6.7% | 8.4% | 0.4x | |||
| 75 | Red-tailed Hawk | 14.5% | 6.4% | 8.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 76 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.8% | 6.0% | 10.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 77 | Orchard Oriole | 15.7% | 6.0% | 9.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 78 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 12.4% | 5.4% | 7.0% | 0.4x | |||
| 79 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 7.4% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 0.7x | |||
| 80 | Barn Swallow | 32.7% | 4.6% | 28.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 81 | Tree Swallow | 13.6% | 4.6% | 9.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 82 | Ovenbird | 19.5% | 4.5% | 15.0% | 0.2x | |||
| 83 | Prairie Warbler | 7.9% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 0.5x | |||
| 84 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 0.5% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 8.1x | |||
| 85 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.7% | 3.8% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 86 | Swamp Sparrow | 1.8% | 3.8% | 2.0% | 2.1x | |||
| 87 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.8% | 2.5% | 0.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 88 | Purple Martin | 10.5% | 2.4% | 8.1% | 0.2x | |||
| 89 | Swainson's Thrush | 6.7% | 2.4% | 4.3% | 0.4x | |||
| 90 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 6.6% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 0.4x | |||
| 91 | Wood Thrush | 14.8% | 2.2% | 12.6% | 0.2x | |||
| 92 | Great Egret | 2.4% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 0.9x | |||
| 93 | swallow sp. | 1.2% | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.8x | |||
| 94 | Veery | 3.6% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 0.5x | |||
| 95 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 11.6% | 1.3% | 10.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 96 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.5x | |||
| 97 | Palm Warbler | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 98 | Pine Siskin | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 99 | Wilson's Warbler | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 1.9x | |||
| 100 | hawk sp. | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2.6x | |||
| 101 | crow sp. | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.6x | |||
| 102 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.0x | |||
| 103 | duck sp. | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.1x | |||
| 104 | Double-crested Cormorant | 20.0% | 1.0% | 19.0% | 0.0x | |||
| 105 | Hooded Warbler | 11.6% | 1.0% | 10.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 106 | Field Sparrow | 3.9% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 0.2x | |||
| 107 | Canada Warbler | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 2.2x | |||
| 108 | House Sparrow | 3.4% | 0.8% | 2.6% | 0.2x | |||
| 109 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 110 | Baltimore Oriole | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.8x | |||
| 111 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 2.8x | |||
| 112 | Blue-winged Warbler | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 3.1x | |||
| 113 | Empidonax sp. | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 3.2x | |||
| 114 | Blackburnian Warbler | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 3.3x | |||
| 115 | Least Sandpiper | 5.5% | 0.6% | 4.8% | 0.1x | |||
| 116 | Worm-eating Warbler | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5x | |||
| 117 | Common Loon | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.4x | |||
| 118 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 4.5x | |||
| 119 | Bald Eagle | 10.9% | 0.5% | 10.4% | 0.0x | |||
| 120 | Bobolink | 3.2% | 0.5% | 2.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 121 | Mississippi Kite | 2.0% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 0.2x | |||
| 122 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 123 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 124 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 1.4x | |||
| 125 | new world sparrow sp. | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 2.4x | |||
| 126 | Common Nighthawk | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 2.5x | |||
| 127 | new world vulture sp. | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 5.8x | |||
| 128 | Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 5.8x | |||
| 129 | Cliff Swallow | 5.8% | 0.3% | 5.5% | 0.1x | |||
| 130 | Kentucky Warbler | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 131 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.2x | |||
| 132 | Wild Turkey | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.2x | |||
| 133 | Cape May Warbler | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4x | |||
| 134 | warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 135 | Buteo sp. | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 136 | Snowy Egret | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.3x | |||
| 137 | American Black Duck | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 9.6x | |||
| 138 | Rock Pigeon | 6.9% | 0.2% | 6.7% | 0.0x | |||
| 139 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 3.0% | 0.2% | 2.9% | 0.1x | |||
| 140 | Warbling Vireo | 1.9% | 0.2% | 1.7% | 0.1x | |||
| 141 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 142 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 143 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.2x | |||
| 144 | American Kestrel | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.2x | |||
| 145 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3x | |||
| 146 | Northern Harrier | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4x | |||
| 147 | Hermit Thrush | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 148 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5x | |||
| 149 | Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.4x | |||
| 150 | Summer/Scarlet Tanager | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.6x | |||
| 151 | Accipiter sp. | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.7x | |||
| 152 | American/Fish Crow | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 3.8x | |||
| 153 | heron sp. | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 3.8x | |||
| 154 | Purple Finch | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.8x |