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

based on 755 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference Relative
1   Northern Cardinal 79.6% 83.4% 3.9% 1.0x
2   Carolina Wren 70.3% 75.1% 4.8% 1.1x
3   Common Grackle 33.8% 71.8% 38.0% 2.1x
4   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 70.6% 25.4% 1.6x
5   Carolina Chickadee 59.7% 70.3% 10.6% 1.2x
6   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.1% 69.9% 13.8% 1.2x
7   Tufted Titmouse 64.5% 67.7% 3.2% 1.0x
8   Canada Goose 40.3% 67.2% 26.9% 1.7x
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 53.7% 65.0% 11.3% 1.2x
10   American Robin 37.1% 64.6% 27.5% 1.7x
11   Eastern Bluebird 48.9% 63.6% 14.6% 1.3x
12   Downy Woodpecker 38.8% 62.1% 23.3% 1.6x
13   Red-winged Blackbird 25.6% 61.7% 36.1% 2.4x
14   American Crow 56.8% 59.3% 2.6% 1.0x
15   Eastern Phoebe 33.1% 58.1% 25.0% 1.8x
16   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.9% 52.6% 21.7% 1.7x
17   Mallard 27.7% 52.6% 24.9% 1.9x
18   Red-eyed Vireo 51.4% 51.8% 0.3% 1.0x
19   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.2% 50.7% 2.6% 1.1x
20   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 49.7% 9.4% 1.2x
21   Chimney Swift 27.6% 48.2% 20.6% 1.7x
22   Red-shouldered Hawk 30.7% 47.8% 17.1% 1.6x
23   Gray Catbird 30.1% 47.0% 17.0% 1.6x
24   American Goldfinch 44.5% 46.4% 1.9% 1.0x
25   Eastern Towhee 37.1% 45.6% 8.5% 1.2x
26   Prothonotary Warbler 14.8% 43.7% 28.9% 3.0x
27   Blue Jay 43.3% 42.9% 0.4% 1.0x
28   Mourning Dove 48.9% 41.9% 7.0% 0.9x
29   European Starling 21.6% 35.4% 13.8% 1.6x
30   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.2% 35.1% 4.9% 1.2x
31   Northern Parula 36.6% 32.1% 4.6% 0.9x
32   House Finch 27.7% 32.1% 4.4% 1.2x
33   Turkey Vulture 40.2% 31.1% 9.0% 0.8x
34   Indigo Bunting 46.1% 29.9% 16.2% 0.6x
35   Pine Warbler 40.6% 28.7% 11.9% 0.7x
36   White-eyed Vireo 33.7% 28.3% 5.4% 0.8x
37   Fish Crow 33.5% 28.2% 5.3% 0.8x
38   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.5% 27.2% 3.6% 1.2x
39   Song Sparrow 14.2% 26.2% 12.0% 1.8x
40   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.0% 25.3% 15.3% 2.5x
41   Wood Duck 12.4% 25.2% 12.8% 2.0x
42   Pileated Woodpecker 19.0% 23.3% 4.4% 1.2x
43   Brown-headed Cowbird 36.0% 22.4% 13.6% 0.6x
44   Acadian Flycatcher 26.2% 20.7% 5.6% 0.8x
45   Northern Mockingbird 31.5% 19.9% 11.6% 0.6x
46   American Redstart 22.8% 19.9% 2.9% 0.9x
47   Black Vulture 21.2% 19.5% 1.8% 0.9x
48   Green Heron 10.2% 17.7% 7.6% 1.7x
49   House Wren 9.2% 17.6% 8.4% 1.9x
50   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 17.1% 9.9% 0.6x
51   Brown Thrasher 17.4% 17.0% 0.4% 1.0x
52   Yellow Warbler 7.6% 16.7% 9.1% 2.2x
53   Chipping Sparrow 39.2% 16.4% 22.8% 0.4x
54   Summer Tanager 38.4% 16.2% 22.2% 0.4x
55   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 16.2% 15.1% 15.1x
56   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.3% 15.5% 3.8% 0.8x
57   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.6% 15.2% 0.3% 1.0x
58   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 13.8% 5.4% 1.6x
59   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.7% 13.6% 8.1% 0.6x
60   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 12.8% 6.2% 1.9x
61   Belted Kingfisher 11.8% 12.3% 0.5% 1.0x
62   Solitary Sandpiper 7.9% 11.4% 3.4% 1.4x
63   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.5% 11.3% 10.8% 23.6x
64   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.3% 11.1% 0.2% 1.0x
65   White-throated Sparrow 8.4% 10.9% 2.5% 1.3x
66   Tree Swallow 14.7% 10.6% 4.1% 0.7x
67   Black-and-white Warbler 16.1% 10.3% 5.8% 0.6x
68   Osprey 16.2% 9.7% 6.6% 0.6x
69   Northern Flicker 8.7% 9.7% 1.0% 1.1x
70   Killdeer 20.5% 9.3% 11.2% 0.5x
71   Barred Owl 7.8% 8.1% 0.3% 1.0x
72   Cedar Waxwing 13.7% 7.7% 6.0% 0.6x
73   Blackpoll Warbler 7.3% 7.2% 0.1% 1.0x
74   Orchard Oriole 15.6% 6.8% 8.9% 0.4x
75   Scarlet Tanager 12.2% 6.2% 5.9% 0.5x
76   Blue Grosbeak 24.3% 6.1% 18.2% 0.3x
77   Black-throated Blue Warbler 14.2% 6.0% 8.3% 0.4x
78   Red-tailed Hawk 13.7% 5.8% 7.9% 0.4x
79   Spotted Sandpiper 16.9% 5.4% 11.5% 0.3x
80   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.5% 5.2% 2.3% 0.7x
81   Barn Swallow 31.8% 4.8% 27.0% 0.1x
82   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.7% 4.6% 6.0% 0.4x
83   Swamp Sparrow 1.9% 4.6% 2.7% 2.4x
84   Ovenbird 19.4% 4.2% 15.2% 0.2x
85   Prairie Warbler 7.8% 3.8% 4.0% 0.5x
86   Magnolia Warbler 3.6% 3.6% 0.0% 1.0x
87   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 3.4% 0.7% 1.3x
88   Wood Thrush 14.2% 2.5% 11.7% 0.2x
89   Purple Martin 10.8% 2.4% 8.4% 0.2x
90   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.9% 2.4% 4.5% 0.3x
91   Swainson's Thrush 6.3% 2.1% 4.1% 0.3x
92   swallow sp. 1.1% 1.9% 0.8% 1.8x
93   Great Egret 2.2% 1.7% 0.5% 0.8x
94   Veery 3.6% 1.6% 2.0% 0.4x
95   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.6% 1.3% 10.3% 0.1x
96   Field Sparrow 3.7% 1.2% 2.5% 0.3x
97   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.4% 1.2% 1.2% 0.5x
98   Pine Siskin 0.8% 1.2% 0.4% 1.6x
99   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 1.2% 0.6% 1.9x
100   Hooded Warbler 11.9% 1.1% 10.9% 0.1x
101   Palm Warbler 0.9% 1.1% 0.2% 1.2x
102   duck sp. 0.5% 1.1% 0.6% 2.2x
103   hawk sp. 0.4% 1.1% 0.6% 2.4x
104   House Sparrow 3.8% 0.9% 2.9% 0.2x
105   crow sp. 1.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.6x
106   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.9x
107   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 0.9% 0.4% 1.7x
108   Double-crested Cormorant 19.1% 0.8% 18.3% 0.0x
109   Canada Warbler 0.4% 0.8% 0.4% 2.0x
110   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.9x
111   Bald Eagle 10.8% 0.7% 10.1% 0.1x
112   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.6% 0.7% 1.0% 0.4x
113   Common Loon 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 1.8x
114   Blue-winged Warbler 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 2.3x
115   Empidonax sp. 0.2% 0.7% 0.4% 2.9x
116   Least Sandpiper 5.8% 0.5% 5.2% 0.1x
117   Blue-headed Vireo 1.3% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4x
118   Worm-eating Warbler 1.2% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4x
119   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.2x
120   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.3x
121   Rock Pigeon 6.5% 0.4% 6.1% 0.1x
122   Cliff Swallow 5.6% 0.4% 5.2% 0.1x
123   Bobolink 3.3% 0.4% 2.9% 0.1x
124   Kentucky Warbler 2.4% 0.4% 2.0% 0.2x
125   Mississippi Kite 2.4% 0.4% 2.0% 0.2x
126   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 0.4% 0.8% 0.3x
127   Broad-winged Hawk 0.9% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4x
128   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 1.0x
129   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.3x
130   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 2.2x
131   new world sparrow sp. 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 2.2x
132   new world vulture sp. 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 4.5x
133   Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 6.5x
134   Warbling Vireo 1.7% 0.3% 1.4% 0.2x
135   Wild Turkey 1.6% 0.3% 1.3% 0.2x
136   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.6% 0.3% 1.3% 0.2x
137   Cape May Warbler 0.9% 0.3% 0.6% 0.3x
138   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5x
139   Snowy Egret 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.9x
140   Buteo sp. 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 1.1x
141   American/Fish Crow 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 1.2x
142   American Black Duck 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 9.7x
143   Grasshopper Sparrow 2.9% 0.1% 2.8% 0.0x
144   Greater Yellowlegs 1.3% 0.1% 1.1% 0.1x
145   American Kestrel 0.7% 0.1% 0.6% 0.2x
146   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2x
147   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4x
148   Northern Harrier 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4x
149   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5x
150   Summer/Scarlet Tanager 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.0x
151   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.4x
152   Accipiter sp. 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 1.8x
153   Purple Finch 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 3.2x
154   heron sp. 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 3.9x
155   Rusty Blackbird 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 4.9x