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

based on 264 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Creek Park in August. 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   Carolina Wren 72.4% 71.6% 0.8% 1.0x
2   American Goldfinch 58.9% 71.2% 12.3% 1.2x
3   Northern Cardinal 65.9% 70.8% 4.9% 1.1x
4   Great Blue Heron 45.9% 65.2% 19.2% 1.4x
5   Carolina Chickadee 58.1% 63.6% 5.5% 1.1x
6   American Crow 53.8% 53.4% 0.4% 1.0x
7   Downy Woodpecker 40.2% 48.5% 8.3% 1.2x
8   Tufted Titmouse 52.6% 46.6% 6.0% 0.9x
9   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 40.6% 45.8% 5.3% 1.1x
10   Eastern Bluebird 39.6% 45.8% 6.2% 1.2x
11   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.5% 45.8% 12.3% 1.4x
12   Eastern Phoebe 19.2% 43.6% 24.4% 2.3x
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.8% 41.7% 2.8% 1.1x
14   Mourning Dove 48.1% 36.0% 12.1% 0.7x
15   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.0% 35.6% 10.6% 1.4x
16   Gray Catbird 27.0% 32.6% 5.6% 1.2x
17   Northern Mockingbird 29.3% 32.2% 2.9% 1.1x
18   Belted Kingfisher 22.4% 29.2% 6.7% 1.3x
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 27.7% 28.4% 0.7% 1.0x
20   House Finch 19.8% 27.7% 7.8% 1.4x
21   Great Egret 33.6% 26.1% 7.5% 0.8x
22   Green Heron 17.9% 25.4% 7.4% 1.4x
23   Turkey Vulture 31.7% 25.0% 6.7% 0.8x
24   Blue Jay 37.1% 24.6% 12.4% 0.7x
25   Wood Duck 10.5% 23.9% 13.3% 2.3x
26   Brown-headed Nuthatch 26.4% 21.6% 4.8% 0.8x
27   Mallard 23.0% 21.6% 1.4% 0.9x
28   Song Sparrow 9.1% 20.5% 11.4% 2.3x
29   Eastern Towhee 25.4% 20.1% 5.3% 0.8x
30   Brown Thrasher 15.0% 20.1% 5.1% 1.3x
31   Canada Goose 26.1% 19.7% 6.4% 0.8x
32   Chimney Swift 18.5% 18.2% 0.4% 1.0x
33   American Robin 28.6% 17.0% 11.5% 0.6x
34   Black Vulture 15.7% 17.0% 1.3% 1.1x
35   White-eyed Vireo 20.6% 16.7% 3.9% 0.8x
36   Red-eyed Vireo 21.9% 14.0% 7.9% 0.6x
37   Indigo Bunting 28.6% 13.3% 15.3% 0.5x
38   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 13.3% 4.8% 0.7x
39   Common Grackle 9.9% 12.1% 2.2% 1.2x
40   Tricolored Heron 3.7% 12.1% 8.4% 3.3x
41   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 11.7% 1.4% 1.1x
42   Pileated Woodpecker 16.1% 10.6% 5.5% 0.7x
43   Hairy Woodpecker 7.9% 10.6% 2.7% 1.3x
44   Red-tailed Hawk 10.4% 7.2% 3.2% 0.7x
45   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16.0% 6.4% 9.6% 0.4x
46   Northern Flicker 8.9% 6.4% 2.5% 0.7x
47   Killdeer 23.4% 5.7% 17.8% 0.2x
48   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.8% 5.7% 14.1% 0.3x
49   Pine Warbler 16.6% 5.7% 10.9% 0.3x
50   European Starling 10.1% 5.7% 4.4% 0.6x
51   Fish Crow 26.6% 5.3% 21.3% 0.2x
52   Solitary Sandpiper 7.5% 5.3% 2.2% 0.7x
53   Acadian Flycatcher 9.8% 4.9% 4.8% 0.5x
54   Common Yellowthroat 12.4% 4.5% 7.8% 0.4x
55   Barred Owl 4.6% 4.2% 0.4% 0.9x
56   Chipping Sparrow 19.1% 3.8% 15.3% 0.2x
57   Eastern Kingbird 14.3% 3.8% 10.5% 0.3x
58   Blue Grosbeak 22.8% 3.4% 19.4% 0.1x
59   American Redstart 6.4% 3.4% 3.0% 0.5x
60   Prothonotary Warbler 2.5% 3.0% 0.5% 1.2x
61   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 2.7% 3.1% 0.5x
62   Black-and-white Warbler 5.7% 2.7% 3.0% 0.5x
63   Cooper's Hawk 4.6% 2.7% 1.9% 0.6x
64   Osprey 21.5% 2.3% 19.2% 0.1x
65   Spotted Sandpiper 11.1% 2.3% 8.8% 0.2x
66   Red-winged Blackbird 6.1% 2.3% 3.9% 0.4x
67   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 2.3% 0.9% 1.7x
68   Summer Tanager 15.1% 1.9% 13.3% 0.1x
69   Snowy Egret 2.3% 1.9% 0.4% 0.8x
70   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 1.5% 0.4% 1.4x
71   Northern Waterthrush 0.8% 1.5% 0.7% 1.8x
72   Northern Parula 7.6% 1.1% 6.5% 0.1x
73   Prairie Warbler 2.9% 1.1% 1.8% 0.4x
74   Yellow Warbler 2.4% 1.1% 1.2% 0.5x
75   House Wren 4.7% 0.8% 4.0% 0.2x
76   Field Sparrow 2.7% 0.8% 1.9% 0.3x
77   Purple Martin 2.4% 0.8% 1.6% 0.3x
78   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.8% 0.8% 1.1% 0.4x
79   Cedar Waxwing 1.5% 0.8% 0.7% 0.5x
80   crow sp. 1.4% 0.8% 0.6% 0.5x
81   House Sparrow 1.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6x
82   Double-crested Cormorant 15.4% 0.4% 15.0% 0.0x
83   Yellow-throated Vireo 3.7% 0.4% 3.4% 0.1x
84   Hooded Warbler 3.2% 0.4% 2.8% 0.1x
85   Blue-winged Warbler 1.2% 0.4% 0.9% 0.3x
86   Great Horned Owl 1.1% 0.4% 0.7% 0.4x
87   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5x
88   Baltimore Oriole 0.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6x
89   Pied-billed Grebe 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.8x
90   duck sp. 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 1.1x
91   Buteo sp. 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.4x
92   new world vulture sp. 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.4x
93   Blue-headed Vireo 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 4.6x