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

based on 413 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Creek Park in September. 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 73.3% 82.3% 9.0%
2   Carolina Chickadee 70.6% 81.6% 11.0%
3   Carolina Wren 77.1% 81.1% 4.0%
4   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.8% 72.6% 17.8%
5   American Crow 65.1% 69.0% 3.9%
6   Downy Woodpecker 56.4% 67.6% 11.1%
7   Tufted Titmouse 65.5% 67.1% 1.6%
8   Eastern Bluebird 42.6% 60.5% 17.9%
9   American Goldfinch 46.9% 57.4% 10.5%
10   Blue Jay 59.1% 55.9% 3.2%
11   Eastern Phoebe 37.9% 55.2% 17.3%
12   Great Blue Heron 45.3% 53.0% 7.7%
13   Gray Catbird 42.8% 51.1% 8.3%
14   Red-shouldered Hawk 36.6% 50.6% 14.0%
15   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32.9% 45.8% 12.9%
16   House Finch 18.1% 45.5% 27.4%
17   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.1% 39.2% 3.1%
18   Brown-headed Nuthatch 35.0% 38.7% 3.7%
19   Turkey Vulture 40.1% 36.8% 3.3%
20   Belted Kingfisher 27.7% 35.8% 8.2%
21   Northern Mockingbird 29.3% 35.1% 5.8%
22   Brown Thrasher 30.9% 32.4% 1.6%
23   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 30.5% 4.3%
24   Northern Flicker 22.3% 29.5% 7.2%
25   Mourning Dove 37.0% 25.9% 11.1%
26   American Redstart 30.7% 24.7% 6.0%
27   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 27.0% 24.2% 2.8%
28   Song Sparrow 9.2% 24.2% 15.0%
29   Pileated Woodpecker 24.9% 22.0% 2.9%
30   American Robin 28.8% 21.5% 7.3%
31   Wood Duck 7.7% 21.3% 13.6%
32   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.2% 21.1% 6.9%
33   Pine Warbler 41.3% 20.6% 20.7%
34   Eastern Towhee 26.7% 20.6% 6.1%
35   Great Egret 29.2% 20.3% 8.8%
36   Chimney Swift 23.8% 20.3% 3.5%
37   European Starling 9.9% 19.4% 9.4%
38   Red-eyed Vireo 29.1% 18.9% 10.2%
39   Mallard 20.3% 18.9% 1.4%
40   Common Yellowthroat 30.5% 18.6% 11.9%
41   Eastern Wood-Pewee 28.9% 18.2% 10.8%
42   Black Vulture 21.6% 16.7% 4.9%
43   Hairy Woodpecker 14.3% 12.6% 1.7%
44   Killdeer 24.7% 11.6% 13.1%
45   Canada Goose 25.5% 11.4% 14.1%
46   Northern Parula 25.3% 11.4% 13.9%
47   Great Crested Flycatcher 11.2% 10.7% 0.6%
48   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16.1% 9.9% 6.2%
49   Tricolored Heron 0.8% 9.9% 9.1%
50   Green Heron 12.1% 9.7% 2.4%
51   Summer Tanager 22.2% 9.2% 13.0%
52   Magnolia Warbler 18.0% 9.2% 8.8%
53   Black-and-white Warbler 24.7% 7.5% 17.1%
54   Barred Owl 5.4% 7.3% 1.9%
55   Common Grackle 5.1% 5.6% 0.5%
56   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.6% 4.6% 5.0%
57   Red-tailed Hawk 9.2% 3.9% 5.3%
58   Fish Crow 22.0% 3.6% 18.4%
59   Scarlet Tanager 9.3% 3.6% 5.7%
60   Indigo Bunting 18.6% 3.1% 15.5%
61   Solitary Sandpiper 6.7% 3.1% 3.5%
62   Northern Waterthrush 3.8% 3.1% 0.7%
63   Eastern Kingbird 1.9% 3.1% 1.2%
64   Chipping Sparrow 15.3% 2.9% 12.3%
65   House Wren 8.7% 2.4% 6.3%
66   Cooper's Hawk 5.2% 2.4% 2.8%
67   Yellow-throated Vireo 8.2% 2.2% 6.1%
68   Acadian Flycatcher 7.9% 2.2% 5.8%
69   Cape May Warbler 9.9% 1.9% 7.9%
70   Cedar Waxwing 6.6% 1.9% 4.6%
71   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6.5% 1.7% 4.8%
72   Spotted Sandpiper 5.9% 1.7% 4.2%
73   Veery 4.3% 1.7% 2.6%
74   Wood Thrush 3.3% 1.5% 1.9%
75   Blue Grosbeak 11.7% 1.2% 10.5%
76   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.0% 4.4%
77   Yellow-throated Warbler 5.2% 1.0% 4.3%
78   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.4% 1.0% 3.4%
79   Baltimore Oriole 2.7% 1.0% 1.7%
80   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.5% 1.0% 0.4%
81   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.2% 1.0% 0.7%
82   Prairie Warbler 4.3% 0.7% 3.6%
83   Red-winged Blackbird 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
84   Pied-billed Grebe 1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
85   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
86   Least Flycatcher 1.0% 0.7% 0.2%
87   House Sparrow 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
88   Osprey 13.7% 0.5% 13.2%
89   Swainson's Thrush 5.0% 0.5% 4.5%
90   Blue-winged Warbler 4.3% 0.5% 3.8%
91   Yellow Warbler 4.0% 0.5% 3.6%
92   Ovenbird 3.5% 0.5% 3.0%
93   Tennessee Warbler 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
94   Nashville Warbler 1.1% 0.5% 0.7%
95   Common Nighthawk 1.1% 0.5% 0.7%
96   Blue-headed Vireo 0.7% 0.5% 0.3%
97   Prothonotary Warbler 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
98   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
99   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
100   Sora 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
101   American Black Duck 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
102   Bald Eagle 12.9% 0.2% 12.7%
103   Hooded Warbler 7.0% 0.2% 6.7%
104   Black-throated Blue Warbler 4.9% 0.2% 4.6%
105   Rock Pigeon 4.3% 0.2% 4.1%
106   American Kestrel 3.7% 0.2% 3.5%
107   Blackburnian Warbler 2.5% 0.2% 2.2%
108   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 0.2% 2.1%
109   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 0.2% 1.9%
110   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
111   Field Sparrow 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
112   Canada Warbler 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
113   Wild Turkey 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
114   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
115   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.7% 0.2% 0.4%
116   Blackpoll Warbler 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
117   Tree Swallow 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
118   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
119   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%