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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 371 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 Relative
1   Northern Cardinal 73.1% 82.5% 9.4% 1.1x
2   Carolina Chickadee 70.8% 82.2% 11.4% 1.2x
3   Carolina Wren 76.8% 80.9% 4.1% 1.1x
4   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.4% 71.4% 16.0% 1.3x
5   American Crow 64.7% 68.5% 3.7% 1.1x
6   Downy Woodpecker 55.8% 67.1% 11.3% 1.2x
7   Tufted Titmouse 65.3% 66.3% 1.0% 1.0x
8   Eastern Bluebird 41.6% 60.1% 18.6% 1.4x
9   American Goldfinch 46.9% 57.4% 10.5% 1.2x
10   Blue Jay 60.5% 56.9% 3.6% 0.9x
11   Eastern Phoebe 36.5% 55.0% 18.5% 1.5x
12   Great Blue Heron 44.3% 53.9% 9.6% 1.2x
13   Gray Catbird 42.5% 51.8% 9.3% 1.2x
14   Red-shouldered Hawk 36.2% 48.5% 12.3% 1.3x
15   House Finch 18.6% 44.7% 26.1% 2.4x
16   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32.3% 43.7% 11.4% 1.4x
17   Brown-headed Nuthatch 35.9% 38.8% 3.0% 1.1x
18   Northern Mockingbird 30.9% 38.5% 7.7% 1.2x
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.3% 38.0% 1.7% 1.0x
20   Turkey Vulture 39.6% 36.4% 3.2% 0.9x
21   Belted Kingfisher 27.9% 34.8% 6.9% 1.2x
22   Brown Thrasher 30.5% 31.0% 0.5% 1.0x
23   Northern Flicker 22.3% 30.5% 8.2% 1.4x
24   White-eyed Vireo 33.7% 27.5% 6.2% 0.8x
25   Mourning Dove 38.8% 26.4% 12.3% 0.7x
26   Song Sparrow 8.6% 26.1% 17.5% 3.0x
27   American Redstart 31.1% 24.8% 6.3% 0.8x
28   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26.5% 24.8% 1.7% 0.9x
29   Great Egret 29.5% 22.4% 7.1% 0.8x
30   American Robin 29.6% 22.1% 7.5% 0.7x
31   Wood Duck 8.0% 22.1% 14.1% 2.8x
32   Pine Warbler 41.2% 20.8% 20.5% 0.5x
33   Chimney Swift 24.6% 20.8% 3.9% 0.8x
34   Mallard 20.1% 20.8% 0.7% 1.0x
35   Eastern Towhee 26.5% 19.9% 6.6% 0.8x
36   Pileated Woodpecker 24.7% 19.7% 5.0% 0.8x
37   Common Yellowthroat 30.3% 18.1% 12.2% 0.6x
38   Eastern Wood-Pewee 28.1% 17.8% 10.3% 0.6x
39   Red-eyed Vireo 29.0% 17.5% 11.5% 0.6x
40   Black Vulture 21.4% 16.2% 5.2% 0.8x
41   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.7% 15.6% 0.9% 1.1x
42   European Starling 10.7% 14.8% 4.1% 1.4x
43   Killdeer 24.3% 12.7% 11.7% 0.5x
44   Northern Parula 25.5% 12.4% 13.1% 0.5x
45   Hairy Woodpecker 14.3% 11.9% 2.4% 0.8x
46   Canada Goose 25.3% 11.1% 14.3% 0.4x
47   Tricolored Heron 1.0% 11.1% 10.1% 11.1x
48   Green Heron 10.7% 10.8% 0.0% 1.0x
49   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.6% 10.0% 5.7% 0.6x
50   Magnolia Warbler 17.8% 9.7% 8.1% 0.5x
51   Great Crested Flycatcher 10.7% 9.7% 1.0% 0.9x
52   Summer Tanager 22.8% 8.9% 13.9% 0.4x
53   Black-and-white Warbler 24.7% 7.8% 16.9% 0.3x
54   Barred Owl 5.6% 7.5% 1.9% 1.3x
55   Common Grackle 5.4% 5.9% 0.5% 1.1x
56   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.7% 5.1% 4.6% 0.5x
57   Red-tailed Hawk 9.6% 3.8% 5.8% 0.4x
58   Fish Crow 22.6% 3.5% 19.1% 0.2x
59   Indigo Bunting 17.9% 3.5% 14.4% 0.2x
60   Scarlet Tanager 9.7% 3.5% 6.2% 0.4x
61   Solitary Sandpiper 5.1% 3.5% 1.6% 0.7x
62   Northern Waterthrush 3.6% 3.2% 0.3% 0.9x
63   Eastern Kingbird 1.6% 3.2% 1.7% 2.1x
64   Chipping Sparrow 14.7% 3.0% 11.7% 0.2x
65   House Wren 8.7% 2.4% 6.3% 0.3x
66   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.8% 2.4% 5.4% 0.3x
67   Empidonax sp. 2.8% 2.4% 0.3% 0.9x
68   Cape May Warbler 10.1% 1.9% 8.2% 0.2x
69   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7.0% 1.9% 5.1% 0.3x
70   Spotted Sandpiper 5.8% 1.9% 4.0% 0.3x
71   Cedar Waxwing 7.3% 1.6% 5.7% 0.2x
72   Cooper's Hawk 5.3% 1.6% 3.7% 0.3x
73   Blue Grosbeak 11.7% 1.3% 10.4% 0.1x
74   Acadian Flycatcher 7.0% 1.3% 5.7% 0.2x
75   Wood Thrush 3.4% 1.3% 2.1% 0.4x
76   hawk sp. 0.8% 1.3% 0.5% 1.6x
77   Palm Warbler 5.1% 1.1% 4.0% 0.2x
78   Yellow-throated Warbler 4.9% 1.1% 3.8% 0.2x
79   Veery 4.2% 1.1% 3.1% 0.3x
80   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.0% 1.1% 1.0% 38.0x
81   Prairie Warbler 4.6% 0.8% 3.8% 0.2x
82   House Sparrow 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 1.1x
83   Least Flycatcher 0.7% 0.8% 0.1% 1.1x
84   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.8% 0.5% 2.3x
85   Swainson's Thrush 5.2% 0.5% 4.7% 0.1x
86   Blue-winged Warbler 4.6% 0.5% 4.0% 0.1x
87   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.6% 0.5% 4.0% 0.1x
88   Ovenbird 3.5% 0.5% 3.0% 0.2x
89   Tennessee Warbler 3.0% 0.5% 2.4% 0.2x
90   Red-winged Blackbird 1.7% 0.5% 1.2% 0.3x
91   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 1.7% 0.5% 1.1% 0.3x
92   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.4% 0.5% 0.9% 0.4x
93   Pied-billed Grebe 1.4% 0.5% 0.9% 0.4x
94   crow sp. 1.2% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5x
95   Nashville Warbler 1.1% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5x
96   Common Nighthawk 1.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5x
97   Blue-headed Vireo 0.9% 0.5% 0.3% 0.6x
98   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.7% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
99   Prothonotary Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.9x
100   duck sp. 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
101   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.8x
102   swallow sp. 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.8x
103   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.3% 0.5% 0.3% 2.0x
104   Sora 0.2% 0.5% 0.4% 3.4x
105   American Black Duck 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.4x
106   Osprey 13.3% 0.3% 13.1% 0.0x
107   Bald Eagle 12.7% 0.3% 12.4% 0.0x
108   Hooded Warbler 7.2% 0.3% 6.9% 0.0x
109   Black-throated Blue Warbler 5.5% 0.3% 5.2% 0.0x
110   Rock Pigeon 4.7% 0.3% 4.4% 0.1x
111   Yellow Warbler 3.9% 0.3% 3.6% 0.1x
112   American Kestrel 3.8% 0.3% 3.6% 0.1x
113   Baltimore Oriole 2.9% 0.3% 2.6% 0.1x
114   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.4% 0.3% 2.1% 0.1x
115   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.3% 0.3% 2.1% 0.1x
116   Blackburnian Warbler 2.3% 0.3% 2.0% 0.1x
117   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.8% 0.3% 1.5% 0.2x
118   Field Sparrow 1.6% 0.3% 1.4% 0.2x
119   Canada Warbler 1.2% 0.3% 0.9% 0.2x
120   Wild Turkey 1.1% 0.3% 0.8% 0.2x
121   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.7% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4x
122   Blackpoll Warbler 0.6% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4x
123   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.6% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4x
124   Tree Swallow 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5x
125   Catharus sp. 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6x
126   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.9x
127   falcon sp. 0% 0.3% 0.3%