Top Birds at Lake Wheeler marshes in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 121 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Wheeler marshes 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 | Great Blue Heron | 47.6% | 90.9% | 43.3% | 1.9x | |||
| 2 | Mallard | 29.9% | 81.8% | 51.9% | 2.7x | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal | 79.4% | 79.3% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 4 | Canada Goose | 42.0% | 78.5% | 36.5% | 1.9x | |||
| 5 | Double-crested Cormorant | 18.6% | 62.8% | 44.2% | 3.4x | |||
| 6 | Carolina Wren | 70.1% | 60.3% | 9.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 7 | Fish Crow | 33.0% | 57.9% | 24.9% | 1.8x | |||
| 8 | Tree Swallow | 12.7% | 57.9% | 45.1% | 4.5x | |||
| 9 | American Crow | 56.7% | 54.5% | 2.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 10 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.8% | 52.9% | 12.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 11 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 47.9% | 52.9% | 5.0% | 1.1x | |||
| 12 | Cliff Swallow | 5.1% | 52.9% | 47.8% | 10.4x | |||
| 13 | Red-winged Blackbird | 26.9% | 47.9% | 21.0% | 1.8x | |||
| 14 | Killdeer | 19.7% | 47.1% | 27.4% | 2.4x | |||
| 15 | Blue Jay | 44.4% | 45.5% | 1.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 16 | Purple Martin | 9.7% | 45.5% | 35.7% | 4.7x | |||
| 17 | Eastern Kingbird | 26.2% | 44.6% | 18.4% | 1.7x | |||
| 18 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 56.6% | 43.8% | 12.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 19 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 55.3% | 43.0% | 12.3% | 0.8x | |||
| 20 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.7% | 43.0% | 2.3% | 1.1x | |||
| 21 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.0% | 43.0% | 27.0% | 2.7x | |||
| 22 | Bald Eagle | 10.1% | 40.5% | 30.4% | 4.0x | |||
| 23 | Barn Swallow | 31.3% | 36.4% | 5.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 24 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.7% | 35.5% | 25.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 25 | Wood Duck | 12.5% | 33.9% | 21.4% | 2.7x | |||
| 26 | Pine Warbler | 39.1% | 33.1% | 6.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 27 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.6% | 30.6% | 19.0% | 0.6x | |||
| 28 | Least Sandpiper | 5.0% | 30.6% | 25.6% | 6.1x | |||
| 29 | Indigo Bunting | 45.0% | 28.9% | 16.1% | 0.6x | |||
| 30 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.6% | 28.9% | 1.7% | 0.9x | |||
| 31 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.7% | 28.1% | 3.6% | 0.9x | |||
| 32 | Barred Owl | 7.9% | 27.3% | 19.4% | 3.5x | |||
| 33 | Chimney Swift | 28.9% | 22.3% | 6.6% | 0.8x | |||
| 34 | American Goldfinch | 43.7% | 20.7% | 23.1% | 0.5x | |||
| 35 | Turkey Vulture | 39.6% | 20.7% | 18.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 36 | Common Grackle | 37.1% | 19.8% | 17.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 37 | Gray Catbird | 31.4% | 19.8% | 11.6% | 0.6x | |||
| 38 | Osprey | 15.4% | 19.8% | 4.4% | 1.3x | |||
| 39 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.4% | 18.2% | 1.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 40 | Summer Tanager | 38.0% | 17.4% | 20.6% | 0.5x | |||
| 41 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.5% | 15.7% | 23.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 42 | Solitary Sandpiper | 7.9% | 15.7% | 7.8% | 2.0x | |||
| 43 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.0% | 15.7% | 12.7% | 5.2x | |||
| 44 | Mourning Dove | 49.6% | 14.9% | 34.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 45 | Red-tailed Hawk | 14.1% | 14.9% | 0.8% | 1.1x | |||
| 46 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1.2% | 14.9% | 13.6% | 11.9x | |||
| 47 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.2% | 12.4% | 21.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 48 | Black Vulture | 21.2% | 12.4% | 8.8% | 0.6x | |||
| 49 | Belted Kingfisher | 12.0% | 12.4% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
| 50 | Semipalmated Plover | 2.2% | 12.4% | 10.2% | 5.6x | |||
| 51 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.2% | 11.6% | 10.4% | 9.8x | |||
| 52 | White-eyed Vireo | 32.1% | 9.9% | 22.2% | 0.3x | |||
| 53 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.8% | 9.1% | 42.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 54 | Great Egret | 2.3% | 9.1% | 6.8% | 4.0x | |||
| 55 | Eastern Towhee | 38.1% | 8.3% | 29.8% | 0.2x | |||
| 56 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 33.5% | 8.3% | 25.3% | 0.2x | |||
| 57 | American Redstart | 22.7% | 8.3% | 14.4% | 0.4x | |||
| 58 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 0.1% | 8.3% | 8.1% | 61.2x | |||
| 59 | Northern Flicker | 9.2% | 7.4% | 1.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 60 | Northern Parula | 36.6% | 6.6% | 30.0% | 0.2x | |||
| 61 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 14.8% | 6.6% | 8.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 62 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.5% | 5.8% | 31.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 63 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.5% | 5.8% | 9.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 64 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.3% | 5.8% | 5.5% | 0.5x | |||
| 65 | peep sp. | 0.9% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 6.4x | |||
| 66 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.8% | 5.0% | 16.9% | 0.2x | |||
| 67 | Brown Thrasher | 16.9% | 5.0% | 11.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 68 | Bank Swallow | 1.2% | 5.0% | 3.8% | 4.1x | |||
| 69 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 36.1% | 4.1% | 32.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 70 | Orchard Oriole | 15.3% | 4.1% | 11.2% | 0.3x | |||
| 71 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.5% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 0.6x | |||
| 72 | Hooded Merganser | 1.6% | 4.1% | 2.5% | 2.5x | |||
| 73 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.1% | 3.3% | 9.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 74 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.6% | 2.5% | 29.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 75 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 19.2% | 2.5% | 16.7% | 0.1x | |||
| 76 | Prothonotary Warbler | 16.6% | 2.5% | 14.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 77 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 12.1% | 2.5% | 9.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 78 | Green Heron | 10.8% | 2.5% | 8.3% | 0.2x | |||
| 79 | Red-necked Phalarope | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 1.8x | |||
| 80 | Caspian Tern | 1.0% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 2.5x | |||
| 81 | Dunlin | 0.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 4.2x | |||
| 82 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.9% | 1.7% | 22.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 83 | Blue Grosbeak | 23.6% | 1.7% | 21.9% | 0.1x | |||
| 84 | Song Sparrow | 14.3% | 1.7% | 12.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 85 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 11.2% | 1.7% | 9.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 86 | Prairie Warbler | 7.8% | 1.7% | 6.1% | 0.2x | |||
| 87 | White-throated Sparrow | 7.6% | 1.7% | 5.9% | 0.2x | |||
| 88 | Mute Swan | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 4.6x | |||
| 89 | Western Sandpiper | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 8.3x | |||
| 90 | Black-necked Stilt | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 14.9x | |||
| 91 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 14.9x | |||
| 92 | Whimbrel | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 26.0x | |||
| 93 | House Finch | 27.4% | 0.8% | 26.6% | 0.0x | |||
| 94 | Acadian Flycatcher | 27.0% | 0.8% | 26.2% | 0.0x | |||
| 95 | European Starling | 22.9% | 0.8% | 22.1% | 0.0x | |||
| 96 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 14.9% | 0.8% | 14.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 97 | Wood Thrush | 14.3% | 0.8% | 13.5% | 0.1x | |||
| 98 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 11.2% | 0.8% | 10.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 99 | Northern Waterthrush | 7.4% | 0.8% | 6.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 100 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.7% | 0.8% | 2.9% | 0.2x | |||
| 101 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.8% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 102 | Kentucky Warbler | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 103 | Mississippi Kite | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 104 | crow sp. | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.5x | |||
| 105 | swallow sp. | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 106 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 107 | Great Horned Owl | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.6x | |||
| 108 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.8x | |||
| 109 | Common Loon | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.8x | |||
| 110 | Graylag Goose | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 2.0x | |||
| 111 | Anhinga | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 2.8x | |||
| 112 | Black-bellied Plover | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 4.0x | |||
| 113 | Catharus sp. | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 5.0x | |||
| 114 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 17.3x |