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Top Birds at Lake Wheeler marshes in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 214 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Wheeler marshes during the month of July. 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   Great Blue Heron 39.5% 97.2% 57.7% 2.5x
2   Killdeer 15.9% 90.2% 74.3% 5.7x
3   Great Egret 15.3% 85.0% 69.8% 5.6x
4   Canada Goose 18.6% 74.8% 56.2% 4.0x
5   Mallard 19.1% 73.8% 54.7% 3.9x
6   Northern Cardinal 76.3% 61.2% 15.1% 0.8x
7   Fish Crow 30.5% 60.7% 30.3% 2.0x
8   Carolina Wren 71.8% 55.6% 16.2% 0.8x
9   American Crow 47.8% 53.3% 5.5% 1.1x
10   Bald Eagle 5.4% 52.8% 47.4% 9.7x
11   Common Yellowthroat 24.6% 49.5% 24.9% 2.0x
12   Belted Kingfisher 14.0% 40.7% 26.7% 2.9x
13   Spotted Sandpiper 3.9% 37.4% 33.5% 9.6x
14   Osprey 18.2% 36.9% 18.8% 2.0x
15   Roseate Spoonbill 3.0% 36.9% 34.0% 12.5x
16   American Goldfinch 57.3% 36.4% 20.9% 0.6x
17   Tufted Titmouse 54.5% 36.4% 18.1% 0.7x
18   Wood Duck 9.7% 35.5% 25.8% 3.6x
19   Eastern Kingbird 21.5% 35.0% 13.6% 1.6x
20   Red-shouldered Hawk 23.3% 34.6% 11.3% 1.5x
21   Green Heron 17.3% 34.6% 17.3% 2.0x
22   Barn Swallow 25.2% 33.2% 7.9% 1.3x
23   Purple Martin 12.3% 32.7% 20.4% 2.7x
24   Carolina Chickadee 53.8% 31.8% 22.1% 0.6x
25   Least Sandpiper 1.6% 31.3% 29.7% 19.4x
26   Solitary Sandpiper 1.3% 30.8% 29.5% 23.5x
27   Chimney Swift 24.7% 29.0% 4.2% 1.2x
28   Blue Jay 37.4% 28.5% 8.9% 0.8x
29   Red-bellied Woodpecker 43.4% 27.1% 16.3% 0.6x
30   Mourning Dove 50.1% 26.2% 23.9% 0.5x
31   Eastern Bluebird 45.4% 25.2% 20.2% 0.6x
32   Brown-headed Nuthatch 23.3% 24.8% 1.4% 1.1x
33   Barred Owl 4.3% 23.8% 19.5% 5.5x
34   Downy Woodpecker 39.2% 23.4% 15.8% 0.6x
35   Pileated Woodpecker 11.3% 22.9% 11.6% 2.0x
36   Great Crested Flycatcher 24.9% 22.0% 2.9% 0.9x
37   Little Blue Heron 4.6% 22.0% 17.4% 4.8x
38   Blue Grosbeak 26.8% 20.6% 6.3% 0.8x
39   Turkey Vulture 30.6% 19.6% 11.0% 0.6x
40   Glossy Ibis 0.2% 19.2% 18.9% 82.1x
41   Pine Warbler 11.3% 17.8% 6.5% 1.6x
42   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.4% 16.4% 16.0% 45.6x
43   Common Grackle 20.7% 15.9% 4.8% 0.8x
44   Indigo Bunting 47.1% 14.5% 32.7% 0.3x
45   White-eyed Vireo 21.3% 14.5% 6.8% 0.7x
46   Graylag Goose 0.6% 14.5% 13.9% 26.0x
47   Tree Swallow 2.1% 12.6% 10.6% 6.1x
48   Greater Yellowlegs 0.3% 11.7% 11.3% 34.3x
49   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 42.8% 11.2% 31.6% 0.3x
50   Double-crested Cormorant 9.8% 11.2% 1.4% 1.1x
51   Red-winged Blackbird 16.2% 10.7% 5.5% 0.7x
52   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 26.6% 10.3% 16.3% 0.4x
53   Eastern Phoebe 20.7% 10.3% 10.4% 0.5x
54   Summer Tanager 24.3% 9.8% 14.5% 0.4x
55   House Finch 27.1% 9.3% 17.8% 0.3x
56   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 23.1% 9.3% 13.7% 0.4x
57   Red-tailed Hawk 11.2% 9.3% 1.9% 0.8x
58   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.8% 8.9% 2.1% 1.3x
59   American Robin 39.1% 7.9% 31.2% 0.2x
60   Northern Mockingbird 35.3% 7.9% 27.4% 0.2x
61   White-breasted Nuthatch 26.8% 6.1% 20.7% 0.2x
62   Snowy Egret 0.9% 6.1% 5.2% 6.6x
63   Chipping Sparrow 34.1% 5.6% 28.5% 0.2x
64   Red-eyed Vireo 28.2% 5.6% 22.6% 0.2x
65   Black Vulture 14.2% 5.6% 8.6% 0.4x
66   Cliff Swallow 2.4% 5.6% 3.2% 2.3x
67   Northern Flicker 8.9% 5.1% 3.7% 0.6x
68   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 4.7% 4.5% 37.2x
69   Orchard Oriole 6.8% 4.2% 2.6% 0.6x
70   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 4.2% 0.5% 1.1x
71   White Ibis 0.9% 4.2% 3.3% 4.6x
72   peep sp. 0.4% 4.2% 3.8% 11.2x
73   Eastern Towhee 38.3% 3.3% 35.1% 0.1x
74   Rock Pigeon 5.1% 3.3% 1.9% 0.6x
75   Brown-headed Cowbird 12.9% 2.8% 10.1% 0.2x
76   Wood Stork 0.1% 2.8% 2.7% 31.3x
77   Gray Catbird 20.6% 2.3% 18.3% 0.1x
78   Anhinga 2.2% 1.9% 0.3% 0.9x
79   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.3% 1.9% 1.6% 6.5x
80   Blue-winged Teal 0% 1.9% 1.9%
81   Acadian Flycatcher 22.9% 1.4% 21.5% 0.1x
82   Brown Thrasher 20.3% 1.4% 18.9% 0.1x
83   European Starling 12.2% 1.4% 10.8% 0.1x
84   duck sp. 0.8% 1.4% 0.6% 1.8x
85   Great Horned Owl 0.4% 1.4% 1.0% 3.4x
86   Song Sparrow 15.9% 0.9% 15.0% 0.1x
87   House Wren 6.3% 0.9% 5.3% 0.1x
88   Baltimore Oriole 0.1% 0.9% 0.9% 13.0x
89   Eastern Wood-Pewee 15.4% 0.5% 14.9% 0.0x
90   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.0% 0.5% 10.5% 0.0x
91   Northern Parula 9.9% 0.5% 9.4% 0.0x
92   Wood Thrush 8.5% 0.5% 8.1% 0.1x
93   Yellow-throated Warbler 3.7% 0.5% 3.2% 0.1x
94   House Sparrow 2.7% 0.5% 2.3% 0.2x
95   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2.7% 0.5% 2.2% 0.2x
96   swallow sp. 1.1% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4x
97   Yellow Warbler 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
98   Tricolored Heron 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
99   Caspian Tern 0.3% 0.5% 0.1% 1.4x
100   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.7x
101   American/Fish Crow 0.2% 0.5% 0.2% 2.0x
102   Pied-billed Grebe 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.6x
103   Lesser Yellowlegs 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.3x
104   bird sp. 0% 0.5% 0.5%