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

based on 444 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Wheeler marshes 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   Great Blue Heron 43.5% 95.3% 51.8% 2.2x
2   Great Egret 29.7% 90.3% 60.6% 3.0x
3   Killdeer 18.6% 88.7% 70.1% 4.8x
4   Mallard 19.8% 74.1% 54.3% 3.8x
5   Canada Goose 23.0% 71.8% 48.8% 3.1x
6   Carolina Wren 73.0% 61.9% 11.1% 0.8x
7   Least Sandpiper 5.3% 61.9% 56.7% 11.7x
8   American Crow 53.4% 59.5% 6.0% 1.1x
9   Belted Kingfisher 20.5% 57.9% 37.4% 2.8x
10   Fish Crow 23.8% 57.7% 33.8% 2.4x
11   Little Blue Heron 4.7% 46.6% 41.9% 9.8x
12   Pectoral Sandpiper 3.3% 46.4% 43.1% 14.0x
13   American Goldfinch 60.4% 43.9% 16.4% 0.7x
14   Osprey 19.5% 41.0% 21.4% 2.1x
15   Spotted Sandpiper 8.9% 40.3% 31.4% 4.5x
16   Carolina Chickadee 59.7% 36.7% 22.9% 0.6x
17   Northern Cardinal 68.0% 36.3% 31.7% 0.5x
18   Red-shouldered Hawk 24.7% 36.0% 11.4% 1.5x
19   Tufted Titmouse 53.5% 35.1% 18.4% 0.7x
20   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.4% 31.3% 8.1% 0.8x
21   Bald Eagle 7.6% 30.9% 23.3% 4.1x
22   Greater Yellowlegs 1.5% 30.0% 28.4% 19.5x
23   Wood Duck 9.9% 29.3% 19.4% 3.0x
24   Blue Jay 37.1% 29.1% 8.0% 0.8x
25   Double-crested Cormorant 14.0% 28.8% 14.8% 2.1x
26   Semipalmated Plover 2.5% 27.9% 25.5% 11.3x
27   Roseate Spoonbill 1.0% 26.8% 25.8% 27.7x
28   Brown-headed Nuthatch 26.2% 26.6% 0.4% 1.0x
29   Solitary Sandpiper 6.3% 26.1% 19.8% 4.2x
30   Chimney Swift 18.1% 25.9% 7.8% 1.4x
31   Green Heron 17.8% 25.0% 7.2% 1.4x
32   Pileated Woodpecker 15.4% 23.6% 8.2% 1.5x
33   Lesser Yellowlegs 3.2% 23.4% 20.3% 7.4x
34   Turkey Vulture 32.1% 22.3% 9.8% 0.7x
35   Mourning Dove 49.3% 21.2% 28.1% 0.4x
36   American Avocet 0.5% 20.5% 20.0% 39.0x
37   Downy Woodpecker 41.8% 20.0% 21.7% 0.5x
38   Tricolored Heron 3.1% 18.9% 15.8% 6.1x
39   Eastern Kingbird 13.7% 18.2% 4.6% 1.3x
40   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.9% 18.2% 17.3% 19.7x
41   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.7% 17.8% 15.1% 6.7x
42   Eastern Bluebird 41.3% 16.4% 24.9% 0.4x
43   Pine Warbler 16.2% 15.3% 0.9% 0.9x
44   Barn Swallow 11.1% 15.1% 4.0% 1.4x
45   Common Grackle 9.7% 14.2% 4.5% 1.5x
46   Barred Owl 4.0% 13.5% 9.5% 3.4x
47   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.3% 12.4% 5.9% 0.7x
48   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 42.6% 11.9% 30.7% 0.3x
49   Blue Grosbeak 22.8% 11.9% 10.8% 0.5x
50   House Finch 20.6% 11.9% 8.7% 0.6x
51   Eastern Phoebe 20.6% 11.7% 8.9% 0.6x
52   peep sp. 1.4% 11.5% 10.1% 8.2x
53   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 35.4% 10.4% 25.1% 0.3x
54   White-breasted Nuthatch 28.9% 9.7% 19.2% 0.3x
55   Common Yellowthroat 12.3% 9.5% 2.8% 0.8x
56   Brown Pelican 0.2% 9.2% 9.0% 38.2x
57   Red-eyed Vireo 22.5% 8.1% 14.4% 0.4x
58   Red-winged Blackbird 5.9% 7.4% 1.5% 1.3x
59   Graylag Goose 0.8% 7.4% 6.7% 9.9x
60   Red-tailed Hawk 10.4% 7.0% 3.5% 0.7x
61   Blue-winged Teal 0.8% 7.0% 6.2% 8.6x
62   Black Vulture 16.4% 6.8% 9.6% 0.4x
63   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16.3% 6.8% 9.5% 0.4x
64   American Robin 29.5% 6.5% 23.0% 0.2x
65   White-eyed Vireo 21.4% 6.5% 14.8% 0.3x
66   Northern Flicker 9.0% 6.3% 2.7% 0.7x
67   Great Horned Owl 0.7% 6.1% 5.4% 8.6x
68   Indigo Bunting 29.5% 5.2% 24.3% 0.2x
69   Stilt Sandpiper 1.1% 5.0% 3.9% 4.7x
70   Purple Martin 2.2% 4.7% 2.6% 2.2x
71   Wilson's Phalarope 0.2% 4.3% 4.1% 18.8x
72   Summer Tanager 15.4% 4.1% 11.3% 0.3x
73   White Ibis 2.2% 4.1% 1.9% 1.9x
74   Caspian Tern 1.8% 3.8% 2.0% 2.1x
75   Eastern Towhee 26.6% 3.6% 23.0% 0.1x
76   Rock Pigeon 5.9% 3.6% 2.3% 0.6x
77   Cooper's Hawk 4.6% 3.2% 1.4% 0.7x
78   Snowy Egret 2.2% 2.7% 0.5% 1.2x
79   Wood Stork 1.8% 2.5% 0.7% 1.4x
80   Black Tern 1.4% 2.5% 1.0% 1.7x
81   European Starling 10.4% 2.3% 8.2% 0.2x
82   Northern Parula 7.7% 2.3% 5.5% 0.3x
83   crow sp. 1.3% 2.3% 0.9% 1.7x
84   Northern Mockingbird 31.1% 1.6% 29.5% 0.1x
85   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.0% 1.6% 9.4% 0.1x
86   swallow sp. 0.7% 1.6% 0.9% 2.3x
87   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 0.1% 1.6% 1.4% 12.3x
88   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.5% 1.4% 19.1% 0.1x
89   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 1.4% 4.6% 0.2x
90   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 1.1% 0.3% 1.4x
91   Western Sandpiper 0.6% 1.1% 0.5% 1.9x
92   Bobolink 0.6% 1.1% 0.6% 2.0x
93   Gray Catbird 28.8% 0.9% 27.9% 0.0x
94   shorebird sp. 0.1% 0.9% 0.8% 7.9x
95   Brown Thrasher 16.0% 0.7% 15.4% 0.0x
96   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 0.7% 7.7% 0.1x
97   American Redstart 6.6% 0.7% 5.9% 0.1x
98   Yellow Warbler 2.4% 0.7% 1.7% 0.3x
99   Anhinga 1.7% 0.7% 1.1% 0.4x
100   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.8% 0.7% 0.1% 0.8x
101   Chipping Sparrow 19.7% 0.5% 19.2% 0.0x
102   Black-and-white Warbler 5.9% 0.5% 5.4% 0.1x
103   Ovenbird 1.3% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4x
104   hawk sp. 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.9x
105   Tree Swallow 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
106   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.7x
107   American/Fish Crow 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.4x
108   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.5% 0.3% 3.5x
109   Accipiter sp. 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.5x
110   Green-winged Teal 0% 0.5% 0.5%
111   Acadian Flycatcher 10.2% 0.2% 10.0% 0.0x
112   Song Sparrow 10.1% 0.2% 9.8% 0.0x
113   Orchard Oriole 2.1% 0.2% 1.8% 0.1x
114   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.9% 0.2% 1.7% 0.1x
115   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.6% 0.2% 1.4% 0.1x
116   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.2% 1.3% 0.2x
117   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 0.2% 0.6% 0.3x
118   Empidonax sp. 0.7% 0.2% 0.5% 0.3x
119   Pied-billed Grebe 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.5x
120   Forster's Tern 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5x
121   duck sp. 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.6x
122   Buteo sp. 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.8x
123   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 1.4x
124   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 1.4x
125   Northern Harrier 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.8x
126   American Golden-Plover 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.3x
127   American Black Duck 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.3x
128   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 3.2x
129   blackbird sp. 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 15.8x
130   Hudsonian Godwit 0% 0.2% 0.2%