Top Birds at Lake Wheeler marshes in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 450 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Blue Heron | 45.0% | 95.3% | 50.4% | |||
| 2 | Great Egret | 30.9% | 90.4% | 59.5% | |||
| 3 | Killdeer | 21.5% | 88.9% | 67.4% | |||
| 4 | Mallard | 19.7% | 74.0% | 54.3% | |||
| 5 | Canada Goose | 23.4% | 71.8% | 48.4% | |||
| 6 | Least Sandpiper | 8.4% | 62.0% | 53.6% | |||
| 7 | Carolina Wren | 71.8% | 61.8% | 10.0% | |||
| 8 | American Crow | 53.4% | 59.6% | 6.2% | |||
| 9 | Belted Kingfisher | 20.3% | 57.8% | 37.5% | |||
| 10 | Fish Crow | 23.9% | 57.6% | 33.6% | |||
| 11 | Little Blue Heron | 6.9% | 46.0% | 39.1% | |||
| 12 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 5.3% | 46.0% | 40.7% | |||
| 13 | American Goldfinch | 61.0% | 44.2% | 16.8% | |||
| 14 | Osprey | 21.2% | 41.3% | 20.1% | |||
| 15 | Spotted Sandpiper | 10.4% | 40.4% | 30.0% | |||
| 16 | Carolina Chickadee | 57.4% | 36.7% | 20.7% | |||
| 17 | Northern Cardinal | 66.7% | 36.4% | 30.2% | |||
| 18 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 24.1% | 36.2% | 12.1% | |||
| 19 | Tufted Titmouse | 52.1% | 35.1% | 17.0% | |||
| 20 | Bald Eagle | 8.1% | 31.1% | 23.0% | |||
| 21 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 36.6% | 30.9% | 5.7% | |||
| 22 | Greater Yellowlegs | 2.7% | 29.8% | 27.1% | |||
| 23 | Wood Duck | 11.0% | 29.6% | 18.5% | |||
| 24 | Blue Jay | 34.4% | 28.9% | 5.6% | |||
| 25 | Double-crested Cormorant | 14.1% | 28.7% | 14.5% | |||
| 26 | Semipalmated Plover | 4.4% | 28.2% | 23.8% | |||
| 27 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 25.0% | 26.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 28 | Roseate Spoonbill | 1.1% | 26.4% | 25.4% | |||
| 29 | Solitary Sandpiper | 7.7% | 26.2% | 18.5% | |||
| 30 | Chimney Swift | 17.7% | 26.0% | 8.3% | |||
| 31 | Green Heron | 17.0% | 24.7% | 7.7% | |||
| 32 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.4% | 23.6% | 8.2% | |||
| 33 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 5.2% | 23.6% | 18.3% | |||
| 34 | Turkey Vulture | 32.8% | 22.9% | 9.9% | |||
| 35 | Mourning Dove | 48.1% | 21.1% | 27.0% | |||
| 36 | Downy Woodpecker | 40.2% | 20.4% | 19.8% | |||
| 37 | American Avocet | 0.6% | 20.2% | 19.6% | |||
| 38 | Tricolored Heron | 2.5% | 18.7% | 16.2% | |||
| 39 | Eastern Kingbird | 14.4% | 18.2% | 3.9% | |||
| 40 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 0.9% | 18.0% | 17.1% | |||
| 41 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.8% | 17.8% | 13.9% | |||
| 42 | Eastern Bluebird | 40.8% | 16.4% | 24.4% | |||
| 43 | Barn Swallow | 11.6% | 15.3% | 3.7% | |||
| 44 | Pine Warbler | 16.0% | 15.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 45 | Common Grackle | 9.3% | 14.0% | 4.7% | |||
| 46 | Barred Owl | 4.2% | 13.6% | 9.4% | |||
| 47 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 41.7% | 12.2% | 29.5% | |||
| 48 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 17.7% | 12.2% | 5.5% | |||
| 49 | Blue Grosbeak | 24.2% | 12.0% | 12.2% | |||
| 50 | Eastern Phoebe | 21.2% | 11.8% | 9.4% | |||
| 51 | House Finch | 19.5% | 11.8% | 7.7% | |||
| 52 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 35.0% | 10.2% | 24.7% | |||
| 53 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 26.9% | 9.8% | 17.1% | |||
| 54 | Common Yellowthroat | 12.3% | 9.6% | 2.8% | |||
| 55 | Brown Pelican | 0.2% | 9.1% | 8.9% | |||
| 56 | Red-eyed Vireo | 22.4% | 8.4% | 14.0% | |||
| 57 | Red-winged Blackbird | 5.6% | 7.3% | 1.7% | |||
| 58 | Graylag Goose | 0.7% | 7.3% | 6.6% | |||
| 59 | Black Vulture | 17.2% | 7.1% | 10.1% | |||
| 60 | Blue-winged Teal | 2.3% | 7.1% | 4.8% | |||
| 61 | Red-tailed Hawk | 10.6% | 6.9% | 3.7% | |||
| 62 | White-eyed Vireo | 21.4% | 6.7% | 14.7% | |||
| 63 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 16.3% | 6.7% | 9.7% | |||
| 64 | American Robin | 26.9% | 6.4% | 20.4% | |||
| 65 | Northern Flicker | 8.1% | 6.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 66 | Great Horned Owl | 0.9% | 6.0% | 5.1% | |||
| 67 | Indigo Bunting | 31.1% | 5.1% | 26.0% | |||
| 68 | Stilt Sandpiper | 1.3% | 4.9% | 3.6% | |||
| 69 | Purple Martin | 2.6% | 4.7% | 2.0% | |||
| 70 | Wilson's Phalarope | 1.2% | 4.2% | 3.0% | |||
| 71 | Summer Tanager | 15.0% | 4.0% | 11.0% | |||
| 72 | White Ibis | 2.8% | 4.0% | 1.2% | |||
| 73 | Caspian Tern | 1.7% | 3.8% | 2.0% | |||
| 74 | Eastern Towhee | 26.7% | 3.6% | 23.2% | |||
| 75 | Rock Pigeon | 5.7% | 3.6% | 2.1% | |||
| 76 | Cooper's Hawk | 4.6% | 3.1% | 1.5% | |||
| 77 | Snowy Egret | 2.7% | 2.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 78 | Wood Stork | 2.4% | 2.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 79 | Black Tern | 1.2% | 2.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 80 | European Starling | 9.4% | 2.2% | 7.2% | |||
| 81 | Northern Parula | 7.5% | 2.2% | 5.3% | |||
| 82 | Northern Mockingbird | 29.3% | 1.6% | 27.8% | |||
| 83 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 10.6% | 1.6% | 9.0% | |||
| 84 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.6% | 1.3% | 20.3% | |||
| 85 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.7% | 1.3% | 4.4% | |||
| 86 | Western Sandpiper | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 87 | Cliff Swallow | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 88 | Bobolink | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 89 | Gray Catbird | 27.6% | 0.9% | 26.8% | |||
| 90 | Brown Thrasher | 15.2% | 0.7% | 14.5% | |||
| 91 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.3% | 0.7% | 7.7% | |||
| 92 | American Redstart | 6.4% | 0.7% | 5.8% | |||
| 93 | Yellow Warbler | 2.8% | 0.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 94 | Anhinga | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 95 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 96 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.4% | 0.4% | 20.0% | |||
| 97 | Black-and-white Warbler | 5.9% | 0.4% | 5.5% | |||
| 98 | Ovenbird | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 99 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 100 | Tree Swallow | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 101 | Green-winged Teal | 0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 102 | Acadian Flycatcher | 10.4% | 0.2% | 10.1% | |||
| 103 | Song Sparrow | 10.1% | 0.2% | 9.9% | |||
| 104 | Orchard Oriole | 2.4% | 0.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 105 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 1.8% | 0.2% | 1.6% | |||
| 106 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 1.7% | 0.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 107 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 108 | Common Nighthawk | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 109 | American Golden-Plover | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 110 | Forster's Tern | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 111 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 112 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 113 | Northern Shoveler | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 114 | Northern Harrier | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 115 | American Black Duck | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 116 | Hudsonian Godwit | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% |