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Top Birds at Lake Johnson Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 283 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Johnson Park 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference Relative
1   Northern Cardinal 79.2% 89.4% 10.2% 1.1x
2   American Robin 36.9% 86.2% 49.3% 2.3x
3   Carolina Wren 69.7% 84.8% 15.1% 1.2x
4   Tufted Titmouse 64.4% 79.9% 15.5% 1.2x
5   Carolina Chickadee 60.2% 75.6% 15.5% 1.3x
6   Great Blue Heron 47.4% 71.7% 24.3% 1.5x
7   Eastern Towhee 37.0% 70.7% 33.6% 1.9x
8   Canada Goose 41.7% 69.3% 27.5% 1.7x
9   Barn Swallow 30.5% 68.9% 38.4% 2.3x
10   Great Crested Flycatcher 47.5% 68.2% 20.7% 1.4x
11   Mallard 29.5% 67.8% 38.3% 2.3x
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.9% 67.5% 12.6% 1.2x
13   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 32.5% 65.4% 32.8% 2.0x
14   Blue Jay 44.0% 64.3% 20.3% 1.5x
15   American Crow 56.5% 62.2% 5.6% 1.1x
16   Red-eyed Vireo 51.2% 61.1% 9.9% 1.2x
17   Common Grackle 36.4% 60.8% 24.4% 1.7x
18   Red-winged Blackbird 26.4% 59.7% 33.3% 2.3x
19   Mourning Dove 49.2% 54.8% 5.6% 1.1x
20   Chipping Sparrow 36.8% 54.8% 18.0% 1.5x
21   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.5% 53.4% 3.1% 0.9x
22   Gray Catbird 30.8% 53.0% 22.2% 1.7x
23   Fish Crow 32.8% 51.6% 18.8% 1.6x
24   Belted Kingfisher 11.1% 50.2% 39.1% 4.5x
25   Downy Woodpecker 39.0% 49.1% 10.1% 1.3x
26   Killdeer 19.4% 46.3% 26.9% 2.4x
27   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.3% 45.2% 13.9% 1.4x
28   Double-crested Cormorant 18.4% 44.9% 26.4% 2.4x
29   Pine Warbler 38.9% 42.4% 3.5% 1.1x
30   Chimney Swift 28.5% 42.4% 13.9% 1.5x
31   Summer Tanager 37.7% 41.7% 4.0% 1.1x
32   Spotted Sandpiper 15.7% 41.0% 25.3% 2.6x
33   House Finch 26.9% 40.6% 13.8% 1.5x
34   Eastern Phoebe 33.8% 39.9% 6.1% 1.2x
35   Acadian Flycatcher 26.5% 39.2% 12.8% 1.5x
36   American Goldfinch 43.6% 38.9% 4.7% 0.9x
37   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.3% 37.5% 14.1% 1.6x
38   Solitary Sandpiper 7.4% 36.0% 28.7% 4.9x
39   Eastern Bluebird 49.8% 32.9% 16.9% 0.7x
40   Northern Parula 36.4% 32.5% 3.9% 0.9x
41   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.5% 32.5% 2.0% 1.1x
42   Wood Thrush 13.8% 32.2% 18.4% 2.3x
43   Common Yellowthroat 41.0% 30.4% 10.6% 0.7x
44   Black-throated Blue Warbler 14.4% 26.9% 12.4% 1.9x
45   Brown Thrasher 16.6% 26.1% 9.6% 1.6x
46   American Redstart 22.5% 24.7% 2.2% 1.1x
47   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.0% 23.3% 12.3% 2.1x
48   Brown-headed Cowbird 36.1% 20.8% 15.3% 0.6x
49   Eastern Kingbird 26.5% 20.8% 5.7% 0.8x
50   Black-and-white Warbler 15.3% 20.5% 5.2% 1.3x
51   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 19.8% 11.8% 0.6x
52   Pileated Woodpecker 19.4% 19.1% 0.3% 1.0x
53   Turkey Vulture 39.9% 16.6% 23.3% 0.4x
54   Osprey 15.5% 13.8% 1.7% 0.9x
55   Green Heron 10.6% 13.1% 2.4% 1.2x
56   Swainson's Thrush 6.3% 12.7% 6.4% 2.0x
57   Least Sandpiper 5.1% 12.0% 6.9% 2.4x
58   European Starling 23.0% 11.0% 12.0% 0.5x
59   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.2% 10.6% 8.6% 0.6x
60   Wood Duck 12.8% 10.6% 2.2% 0.8x
61   Bald Eagle 10.4% 10.2% 0.2% 1.0x
62   Blue-headed Vireo 1.0% 7.8% 6.8% 8.1x
63   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 7.1% 1.3% 0.8x
64   Barred Owl 8.1% 7.1% 1.0% 0.9x
65   Eastern Wood-Pewee 22.0% 6.0% 16.0% 0.3x
66   Northern Flicker 9.3% 6.0% 3.3% 0.6x
67   House Wren 9.3% 6.0% 3.3% 0.6x
68   White-eyed Vireo 32.5% 5.7% 26.9% 0.2x
69   Ovenbird 19.0% 5.3% 13.7% 0.3x
70   Red-tailed Hawk 14.3% 5.3% 9.0% 0.4x
71   Cedar Waxwing 13.2% 5.3% 7.9% 0.4x
72   Tree Swallow 13.3% 4.9% 8.4% 0.4x
73   Blackpoll Warbler 7.5% 4.6% 2.9% 0.6x
74   Scarlet Tanager 12.3% 4.2% 8.1% 0.3x
75   Northern Waterthrush 7.4% 4.2% 3.1% 0.6x
76   Veery 3.5% 4.2% 0.7% 1.2x
77   Red-breasted Merganser 0.1% 4.2% 4.1% 31.0x
78   Song Sparrow 14.4% 3.9% 10.5% 0.3x
79   Magnolia Warbler 3.7% 3.5% 0.1% 1.0x
80   Black Vulture 21.6% 3.2% 18.4% 0.1x
81   Yellow Warbler 8.0% 3.2% 4.8% 0.4x
82   Indigo Bunting 45.8% 2.8% 43.0% 0.1x
83   crow sp. 1.8% 2.8% 1.0% 1.6x
84   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 2.8% 2.5% 8.6x
85   Northern Bobwhite 0.3% 2.8% 2.5% 9.8x
86   Ruddy Duck 0.3% 2.8% 2.6% 10.3x
87   Blue Grosbeak 23.8% 2.5% 21.4% 0.1x
88   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 12.3% 2.5% 9.8% 0.2x
89   White-throated Sparrow 7.7% 2.5% 5.2% 0.3x
90   Cooper's Hawk 2.8% 2.5% 0.3% 0.9x
91   Semipalmated Plover 2.3% 2.5% 0.1% 1.1x
92   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.5% 2.5% 1.0% 1.7x
93   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 2.5% 1.1% 1.8x
94   Greater Yellowlegs 1.3% 2.5% 1.2% 2.0x
95   Purple Martin 10.2% 2.1% 8.1% 0.2x
96   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.5% 2.1% 4.4% 0.3x
97   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.4% 2.1% 0.2% 0.9x
98   Snowy Egret 0.2% 2.1% 1.9% 10.5x
99   Prothonotary Warbler 16.8% 1.8% 15.0% 0.1x
100   Orchard Oriole 15.6% 1.4% 14.1% 0.1x
101   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.4% 1.4% 6.0% 0.2x
102   Cliff Swallow 5.6% 1.4% 4.2% 0.3x
103   Muscovy Duck 1.3% 1.4% 0.1% 1.1x
104   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 1.4% 1.1% 4.5x
105   American Wigeon 0% 1.4% 1.4%
106   Hooded Warbler 11.3% 1.1% 10.2% 0.1x
107   Prairie Warbler 7.9% 1.1% 6.8% 0.1x
108   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 1.1% 0.6% 0.6x
109   Worm-eating Warbler 1.2% 1.1% 0.1% 0.9x
110   Pine Siskin 0.9% 1.1% 0.2% 1.2x
111   Graylag Goose 0.4% 1.1% 0.6% 2.6x
112   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 1.1% 1.0% 11.0x
113   Rock Pigeon 6.7% 0.7% 6.0% 0.1x
114   House Sparrow 3.4% 0.7% 2.7% 0.2x
115   swallow sp. 1.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.6x
116   Baltimore Oriole 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7x
117   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 1.2x
118   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 0.7% 0.2% 1.3x
119   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.2% 0.7% 0.5% 3.5x
120   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.7% 0.6% 7.3x
121   Glossy Ibis 0.0% 0.7% 0.7% 14.6x
122   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.1% 0.4% 14.8% 0.0x
123   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.3% 0.4% 10.9% 0.0x
124   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 0.4% 1.6% 0.2x
125   Warbling Vireo 1.9% 0.4% 1.5% 0.2x
126   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.6% 0.4% 1.3% 0.2x
127   peep sp. 1.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.4x
128   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4x
129   duck sp. 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.6x
130   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 1.0x
131   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.2x
132   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.3x
133   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 3.7x
134   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 6.3x
135   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 0.0% 0.4% 0.3% 11.0x
136   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) x Canada Goose (hybrid) 0.0% 0.4% 0.3% 43.9x
137   Redhead 0% 0.4% 0.4%
138   Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) 0% 0.4% 0.4%