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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 309 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
1   Northern Cardinal 79.4% 88.7% 9.3%
2   American Robin 37.7% 84.5% 46.8%
3   Carolina Wren 70.1% 83.5% 13.4%
4   Tufted Titmouse 64.1% 77.7% 13.5%
5   Carolina Chickadee 59.7% 74.4% 14.8%
6   Great Blue Heron 46.1% 71.5% 25.5%
7   Eastern Towhee 36.9% 68.6% 31.7%
8   Canada Goose 41.2% 68.3% 27.1%
9   Great Crested Flycatcher 47.7% 67.3% 19.6%
10   Barn Swallow 29.8% 67.3% 37.5%
11   Mallard 28.2% 67.0% 38.8%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 53.8% 65.4% 11.6%
13   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 31.4% 64.4% 33.0%
14   Blue Jay 42.6% 62.5% 19.9%
15   Red-eyed Vireo 51.2% 60.5% 9.3%
16   American Crow 56.6% 59.5% 3.0%
17   Common Grackle 35.2% 58.3% 23.0%
18   Red-winged Blackbird 26.9% 57.6% 30.7%
19   Chipping Sparrow 37.4% 54.4% 16.9%
20   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.0% 53.1% 3.9%
21   Gray Catbird 30.4% 51.8% 21.4%
22   Mourning Dove 48.2% 51.1% 2.9%
23   Downy Woodpecker 39.4% 49.5% 10.1%
24   Fish Crow 32.9% 49.5% 16.6%
25   Belted Kingfisher 11.1% 48.5% 37.4%
26   Killdeer 19.5% 46.0% 26.5%
27   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.2% 45.3% 14.1%
28   Double-crested Cormorant 17.7% 45.3% 27.6%
29   Pine Warbler 39.6% 43.0% 3.4%
30   Chimney Swift 28.0% 41.4% 13.4%
31   Eastern Phoebe 34.3% 40.8% 6.5%
32   Summer Tanager 37.1% 40.1% 3.1%
33   House Finch 27.3% 39.8% 12.5%
34   Spotted Sandpiper 15.9% 39.2% 23.2%
35   American Goldfinch 44.5% 38.8% 5.6%
36   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.1% 37.2% 14.1%
37   Acadian Flycatcher 25.8% 36.9% 11.1%
38   Solitary Sandpiper 7.6% 35.6% 28.0%
39   Northern Parula 36.5% 33.0% 3.5%
40   Eastern Bluebird 49.7% 32.0% 17.7%
41   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.1% 32.0% 1.9%
42   Common Yellowthroat 41.0% 31.1% 10.0%
43   Wood Thrush 13.4% 29.4% 16.0%
44   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.5% 27.5% 14.0%
45   American Redstart 22.6% 24.9% 2.3%
46   Brown Thrasher 17.1% 23.9% 6.8%
47   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.0% 23.3% 12.3%
48   Black-and-white Warbler 15.7% 21.4% 5.6%
49   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.3% 20.1% 15.3%
50   Eastern Kingbird 26.7% 19.7% 7.0%
51   Pileated Woodpecker 19.1% 19.1% 0.0%
52   Northern Mockingbird 31.3% 18.8% 12.5%
53   Turkey Vulture 40.1% 15.9% 24.3%
54   Osprey 16.0% 14.9% 1.1%
55   Green Heron 10.5% 12.3% 1.8%
56   Swainson's Thrush 5.8% 12.0% 6.1%
57   Least Sandpiper 5.4% 11.3% 5.9%
58   European Starling 22.6% 11.0% 11.6%
59   Wood Duck 13.1% 11.0% 2.1%
60   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.0% 10.0% 8.9%
61   Bald Eagle 10.3% 9.7% 0.6%
62   Northern Flicker 8.8% 7.1% 1.7%
63   Blue-headed Vireo 1.1% 7.1% 6.0%
64   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 6.8% 1.6%
65   Barred Owl 7.8% 6.8% 1.0%
66   House Wren 9.7% 6.1% 3.6%
67   White-eyed Vireo 34.2% 5.8% 28.3%
68   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.7% 5.5% 16.2%
69   Ovenbird 19.0% 5.5% 13.5%
70   Northern Waterthrush 7.0% 5.2% 1.9%
71   Tree Swallow 14.7% 4.9% 9.8%
72   Cedar Waxwing 13.5% 4.9% 8.6%
73   Red-tailed Hawk 13.5% 4.9% 8.6%
74   Scarlet Tanager 12.0% 4.5% 7.5%
75   Blackpoll Warbler 7.3% 4.5% 2.8%
76   Veery 3.5% 4.5% 1.1%
77   Song Sparrow 15.1% 4.2% 10.9%
78   Red-breasted Merganser 0.1% 3.9% 3.8%
79   Prothonotary Warbler 16.5% 3.2% 13.2%
80   White-throated Sparrow 8.5% 3.2% 5.3%
81   Magnolia Warbler 3.6% 3.2% 0.4%
82   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.6% 3.2% 1.7%
83   Indigo Bunting 46.3% 2.9% 43.4%
84   Black Vulture 21.4% 2.9% 18.5%
85   Yellow Warbler 8.2% 2.9% 5.3%
86   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 2.6% 2.2%
87   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 2.6% 2.2%
88   Northern Bobwhite 0.3% 2.6% 2.3%
89   Blue Grosbeak 23.9% 2.3% 21.7%
90   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.6% 2.3% 8.3%
91   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.5% 2.3% 5.2%
92   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 2.3% 0.5%
93   Semipalmated Plover 2.4% 2.3% 0.1%
94   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.2% 2.3% 0.1%
95   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 2.3% 0.9%
96   Greater Yellowlegs 1.2% 2.3% 1.1%
97   Purple Martin 10.6% 1.9% 8.6%
98   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.8% 1.9% 4.9%
99   Snowy Egret 0.3% 1.9% 1.7%
100   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 1.6% 13.9%
101   Cliff Swallow 5.4% 1.6% 3.8%
102   Great Egret 2.2% 1.6% 0.6%
103   Hooded Warbler 11.6% 1.3% 10.3%
104   Muscovy Duck 1.2% 1.3% 0.0%
105   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
106   American Wigeon 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
107   Prairie Warbler 7.7% 1.0% 6.8%
108   Hooded Merganser 1.8% 1.0% 0.9%
109   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 1.0% 0.1%
110   Pine Siskin 0.8% 1.0% 0.2%
111   Graylag Goose 0.4% 1.0% 0.5%
112   Rock Pigeon 6.3% 0.6% 5.6%
113   House Sparrow 3.7% 0.6% 3.1%
114   Worm-eating Warbler 1.2% 0.6% 0.5%
115   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
116   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
117   Anhinga 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
118   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
119   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
120   Glossy Ibis 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
121   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.9% 0.3% 15.6%
122   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.3% 0.3% 11.0%
123   Swamp Sparrow 2.1% 0.3% 1.8%
124   Warbling Vireo 1.7% 0.3% 1.3%
125   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
126   Palm Warbler 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
127   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
128   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
129   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
130   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
131   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
132   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
133   Redhead 0% 0.3% 0.3%