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

based on 211 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Lynn 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   Mallard 28.1% 90.5% 62.4%
2   Canada Goose 41.0% 88.6% 47.6%
3   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 88.2% 8.7%
4   Gray Catbird 30.1% 86.3% 56.2%
5   Barn Swallow 29.8% 84.8% 55.0%
6   Song Sparrow 14.0% 80.6% 66.6%
7   Tufted Titmouse 64.3% 75.4% 11.1%
8   Carolina Wren 70.3% 74.9% 4.6%
9   Great Blue Heron 46.2% 73.5% 27.3%
10   American Crow 56.5% 70.1% 13.7%
11   Carolina Chickadee 59.8% 69.7% 9.8%
12   Eastern Phoebe 33.9% 68.7% 34.8%
13   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.8% 67.3% 10.5%
14   American Robin 38.2% 66.4% 28.1%
15   Eastern Towhee 37.1% 64.9% 27.8%
16   Blue Jay 42.7% 64.0% 21.3%
17   Fish Crow 32.8% 63.0% 30.2%
18   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 31.6% 63.0% 31.4%
19   Red-bellied Woodpecker 53.9% 60.2% 6.3%
20   Common Grackle 35.4% 59.2% 23.9%
21   Killdeer 19.5% 58.8% 39.3%
22   Red-eyed Vireo 51.3% 56.9% 5.5%
23   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.0% 55.0% 7.0%
24   American Goldfinch 44.2% 54.5% 10.3%
25   Eastern Kingbird 26.3% 50.2% 24.0%
26   Downy Woodpecker 39.5% 49.8% 10.3%
27   Pine Warbler 39.6% 48.3% 8.8%
28   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.0% 47.9% 24.8%
29   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.3% 47.4% 16.1%
30   Brown-headed Nuthatch 29.9% 47.4% 17.5%
31   Spotted Sandpiper 16.0% 46.9% 30.9%
32   House Finch 27.3% 46.0% 18.7%
33   Common Yellowthroat 40.8% 42.2% 1.4%
34   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 41.2% 23.3%
35   Chimney Swift 28.1% 38.9% 10.7%
36   Mourning Dove 48.4% 35.5% 12.9%
37   Solitary Sandpiper 7.8% 35.5% 27.8%
38   Eastern Bluebird 49.6% 35.1% 14.5%
39   Northern Parula 36.4% 34.6% 1.8%
40   White-eyed Vireo 33.6% 32.2% 1.4%
41   American Redstart 22.5% 32.2% 9.7%
42   Muscovy Duck 0.8% 32.2% 31.4%
43   Green Heron 10.3% 29.9% 19.6%
44   Turkey Vulture 39.8% 28.0% 11.8%
45   Chipping Sparrow 37.9% 27.0% 10.9%
46   Brown Thrasher 17.1% 27.0% 9.9%
47   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 26.1% 18.2%
48   Black-and-white Warbler 15.7% 24.2% 8.4%
49   Graylag Goose 0.1% 23.7% 23.6%
50   Belted Kingfisher 11.7% 23.2% 11.5%
51   Red-winged Blackbird 27.6% 22.3% 5.3%
52   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.1% 21.8% 10.7%
53   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.2% 19.0% 16.3%
54   Cedar Waxwing 13.3% 18.5% 5.2%
55   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.7% 17.5% 3.8%
56   Acadian Flycatcher 26.2% 17.1% 9.1%
57   Northern Mockingbird 31.2% 16.6% 14.6%
58   Northern Flicker 8.7% 16.6% 7.9%
59   Blackpoll Warbler 7.2% 16.6% 9.4%
60   Northern Waterthrush 6.9% 15.6% 8.8%
61   Orchard Oriole 15.3% 11.8% 3.5%
62   Tree Swallow 14.5% 11.8% 2.7%
63   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.9% 11.4% 7.5%
64   House Wren 9.6% 11.4% 1.8%
65   Summer Tanager 37.5% 9.5% 28.0%
66   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.5% 9.5% 12.1%
67   Red-tailed Hawk 13.3% 9.5% 3.9%
68   European Starling 22.6% 9.0% 13.6%
69   Magnolia Warbler 3.5% 8.5% 5.0%
70   Barred Owl 7.8% 8.1% 0.2%
71   Least Sandpiper 5.5% 7.6% 2.1%
72   Black Vulture 21.2% 6.6% 14.6%
73   Osprey 16.1% 6.6% 9.4%
74   White-throated Sparrow 8.4% 6.6% 1.8%
75   Wood Thrush 13.8% 5.7% 8.2%
76   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 5.2% 2.5%
77   Snowy Egret 0.2% 5.2% 5.0%
78   Scarlet Tanager 12.0% 4.3% 7.7%
79   Prairie Warbler 7.7% 4.3% 3.4%
80   Hairy Woodpecker 8.5% 3.8% 4.7%
81   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.8% 3.3% 12.4%
82   Warbling Vireo 1.6% 3.3% 1.7%
83   Pileated Woodpecker 19.4% 2.8% 16.5%
84   Swainson's Thrush 6.0% 2.8% 3.2%
85   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.2% 2.8% 0.3%
86   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 2.8% 2.0%
87   Mute Swan 0.3% 2.8% 2.6%
88   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.6% 2.4% 0.8%
89   Purple Martin 10.5% 1.9% 8.6%
90   Bald Eagle 10.4% 1.9% 8.5%
91   Pine Siskin 0.8% 1.9% 1.1%
92   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 1.9% 1.3%
93   Horned Grebe 0.0% 1.9% 1.9%
94   Indigo Bunting 46.1% 1.4% 44.6%
95   Ovenbird 18.9% 1.4% 17.5%
96   Prothonotary Warbler 16.4% 1.4% 15.0%
97   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.5% 1.4% 6.1%
98   Field Sparrow 3.6% 1.4% 2.2%
99   Mississippi Kite 2.3% 1.4% 0.9%
100   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.2% 1.4% 0.8%
101   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 1.4% 0.0%
102   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 1.4% 0.2%
103   Blue Grosbeak 23.8% 0.9% 22.9%
104   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.5% 0.9% 9.6%
105   Rock Pigeon 6.2% 0.9% 5.3%
106   Cliff Swallow 5.4% 0.9% 4.5%
107   Veery 3.5% 0.9% 2.6%
108   Swamp Sparrow 2.1% 0.9% 1.1%
109   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.5% 0.9% 0.6%
110   Blue-winged Teal 0.4% 0.9% 0.6%
111   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.9% 0.9%
112   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.9% 0.5% 10.4%
113   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.8% 0.5% 6.3%
114   Semipalmated Plover 2.4% 0.5% 2.0%
115   Ring-billed Gull 1.6% 0.5% 1.2%
116   Bank Swallow 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
117   Palm Warbler 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
118   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
119   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
120   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
121   Common Raven 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
122   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
123   Brown Creeper 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%