Bird Finder

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 Relative
1   Mallard 28.1% 90.5% 62.5% 3.2x
2   Canada Goose 41.0% 88.6% 47.7% 2.2x
3   Northern Cardinal 79.7% 88.2% 8.5% 1.1x
4   Gray Catbird 30.1% 86.3% 56.1% 2.9x
5   Barn Swallow 29.7% 84.8% 55.1% 2.9x
6   Song Sparrow 13.9% 80.6% 66.6% 5.8x
7   Tufted Titmouse 64.5% 75.4% 10.8% 1.2x
8   Carolina Wren 70.5% 74.9% 4.4% 1.1x
9   Great Blue Heron 46.0% 73.5% 27.4% 1.6x
10   American Crow 56.7% 70.1% 13.4% 1.2x
11   Carolina Chickadee 60.1% 69.7% 9.6% 1.2x
12   Eastern Phoebe 33.9% 68.7% 34.8% 2.0x
13   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.6% 67.3% 10.7% 1.2x
14   American Robin 38.1% 66.4% 28.2% 1.7x
15   Eastern Towhee 37.1% 64.9% 27.8% 1.8x
16   Blue Jay 43.0% 64.0% 21.0% 1.5x
17   Fish Crow 32.9% 63.0% 30.2% 1.9x
18   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 31.5% 63.0% 31.5% 2.0x
19   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.2% 60.2% 6.0% 1.1x
20   Common Grackle 35.3% 59.2% 24.0% 1.7x
21   Killdeer 19.4% 58.8% 39.4% 3.0x
22   Red-eyed Vireo 51.4% 56.9% 5.5% 1.1x
23   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.2% 55.0% 6.8% 1.1x
24   American Goldfinch 44.4% 54.5% 10.1% 1.2x
25   Eastern Kingbird 26.2% 50.2% 24.1% 1.9x
26   Downy Woodpecker 39.8% 49.8% 10.0% 1.2x
27   Pine Warbler 39.9% 48.3% 8.4% 1.2x
28   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.4% 47.9% 24.5% 2.0x
29   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.4% 47.4% 16.0% 1.5x
30   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.2% 47.4% 17.2% 1.6x
31   Spotted Sandpiper 15.9% 46.9% 31.0% 2.9x
32   House Finch 27.6% 46.0% 18.3% 1.7x
33   Common Yellowthroat 40.7% 42.2% 1.5% 1.0x
34   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 41.2% 23.3% 2.3x
35   Chimney Swift 28.5% 38.9% 10.4% 1.4x
36   Mourning Dove 48.7% 35.5% 13.2% 0.7x
37   Solitary Sandpiper 7.7% 35.5% 27.8% 4.6x
38   Eastern Bluebird 49.8% 35.1% 14.8% 0.7x
39   Northern Parula 36.4% 34.6% 1.8% 1.0x
40   White-eyed Vireo 33.5% 32.2% 1.3% 1.0x
41   American Redstart 22.5% 32.2% 9.7% 1.4x
42   Muscovy Duck 0.8% 32.2% 31.4% 39.6x
43   Green Heron 10.3% 29.9% 19.6% 2.9x
44   Turkey Vulture 39.9% 28.0% 11.9% 0.7x
45   Chipping Sparrow 38.2% 27.0% 11.2% 0.7x
46   Brown Thrasher 17.2% 27.0% 9.8% 1.6x
47   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 26.1% 18.3% 3.3x
48   Black-and-white Warbler 15.7% 24.2% 8.4% 1.5x
49   Graylag Goose 0.1% 23.7% 23.6% 200.4x
50   Belted Kingfisher 11.6% 23.2% 11.6% 2.0x
51   Red-winged Blackbird 27.5% 22.3% 5.2% 0.8x
52   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.2% 21.8% 10.6% 2.0x
53   Brown-headed Cowbird 35.5% 19.0% 16.6% 0.5x
54   Cedar Waxwing 13.3% 18.5% 5.2% 1.4x
55   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.8% 17.5% 3.8% 1.3x
56   Acadian Flycatcher 26.1% 17.1% 9.0% 0.7x
57   Northern Mockingbird 31.1% 16.6% 14.5% 0.5x
58   Northern Flicker 8.6% 16.6% 7.9% 1.9x
59   Blackpoll Warbler 7.1% 16.6% 9.5% 2.3x
60   Northern Waterthrush 6.8% 15.6% 8.8% 2.3x
61   Orchard Oriole 15.3% 11.8% 3.4% 0.8x
62   Tree Swallow 14.5% 11.8% 2.6% 0.8x
63   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.2% 11.4% 7.8% 0.6x
64   House Wren 9.6% 11.4% 1.8% 1.2x
65   Summer Tanager 37.7% 9.5% 28.2% 0.3x
66   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.5% 9.5% 12.0% 0.4x
67   Red-tailed Hawk 13.4% 9.5% 3.9% 0.7x
68   European Starling 22.4% 9.0% 13.4% 0.4x
69   Magnolia Warbler 3.5% 8.5% 5.0% 2.4x
70   Barred Owl 7.8% 8.1% 0.3% 1.0x
71   Least Sandpiper 5.5% 7.6% 2.1% 1.4x
72   Black Vulture 21.4% 6.6% 14.7% 0.3x
73   Osprey 16.0% 6.6% 9.4% 0.4x
74   White-throated Sparrow 8.5% 6.6% 1.9% 0.8x
75   Wood Thrush 13.8% 5.7% 8.1% 0.4x
76   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 5.2% 2.5% 1.9x
77   Snowy Egret 0.2% 5.2% 5.0% 23.3x
78   Scarlet Tanager 12.0% 4.3% 7.7% 0.4x
79   Prairie Warbler 7.6% 4.3% 3.4% 0.6x
80   Hairy Woodpecker 8.7% 3.8% 4.9% 0.4x
81   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.7% 3.3% 12.4% 0.2x
82   Warbling Vireo 1.6% 3.3% 1.7% 2.1x
83   Pileated Woodpecker 19.4% 2.8% 16.5% 0.1x
84   Swainson's Thrush 6.1% 2.8% 3.3% 0.5x
85   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.1% 2.8% 0.3% 0.9x
86   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 2.8% 2.0% 3.5x
87   Mute Swan 0.3% 2.8% 2.6% 10.3x
88   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 2.8% 2.8% 48.1x
89   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.6% 2.4% 0.8% 1.5x
90   Purple Martin 10.5% 1.9% 8.6% 0.2x
91   Bald Eagle 10.4% 1.9% 8.5% 0.2x
92   Pine Siskin 0.8% 1.9% 1.1% 2.5x
93   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 1.9% 1.3% 3.0x
94   Horned Grebe 0.0% 1.9% 1.9% 48.1x
95   Indigo Bunting 45.9% 1.4% 44.5% 0.0x
96   Ovenbird 18.9% 1.4% 17.5% 0.1x
97   Prothonotary Warbler 16.4% 1.4% 15.0% 0.1x
98   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.5% 1.4% 6.0% 0.2x
99   Field Sparrow 3.6% 1.4% 2.2% 0.4x
100   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.3% 1.4% 0.9% 0.6x
101   Mississippi Kite 2.3% 1.4% 0.9% 0.6x
102   crow sp. 1.5% 1.4% 0.1% 1.0x
103   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% 1.0x
104   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 1.4% 0.2% 1.2x
105   Blue Grosbeak 23.7% 0.9% 22.8% 0.0x
106   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.5% 0.9% 9.6% 0.1x
107   Rock Pigeon 6.2% 0.9% 5.3% 0.2x
108   Cliff Swallow 5.4% 0.9% 4.4% 0.2x
109   Veery 3.5% 0.9% 2.6% 0.3x
110   Swamp Sparrow 2.1% 0.9% 1.1% 0.5x
111   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.6x
112   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.5% 0.9% 0.4% 1.8x
113   Blue-winged Teal 0.4% 0.9% 0.6% 2.5x
114   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.9% 0.9% 18.0x
115   Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 0.0% 0.9% 0.9% 144.3x
116   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.9% 0.5% 10.4% 0.0x
117   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.8% 0.5% 6.3% 0.1x
118   Semipalmated Plover 2.4% 0.5% 2.0% 0.2x
119   Ring-billed Gull 1.6% 0.5% 1.1% 0.3x
120   Bank Swallow 1.4% 0.5% 0.9% 0.3x
121   Palm Warbler 0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5x
122   peep sp. 0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6x
123   duck sp. 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.9x
124   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.2x
125   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.2x
126   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.6x
127   Empidonax sp. 0.2% 0.5% 0.2% 1.9x
128   Buteo sp. 0.2% 0.5% 0.2% 2.1x
129   Common Raven 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.4x
130   vireo sp. 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.8x
131   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 5.2x
132   Brown Creeper 0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 18.0x