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Top Birds at Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam in September
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 164 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam in September. 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   Great Blue Heron 44.1% 84.1% 40.1% 1.9x
2   Turkey Vulture 39.0% 73.2% 34.2% 1.9x
3   Black Vulture 20.5% 69.5% 49.0% 3.4x
4   Kirtland's Warbler 0% 68.3% 68.3%
5   American Crow 65.0% 57.3% 7.6% 0.9x
6   Blue Jay 60.4% 57.3% 3.1% 0.9x
7   Fish Crow 21.4% 57.3% 35.9% 2.7x
8   Carolina Wren 77.3% 51.8% 25.5% 0.7x
9   Double-crested Cormorant 14.9% 48.8% 33.9% 3.3x
10   Carolina Chickadee 71.7% 37.8% 33.9% 0.5x
11   Cape May Warbler 9.4% 37.8% 28.4% 4.0x
12   Pileated Woodpecker 24.4% 37.2% 12.8% 1.5x
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 56.2% 36.6% 19.7% 0.7x
14   Bald Eagle 11.9% 33.5% 21.6% 2.8x
15   Tufted Titmouse 65.9% 32.3% 33.6% 0.5x
16   Northern Cardinal 74.1% 30.5% 43.6% 0.4x
17   Mourning Dove 38.6% 23.8% 14.8% 0.6x
18   Palm Warbler 4.6% 23.8% 19.1% 5.1x
19   Downy Woodpecker 56.7% 23.2% 33.5% 0.4x
20   Belted Kingfisher 28.2% 19.5% 8.7% 0.7x
21   Osprey 12.8% 18.9% 6.1% 1.5x
22   Eastern Bluebird 42.5% 18.3% 24.3% 0.4x
23   Northern Parula 25.1% 17.1% 8.1% 0.7x
24   Pine Warbler 40.9% 15.9% 25.1% 0.4x
25   American Goldfinch 47.7% 15.2% 32.5% 0.3x
26   Black-and-white Warbler 24.3% 15.2% 9.0% 0.6x
27   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.3% 13.4% 22.9% 0.4x
28   Eastern Phoebe 37.5% 12.2% 25.3% 0.3x
29   American Redstart 31.2% 12.2% 19.0% 0.4x
30   Northern Flicker 22.7% 12.2% 10.5% 0.5x
31   Red-shouldered Hawk 37.0% 11.6% 25.4% 0.3x
32   Chimney Swift 24.7% 10.4% 14.3% 0.4x
33   Red-headed Woodpecker 14.8% 10.4% 4.5% 0.7x
34   Hairy Woodpecker 14.3% 9.8% 4.5% 0.7x
35   Blue Grosbeak 11.4% 9.8% 1.7% 0.9x
36   Common Yellowthroat 30.2% 9.1% 21.0% 0.3x
37   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.8% 8.5% 28.3% 0.2x
38   Northern Mockingbird 31.5% 8.5% 22.9% 0.3x
39   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26.7% 8.5% 18.2% 0.3x
40   Chipping Sparrow 14.4% 8.5% 5.8% 0.6x
41   Yellow-throated Warbler 4.7% 7.9% 3.2% 1.7x
42   Red-eyed Vireo 28.9% 7.3% 21.6% 0.3x
43   Eastern Wood-Pewee 28.1% 7.3% 20.8% 0.3x
44   Summer Tanager 22.6% 7.3% 15.3% 0.3x
45   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.1% 6.7% 26.4% 0.2x
46   Eastern Towhee 26.6% 6.7% 19.9% 0.3x
47   Gray Catbird 43.3% 6.1% 37.2% 0.1x
48   White-eyed Vireo 33.9% 6.1% 27.8% 0.2x
49   Great Egret 29.6% 6.1% 23.5% 0.2x
50   American Robin 29.7% 5.5% 24.2% 0.2x
51   House Finch 19.7% 5.5% 14.2% 0.3x
52   Field Sparrow 1.5% 5.5% 3.9% 3.6x
53   Brown Thrasher 30.9% 4.9% 26.0% 0.2x
54   Canada Goose 25.1% 4.9% 20.3% 0.2x
55   Killdeer 24.2% 4.9% 19.3% 0.2x
56   Indigo Bunting 17.6% 4.3% 13.4% 0.2x
57   American Kestrel 3.7% 3.7% 0.0% 1.0x
58   Red-tailed Hawk 9.5% 3.0% 6.4% 0.3x
59   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6.9% 3.0% 3.8% 0.4x
60   Swainson's Thrush 5.1% 3.0% 2.0% 0.6x
61   Magnolia Warbler 17.8% 1.8% 15.9% 0.1x
62   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.6% 1.8% 13.8% 0.1x
63   Great Crested Flycatcher 10.8% 1.8% 8.9% 0.2x
64   Wood Duck 8.6% 1.8% 6.8% 0.2x
65   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.7% 1.8% 5.9% 0.2x
66   Black-throated Blue Warbler 5.4% 1.8% 3.5% 0.3x
67   Cooper's Hawk 5.3% 1.8% 3.4% 0.3x
68   Wood Thrush 3.4% 1.8% 1.6% 0.5x
69   Bobolink 1.7% 1.8% 0.1% 1.1x
70   Eastern Meadowlark 1.0% 1.8% 0.8% 1.8x
71   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 1.8% 1.0% 2.2x
72   Tree Swallow 0.5% 1.8% 1.3% 3.6x
73   Scarlet Tanager 9.6% 1.2% 8.4% 0.1x
74   Common Grackle 5.5% 1.2% 4.3% 0.2x
75   Prairie Warbler 4.5% 1.2% 3.3% 0.3x
76   Tennessee Warbler 2.9% 1.2% 1.7% 0.4x
77   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 1.2% 1.6% 0.4x
78   Blackburnian Warbler 2.2% 1.2% 1.0% 0.5x
79   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 1.7% 1.2% 0.4% 0.7x
80   Pied-billed Grebe 1.4% 1.2% 0.2% 0.9x
81   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.7% 1.2% 0.6% 1.9x
82   new world vulture sp. 0.2% 1.2% 1.0% 6.6x
83   European Starling 11.0% 0.6% 10.4% 0.1x
84   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.7% 0.6% 9.0% 0.1x
85   Song Sparrow 9.3% 0.6% 8.7% 0.1x
86   House Wren 8.6% 0.6% 8.0% 0.1x
87   Cedar Waxwing 7.2% 0.6% 6.6% 0.1x
88   Hooded Warbler 7.1% 0.6% 6.5% 0.1x
89   Acadian Flycatcher 6.9% 0.6% 6.3% 0.1x
90   Spotted Sandpiper 5.8% 0.6% 5.2% 0.1x
91   Barred Owl 5.8% 0.6% 5.2% 0.1x
92   Rock Pigeon 4.6% 0.6% 4.0% 0.1x
93   Veery 4.1% 0.6% 3.5% 0.1x
94   Yellow Warbler 3.8% 0.6% 3.2% 0.2x
95   Ovenbird 3.5% 0.6% 2.9% 0.2x
96   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 0.6% 1.7% 0.3x
97   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.7% 0.6% 1.1% 0.4x
98   Eastern Kingbird 1.6% 0.6% 1.0% 0.4x
99   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.4% 0.6% 0.8% 0.4x
100   crow sp. 1.2% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5x
101   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.9% 0.6% 0.3% 0.7x
102   Golden-winged Warbler 0.7% 0.6% 0.1% 0.9x
103   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
104   Blackpoll Warbler 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
105   Royal Tern 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
106   Common Raven 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 1.1x
107   Merlin 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 1.2x
108   Northern Harrier 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 1.3x
109   passerine sp. 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 1.3x
110   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.7x
111   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 6.0x
112   Bank Swallow 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 7.3x
113   American Pipit 0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 32.8x
114   finch sp. 0% 0.6% 0.6%
115   Barn Owl 0% 0.6% 0.6%