Bird Finder

Top Birds at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 312 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning in March. 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 74.8% 88.1% 13.3%
2   White-throated Sparrow 53.8% 81.7% 28.0%
3   House Finch 24.1% 78.5% 54.4%
4   American Robin 52.7% 77.9% 25.2%
5   Eastern Towhee 42.4% 76.3% 33.9%
6   Carolina Chickadee 68.3% 75.0% 6.7%
7   Song Sparrow 49.5% 74.7% 25.2%
8   Eastern Bluebird 50.1% 74.0% 23.9%
9   Blue Jay 44.7% 73.7% 29.0%
10   Carolina Wren 67.4% 70.2% 2.8%
11   Mourning Dove 40.0% 69.6% 29.5%
12   American Crow 58.3% 67.9% 9.6%
13   Tufted Titmouse 66.2% 65.7% 0.5%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.4% 64.4% 9.1%
15   European Starling 18.0% 63.5% 45.5%
16   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 62.8% 34.4%
17   Chipping Sparrow 32.0% 59.3% 27.2%
18   Field Sparrow 15.1% 55.4% 40.3%
19   Brown-headed Cowbird 15.2% 55.1% 39.9%
20   Red-winged Blackbird 21.1% 54.2% 33.1%
21   Downy Woodpecker 46.7% 52.2% 5.5%
22   Dark-eyed Junco 25.4% 50.6% 25.2%
23   Canada Goose 50.4% 48.4% 2.0%
24   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.1% 48.4% 4.3%
25   Brown Thrasher 20.1% 46.8% 26.7%
26   Northern Flicker 27.5% 45.8% 18.3%
27   Pine Warbler 51.2% 45.5% 5.6%
28   Turkey Vulture 45.3% 37.5% 7.8%
29   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.5% 37.2% 5.3%
30   American Goldfinch 32.8% 35.3% 2.5%
31   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.9% 34.9% 0.0%
32   Purple Martin 2.2% 34.6% 32.4%
33   White-breasted Nuthatch 25.1% 34.0% 8.9%
34   Fish Crow 36.2% 32.4% 3.8%
35   Swamp Sparrow 16.6% 28.8% 12.3%
36   Red-tailed Hawk 14.9% 28.8% 14.0%
37   Eastern Phoebe 41.7% 25.6% 16.1%
38   Red-shouldered Hawk 34.9% 24.4% 10.6%
39   Common Grackle 17.6% 22.8% 5.1%
40   Hooded Merganser 9.0% 17.0% 8.0%
41   Hermit Thrush 15.7% 16.3% 0.6%
42   Killdeer 17.2% 14.4% 2.8%
43   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14.4% 13.8% 0.6%
44   White-crowned Sparrow 0.3% 12.8% 12.6%
45   House Wren 1.0% 11.9% 10.9%
46   Double-crested Cormorant 35.0% 10.9% 24.1%
47   Purple Finch 2.4% 10.3% 7.9%
48   Fox Sparrow 2.3% 10.3% 8.0%
49   Mallard 37.9% 9.9% 27.9%
50   Golden-crowned Kinglet 18.9% 9.9% 8.9%
51   American Bittern 0.6% 9.3% 8.7%
52   Ring-billed Gull 17.3% 8.0% 9.3%
53   Cooper's Hawk 4.7% 8.0% 3.3%
54   Winter Wren 8.3% 7.7% 0.6%
55   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.7% 7.4% 7.4%
56   Rock Pigeon 4.5% 7.1% 2.5%
57   Pine Siskin 4.7% 6.1% 1.4%
58   Black Vulture 18.1% 5.8% 12.3%
59   Lesser Scaup 4.0% 5.4% 1.5%
60   Cedar Waxwing 3.5% 5.4% 2.0%
61   Eastern Meadowlark 4.8% 4.8% 0.0%
62   Great Blue Heron 45.3% 4.5% 40.8%
63   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.2% 4.2% 8.1%
64   Brown Creeper 6.5% 3.8% 2.6%
65   Common Yellowthroat 6.2% 3.8% 2.4%
66   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 3.5% 6.5%
67   American Kestrel 2.6% 3.5% 0.9%
68   Wilson's Snipe 3.2% 2.9% 0.4%
69   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.6% 2.9% 1.3%
70   Ring-necked Duck 5.1% 2.2% 2.8%
71   Palm Warbler 2.4% 2.2% 0.1%
72   Loggerhead Shrike 0.2% 2.2% 2.0%
73   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.8% 1.9% 0.1%
74   Greater Scaup 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
75   Savannah Sparrow 3.2% 1.6% 1.6%
76   American Pipit 1.0% 1.6% 0.6%
77   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
78   Bald Eagle 16.1% 1.3% 14.8%
79   Osprey 15.7% 1.3% 14.4%
80   Wood Duck 15.1% 1.3% 13.8%
81   House Sparrow 1.9% 1.3% 0.6%
82   Green Heron 0.4% 1.3% 0.8%
83   Belted Kingfisher 22.4% 1.0% 21.4%
84   Northern Shoveler 2.4% 1.0% 1.4%
85   American Woodcock 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
86   Merlin 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
87   Red-headed Woodpecker 12.6% 0.3% 12.3%
88   Louisiana Waterthrush 4.0% 0.3% 3.6%
89   White-eyed Vireo 3.9% 0.3% 3.6%
90   Rusty Blackbird 3.5% 0.3% 3.2%
91   Red-breasted Merganser 2.2% 0.3% 1.9%
92   Barn Swallow 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
93   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
94   Northern Harrier 0.7% 0.3% 0.3%
95   Common Raven 0.5% 0.3% 0.1%
96   Greater Yellowlegs 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
97   Northern Pintail 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
98   Worm-eating Warbler 0% 0.3% 0.3%