Bird Finder

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

based on 169 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning in August. 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   Northern Cardinal 65.5% 93.5% 28.0% 1.4x
2   House Finch 18.5% 88.8% 70.2% 4.8x
3   Blue Jay 35.4% 88.2% 52.7% 2.5x
4   Carolina Wren 72.1% 86.4% 14.3% 1.2x
5   Mourning Dove 46.7% 86.4% 39.7% 1.8x
6   Carolina Chickadee 57.7% 83.4% 25.7% 1.4x
7   Indigo Bunting 26.8% 83.4% 56.6% 3.1x
8   American Goldfinch 58.9% 81.7% 22.8% 1.4x
9   American Crow 53.2% 81.7% 28.5% 1.5x
10   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 81.7% 53.5% 2.9x
11   Eastern Towhee 24.0% 78.7% 54.7% 3.3x
12   Gray Catbird 26.1% 72.8% 46.7% 2.8x
13   Eastern Bluebird 39.1% 71.6% 32.5% 1.8x
14   Tufted Titmouse 52.0% 71.0% 19.0% 1.4x
15   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33.1% 69.8% 36.7% 2.1x
16   Blue Grosbeak 21.0% 69.2% 48.2% 3.3x
17   Brown Thrasher 14.0% 65.7% 51.7% 4.7x
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.4% 63.9% 25.5% 1.7x
19   American Robin 27.4% 61.5% 34.2% 2.2x
20   Chimney Swift 17.6% 58.0% 40.4% 3.3x
21   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 40.4% 57.4% 17.0% 1.4x
22   Song Sparrow 8.4% 55.6% 47.2% 6.6x
23   Downy Woodpecker 40.2% 51.5% 11.3% 1.3x
24   European Starling 9.1% 49.1% 40.1% 5.4x
25   House Wren 3.7% 44.4% 40.7% 12.1x
26   Fish Crow 25.4% 43.2% 17.8% 1.7x
27   Green Heron 17.6% 43.2% 25.6% 2.4x
28   Canada Goose 25.6% 40.8% 15.3% 1.6x
29   White-breasted Nuthatch 27.5% 38.5% 11.0% 1.4x
30   Red-tailed Hawk 9.6% 37.9% 28.3% 3.9x
31   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.1% 34.3% 9.2% 1.4x
32   Common Grackle 9.4% 34.3% 24.9% 3.6x
33   Brown-headed Nuthatch 26.1% 30.8% 4.7% 1.2x
34   Red-winged Blackbird 5.5% 27.2% 21.7% 4.9x
35   Great Crested Flycatcher 17.7% 26.6% 8.9% 1.5x
36   Chipping Sparrow 18.4% 23.7% 5.2% 1.3x
37   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.3% 23.7% 18.4% 4.5x
38   Common Yellowthroat 11.9% 20.7% 8.8% 1.7x
39   Red-eyed Vireo 21.7% 20.1% 1.5% 0.9x
40   Rock Pigeon 5.5% 17.8% 12.3% 3.3x
41   Turkey Vulture 31.8% 17.2% 14.7% 0.5x
42   Cooper's Hawk 4.2% 17.2% 13.0% 4.1x
43   Mallard 23.1% 16.0% 7.2% 0.7x
44   Eastern Phoebe 20.2% 16.0% 4.2% 0.8x
45   Barn Swallow 11.3% 13.6% 2.3% 1.2x
46   Northern Flicker 8.7% 13.0% 4.3% 1.5x
47   Eastern Kingbird 14.0% 11.8% 2.1% 0.8x
48   Pine Warbler 16.3% 10.7% 5.7% 0.7x
49   American Redstart 6.2% 9.5% 3.3% 1.5x
50   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 9.5% 6.8% 3.5x
51   Bobolink 0.4% 8.9% 8.5% 22.4x
52   American Kestrel 1.9% 8.3% 6.3% 4.3x
53   Yellow Warbler 2.2% 7.7% 5.5% 3.5x
54   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.9% 7.1% 8.8% 0.4x
55   Northern Parula 7.4% 7.1% 0.3% 1.0x
56   Great Blue Heron 47.5% 6.5% 41.0% 0.1x
57   White-eyed Vireo 20.8% 6.5% 14.3% 0.3x
58   Hairy Woodpecker 8.0% 6.5% 1.5% 0.8x
59   Killdeer 23.2% 5.9% 17.3% 0.3x
60   Purple Martin 2.2% 5.9% 3.7% 2.6x
61   Orchard Oriole 1.9% 5.9% 4.1% 3.2x
62   Belted Kingfisher 23.1% 5.3% 17.8% 0.2x
63   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.6% 5.3% 14.3% 0.3x
64   Wood Duck 11.1% 5.3% 5.8% 0.5x
65   Black-and-white Warbler 5.6% 5.3% 0.3% 1.0x
66   Hooded Warbler 3.1% 5.3% 2.3% 1.7x
67   Summer Tanager 14.9% 4.7% 10.2% 0.3x
68   crow sp. 1.3% 4.1% 2.8% 3.2x
69   Field Sparrow 2.6% 3.6% 0.9% 1.4x
70   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.6% 2.4% 8.2% 0.2x
71   Cedar Waxwing 1.4% 2.4% 1.0% 1.7x
72   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 2.4% 1.3% 2.2x
73   Empidonax sp. 0.6% 2.4% 1.7% 3.7x
74   Great Egret 34.1% 1.8% 32.3% 0.1x
75   Acadian Flycatcher 9.8% 1.8% 8.0% 0.2x
76   Ovenbird 1.2% 1.8% 0.6% 1.5x
77   Northern Waterthrush 0.8% 1.8% 0.9% 2.1x
78   Osprey 21.3% 1.2% 20.1% 0.1x
79   Black Vulture 16.1% 1.2% 14.9% 0.1x
80   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.5% 1.2% 0.3% 0.8x
81   Wood Thrush 1.4% 1.2% 0.2% 0.8x
82   Blue-winged Warbler 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 1.0x
83   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.2% 0.2% 1.2x
84   Wild Turkey 1.0% 1.2% 0.2% 1.2x
85   Eastern Meadowlark 2.0% 0.6% 1.4% 0.3x
86   Worm-eating Warbler 1.9% 0.6% 1.3% 0.3x
87   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.8% 0.6% 1.2% 0.3x
88   Grasshopper Sparrow 1.1% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5x
89   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.7x
90   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.8x
91   swallow sp. 0.7% 0.6% 0.1% 0.8x
92   hawk sp. 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 1.2x
93   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.4x
94   duck sp. 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.7x
95   Veery 0.2% 0.6% 0.4% 3.1x
96   vireo sp. 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 10.8x
97   Sora 0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 14.4x
98   Willow Flycatcher 0% 0.6% 0.6%