Bird Finder

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

based on 224 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 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   Northern Cardinal 73.0% 91.5% 18.5% 1.3x
2   Blue Jay 59.8% 87.1% 27.2% 1.5x
3   Carolina Wren 76.8% 84.8% 8.1% 1.1x
4   Northern Mockingbird 30.0% 84.8% 54.8% 2.8x
5   Carolina Chickadee 70.9% 83.5% 12.6% 1.2x
6   Mourning Dove 37.4% 83.5% 46.1% 2.2x
7   Gray Catbird 42.0% 81.2% 39.3% 1.9x
8   Eastern Towhee 25.2% 77.7% 52.4% 3.1x
9   American Crow 64.6% 76.3% 11.7% 1.2x
10   House Finch 18.3% 76.3% 58.0% 4.2x
11   Tufted Titmouse 65.3% 69.6% 4.4% 1.1x
12   Brown Thrasher 29.7% 68.3% 38.6% 2.3x
13   Indigo Bunting 16.4% 65.2% 48.8% 4.0x
14   Common Yellowthroat 29.2% 61.6% 32.4% 2.1x
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.8% 61.2% 5.3% 1.1x
16   Song Sparrow 8.2% 59.8% 51.7% 7.3x
17   Eastern Bluebird 41.8% 58.5% 16.6% 1.4x
18   American Goldfinch 47.0% 58.0% 11.0% 1.2x
19   American Robin 28.9% 50.9% 22.0% 1.8x
20   Downy Woodpecker 56.3% 49.6% 6.7% 0.9x
21   Red-shouldered Hawk 36.4% 46.0% 9.5% 1.3x
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 36.2% 44.6% 8.4% 1.2x
23   House Wren 7.7% 44.6% 36.9% 5.8x
24   European Starling 10.2% 44.2% 34.0% 4.3x
25   Canada Goose 24.5% 42.4% 17.9% 1.7x
26   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32.5% 41.5% 9.0% 1.3x
27   Chimney Swift 24.1% 40.6% 16.5% 1.7x
28   Blue Grosbeak 10.9% 36.2% 25.3% 3.3x
29   Brown-headed Nuthatch 36.0% 33.0% 3.0% 0.9x
30   American Redstart 30.9% 30.4% 0.6% 1.0x
31   Eastern Phoebe 37.3% 29.0% 8.3% 0.8x
32   White-eyed Vireo 33.6% 28.1% 5.5% 0.8x
33   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26.4% 27.7% 1.3% 1.0x
34   Red-eyed Vireo 28.6% 27.2% 1.4% 1.0x
35   Turkey Vulture 39.8% 26.8% 13.0% 0.7x
36   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 26.8% 22.8% 6.8x
37   Northern Flicker 22.5% 25.0% 2.5% 1.1x
38   Red-tailed Hawk 9.1% 25.0% 15.9% 2.8x
39   Fish Crow 21.9% 23.7% 1.8% 1.1x
40   Bobolink 1.2% 23.7% 22.4% 19.2x
41   Killdeer 23.9% 23.2% 0.7% 1.0x
42   Pine Warbler 41.0% 18.8% 22.2% 0.5x
43   Chipping Sparrow 14.2% 18.3% 4.1% 1.3x
44   Eastern Wood-Pewee 28.0% 16.1% 11.9% 0.6x
45   Common Grackle 5.2% 15.2% 10.0% 2.9x
46   Cooper's Hawk 5.0% 14.7% 9.7% 2.9x
47   Rock Pigeon 4.3% 14.7% 10.4% 3.4x
48   Prairie Warbler 4.3% 14.7% 10.5% 3.5x
49   Palm Warbler 4.7% 13.8% 9.1% 2.9x
50   Mallard 20.2% 12.9% 7.3% 0.6x
51   Green Heron 10.7% 12.5% 1.8% 1.2x
52   Northern Parula 25.3% 10.7% 14.6% 0.4x
53   Wood Duck 8.4% 10.7% 2.3% 1.3x
54   Summer Tanager 22.6% 8.5% 14.2% 0.4x
55   Red-winged Blackbird 1.5% 8.5% 7.0% 5.6x
56   Magnolia Warbler 17.7% 8.0% 9.7% 0.5x
57   American Kestrel 3.6% 8.0% 4.4% 2.2x
58   Northern Waterthrush 3.5% 8.0% 4.6% 2.3x
59   Black Vulture 21.5% 6.7% 14.8% 0.3x
60   Swainson's Thrush 5.0% 6.7% 1.7% 1.3x
61   Great Blue Heron 45.5% 5.8% 39.7% 0.1x
62   Black-and-white Warbler 24.5% 5.8% 18.7% 0.2x
63   Great Crested Flycatcher 10.7% 5.8% 4.9% 0.5x
64   Cedar Waxwing 7.1% 5.8% 1.3% 0.8x
65   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6.9% 5.8% 1.0% 0.8x
66   Hairy Woodpecker 14.4% 4.5% 10.0% 0.3x
67   Yellow Warbler 3.7% 4.0% 0.3% 1.1x
68   Field Sparrow 1.5% 4.0% 2.5% 2.6x
69   Belted Kingfisher 28.6% 3.6% 25.0% 0.1x
70   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15.7% 3.6% 12.1% 0.2x
71   Empidonax sp. 2.8% 3.1% 0.4% 1.1x
72   Red-headed Woodpecker 15.0% 2.7% 12.3% 0.2x
73   Scarlet Tanager 9.7% 2.7% 7.0% 0.3x
74   Osprey 13.1% 2.2% 10.9% 0.2x
75   Acadian Flycatcher 6.9% 2.2% 4.7% 0.3x
76   Blue-winged Warbler 4.5% 2.2% 2.2% 0.5x
77   Eastern Meadowlark 1.0% 2.2% 1.2% 2.3x
78   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.7% 2.2% 1.6% 3.4x
79   Marsh Wren 0.4% 2.2% 1.8% 5.3x
80   Hooded Warbler 7.1% 1.8% 5.3% 0.3x
81   Veery 4.1% 1.8% 2.3% 0.4x
82   crow sp. 1.1% 1.8% 0.7% 1.6x
83   Wild Turkey 1.0% 1.8% 0.7% 1.7x
84   Common Nighthawk 1.0% 1.8% 0.8% 1.8x
85   duck sp. 0.5% 1.8% 1.3% 3.5x
86   Connecticut Warbler 0.1% 1.8% 1.7% 17.4x
87   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.7% 1.3% 8.3% 0.1x
88   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.8% 1.3% 6.4% 0.2x
89   Black-throated Blue Warbler 5.4% 1.3% 4.1% 0.2x
90   Tennessee Warbler 2.9% 1.3% 1.6% 0.5x
91   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 1.3% 1.5% 0.5x
92   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.7% 1.3% 0.4% 0.8x
93   Barn Swallow 1.7% 1.3% 0.4% 0.8x
94   Eastern Kingbird 1.6% 1.3% 0.3% 0.8x
95   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 1.3% 0.5% 1.6x
96   Bald Eagle 12.5% 0.9% 11.6% 0.1x
97   Yellow-throated Warbler 4.8% 0.9% 3.9% 0.2x
98   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 1.7% 0.9% 0.8% 0.5x
99   Nashville Warbler 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.8x
100   Peregrine Falcon 0.4% 0.9% 0.5% 2.2x
101   Accipiter sp. 0.2% 0.9% 0.7% 4.6x
102   Sedge Wren 0.0% 0.9% 0.9% 23.9x
103   Great Egret 29.9% 0.4% 29.4% 0.0x
104   Double-crested Cormorant 15.7% 0.4% 15.2% 0.0x
105   Cape May Warbler 10.1% 0.4% 9.6% 0.0x
106   Worm-eating Warbler 3.4% 0.4% 2.9% 0.1x
107   Blackburnian Warbler 2.2% 0.4% 1.8% 0.2x
108   Broad-winged Hawk 1.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.4x
109   Blue-headed Vireo 0.9% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5x
110   House Sparrow 0.8% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6x
111   Least Flycatcher 0.8% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6x
112   Wilson's Warbler 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 1.0x
113   American Golden-Plover 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 1.1x
114   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.4x
115   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.5x
116   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 1.5x
117   new world sparrow sp. 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 1.6x
118   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 1.8x
119   Buteo sp. 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 2.1x
120   new world vulture sp. 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 2.3x
121   Swamp Sparrow 0.1% 0.4% 0.4% 8.0x
122   Virginia Rail 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 9.6x
123   American Bittern 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 47.8x