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Top Birds at Yates Mill County Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 624 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Yates Mill County Park 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   Northern Cardinal 79.3% 90.9% 11.6% 1.1x
2   Carolina Wren 70.1% 82.1% 12.0% 1.2x
3   Indigo Bunting 43.9% 78.5% 34.6% 1.8x
4   Canada Goose 40.1% 77.2% 37.1% 1.9x
5   Tufted Titmouse 64.3% 74.0% 9.8% 1.2x
6   Eastern Phoebe 32.9% 69.1% 36.2% 2.1x
7   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 56.3% 67.9% 11.6% 1.2x
8   Carolina Chickadee 60.0% 65.7% 5.7% 1.1x
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 53.9% 63.1% 9.2% 1.2x
10   American Crow 56.7% 61.2% 4.5% 1.1x
11   Turkey Vulture 38.8% 61.1% 22.2% 1.6x
12   Mourning Dove 48.1% 58.8% 10.7% 1.2x
13   Eastern Bluebird 49.3% 57.9% 8.6% 1.2x
14   Barn Swallow 29.4% 57.2% 27.9% 1.9x
15   Red-eyed Vireo 51.2% 56.4% 5.2% 1.1x
16   Great Crested Flycatcher 48.0% 55.9% 7.9% 1.2x
17   White-eyed Vireo 32.5% 55.3% 22.7% 1.7x
18   Great Blue Heron 46.1% 53.5% 7.4% 1.2x
19   Northern Mockingbird 30.0% 51.8% 21.7% 1.7x
20   American Goldfinch 44.4% 48.2% 3.8% 1.1x
21   Common Yellowthroat 40.4% 48.1% 7.7% 1.2x
22   Pine Warbler 39.7% 47.9% 8.2% 1.2x
23   Blue Jay 43.1% 47.0% 3.8% 1.1x
24   Summer Tanager 37.0% 45.8% 8.9% 1.2x
25   Chipping Sparrow 37.8% 44.7% 6.9% 1.2x
26   Brown-headed Cowbird 34.9% 44.6% 9.6% 1.3x
27   Eastern Kingbird 25.8% 43.6% 17.8% 1.7x
28   House Finch 27.3% 42.6% 15.4% 1.6x
29   Downy Woodpecker 39.8% 42.3% 2.5% 1.1x
30   Mallard 28.4% 41.8% 13.5% 1.5x
31   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.2% 41.2% 10.0% 1.3x
32   Fish Crow 33.1% 36.7% 3.6% 1.1x
33   Belted Kingfisher 10.8% 36.4% 25.6% 3.4x
34   Blue Grosbeak 22.9% 35.3% 12.3% 1.5x
35   Double-crested Cormorant 17.5% 35.1% 17.6% 2.0x
36   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.3% 34.6% 4.4% 1.1x
37   Purple Martin 9.4% 33.2% 23.8% 3.5x
38   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 32.0% 31.1% 0.9% 1.0x
39   Gray Catbird 30.9% 31.1% 0.2% 1.0x
40   Tree Swallow 13.8% 31.1% 17.3% 2.3x
41   Acadian Flycatcher 25.7% 30.8% 5.0% 1.2x
42   Chimney Swift 28.6% 29.8% 1.3% 1.0x
43   American Robin 39.0% 26.6% 12.4% 0.7x
44   Northern Parula 36.8% 26.1% 10.7% 0.7x
45   Black Vulture 21.0% 25.6% 4.7% 1.2x
46   Eastern Towhee 38.0% 24.5% 13.5% 0.6x
47   American Redstart 22.6% 23.7% 1.1% 1.0x
48   Red-tailed Hawk 12.9% 23.7% 10.8% 1.8x
49   Eastern Wood-Pewee 21.2% 22.8% 1.5% 1.1x
50   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.8% 22.6% 1.2% 1.0x
51   European Starling 22.3% 22.4% 0.2% 1.0x
52   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19.0% 21.2% 2.1% 1.1x
53   Black-throated Blue Warbler 13.5% 20.5% 7.0% 1.5x
54   Pileated Woodpecker 19.1% 19.6% 0.4% 1.0x
55   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10.1% 17.9% 7.9% 1.8x
56   Common Grackle 36.5% 14.9% 21.6% 0.4x
57   Eastern Meadowlark 8.4% 14.9% 6.5% 1.8x
58   Brown Thrasher 17.5% 14.3% 3.2% 0.8x
59   Orchard Oriole 15.3% 14.3% 1.0% 0.9x
60   Black-and-white Warbler 15.9% 14.1% 1.8% 0.9x
61   Prothonotary Warbler 16.3% 13.3% 3.0% 0.8x
62   Wood Duck 13.0% 12.5% 0.5% 1.0x
63   Rock Pigeon 5.9% 12.5% 6.6% 2.1x
64   Spotted Sandpiper 16.5% 12.2% 4.3% 0.7x
65   White-throated Sparrow 8.3% 12.2% 3.9% 1.5x
66   Red-winged Blackbird 28.0% 12.0% 16.0% 0.4x
67   Killdeer 20.3% 12.0% 8.2% 0.6x
68   Cedar Waxwing 13.4% 11.5% 1.9% 0.9x
69   Ovenbird 19.0% 10.4% 8.6% 0.5x
70   Yellow-rumped Warbler 11.4% 9.8% 1.6% 0.9x
71   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.8% 9.5% 1.3% 0.9x
72   Green Heron 10.6% 9.1% 1.5% 0.9x
73   Scarlet Tanager 12.0% 9.0% 3.0% 0.7x
74   Song Sparrow 15.1% 8.7% 6.4% 0.6x
75   Osprey 16.3% 7.9% 8.4% 0.5x
76   Mississippi Kite 2.1% 7.5% 5.5% 3.6x
77   Blackpoll Warbler 7.3% 6.7% 0.6% 0.9x
78   Bobolink 3.0% 6.7% 3.7% 2.2x
79   House Wren 9.7% 6.6% 3.2% 0.7x
80   Yellow-throated Warbler 15.9% 6.2% 9.7% 0.4x
81   Northern Flicker 8.9% 5.6% 3.3% 0.6x
82   Veery 3.4% 5.6% 2.2% 1.6x
83   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 5.1% 3.6% 0.6x
84   Wood Thrush 14.0% 4.8% 9.2% 0.3x
85   Yellow Warbler 8.2% 4.8% 3.4% 0.6x
86   Solitary Sandpiper 8.3% 4.6% 3.6% 0.6x
87   Northern Waterthrush 7.1% 4.6% 2.4% 0.7x
88   Hooded Warbler 11.7% 4.3% 7.4% 0.4x
89   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.8% 4.2% 2.6% 0.6x
90   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.5% 4.0% 3.5% 0.5x
91   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.4% 3.8% 7.6% 0.3x
92   Swainson's Thrush 6.2% 3.5% 2.6% 0.6x
93   Grasshopper Sparrow 2.8% 3.5% 0.7% 1.3x
94   Magnolia Warbler 3.6% 3.2% 0.4% 0.9x
95   Barred Owl 8.0% 3.0% 5.0% 0.4x
96   Field Sparrow 3.6% 2.6% 1.0% 0.7x
97   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.5% 2.4% 1.0% 1.7x
98   Ruddy Duck 0.3% 2.4% 2.1% 7.7x
99   Bald Eagle 10.6% 2.2% 8.4% 0.2x
100   Least Sandpiper 5.7% 2.2% 3.4% 0.4x
101   Cooper's Hawk 2.8% 2.2% 0.5% 0.8x
102   Prairie Warbler 7.8% 1.8% 6.1% 0.2x
103   Swamp Sparrow 2.1% 1.6% 0.5% 0.8x
104   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 1.4% 1.0% 3.0x
105   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 1.3% 0.1% 1.0x
106   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.3% 0.1% 1.1x
107   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 1.3% 0.5% 1.6x
108   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 1.3% 1.0% 4.9x
109   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 1.3% 1.2% 19.0x
110   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.6% 1.1% 0.5% 0.7x
111   Worm-eating Warbler 1.2% 1.1% 0.0% 1.0x
112   swallow sp. 1.1% 1.1% 0.0% 1.0x
113   crow sp. 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 0.6x
114   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 1.0% 0.5% 0.7x
115   Palm Warbler 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% 1.1x
116   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% 4.7x
117   House Sparrow 3.8% 0.8% 3.0% 0.2x
118   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3.2% 0.8% 2.4% 0.2x
119   Great Egret 2.3% 0.8% 1.5% 0.4x
120   Warbling Vireo 1.7% 0.8% 0.9% 0.5x
121   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.8% 0.2% 1.4x
122   Northern Harrier 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.6x
123   Cliff Swallow 5.5% 0.6% 4.9% 0.1x
124   Horned Lark 1.1% 0.6% 0.4% 0.6x
125   American Kestrel 0.7% 0.6% 0.1% 0.9x
126   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 2.0x
127   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% 2.5x
128   Ring-billed Gull 1.7% 0.5% 1.2% 0.3x
129   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.9x
130   Virginia Rail 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 23.7x
131   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.4% 0.3% 2.1% 0.1x
132   Bank Swallow 1.4% 0.3% 1.1% 0.2x
133   hawk sp. 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.7x
134   Graylag Goose 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7x
135   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 1.7x
136   Merlin 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 2.2x
137   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 3.0x
138   Accipiter sp. 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 4.7x
139   Kentucky Warbler 2.4% 0.2% 2.2% 0.1x
140   Hooded Merganser 1.9% 0.2% 1.7% 0.1x
141   Wild Turkey 1.6% 0.2% 1.4% 0.1x
142   Greater Yellowlegs 1.3% 0.2% 1.1% 0.1x
143   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 0.2% 1.0% 0.1x
144   Broad-winged Hawk 0.9% 0.2% 0.8% 0.2x
145   Pine Siskin 0.8% 0.2% 0.7% 0.2x
146   duck sp. 0.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3x
147   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3x
148   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4x
149   Canada Warbler 0.4% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4x
150   Common Loon 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4x
151   Northern Bobwhite 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4x
152   Anhinga 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.5x
153   Snowy Egret 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.5x
154   American/Fish Crow 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7x
155   Catharus sp. 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7x
156   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7x
157   passerine sp. 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 1.0x
158   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.5x
159   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.5x
160   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.6x
161   new world vulture sp. 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.6x
162   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.7x
163   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.8x
164   American Pipit 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.0x
165   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 4.7x
166   American Black Duck 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 4.7x
167   Brown Creeper 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 5.9x
168   Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 7.9x
169   cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.) 0% 0.2% 0.2%