Top Birds at Schenck Forest in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 217 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Schenck Forest 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Cardinal | 79.5% | 89.4% | 9.9% | |||
| 2 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.1% | 84.8% | 47.7% | |||
| 3 | Eastern Bluebird | 48.9% | 83.9% | 35.0% | |||
| 4 | Mourning Dove | 47.8% | 82.9% | 35.2% | |||
| 5 | Northern Mockingbird | 30.4% | 77.0% | 46.6% | |||
| 6 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.2% | 76.5% | 12.3% | |||
| 7 | Pine Warbler | 39.1% | 76.5% | 37.3% | |||
| 8 | Carolina Chickadee | 59.7% | 75.6% | 15.8% | |||
| 9 | Eastern Towhee | 37.0% | 74.7% | 37.7% | |||
| 10 | Carolina Wren | 70.3% | 74.2% | 3.9% | |||
| 11 | House Finch | 26.9% | 72.8% | 45.9% | |||
| 12 | Blue Jay | 42.6% | 71.9% | 29.3% | |||
| 13 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 56.7% | 69.6% | 12.8% | |||
| 14 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 29.6% | 69.6% | 40.0% | |||
| 15 | Summer Tanager | 36.7% | 69.1% | 32.5% | |||
| 16 | American Crow | 56.5% | 68.2% | 11.7% | |||
| 17 | Indigo Bunting | 45.1% | 66.8% | 21.7% | |||
| 18 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 53.8% | 66.4% | 12.6% | |||
| 19 | Red-eyed Vireo | 51.2% | 66.4% | 15.2% | |||
| 20 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 34.6% | 63.1% | 28.5% | |||
| 21 | Ovenbird | 18.1% | 60.4% | 42.3% | |||
| 22 | American Goldfinch | 44.1% | 59.9% | 15.8% | |||
| 23 | Canada Goose | 41.4% | 59.9% | 18.5% | |||
| 24 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 47.9% | 59.4% | 11.5% | |||
| 25 | Blue Grosbeak | 23.0% | 56.7% | 33.7% | |||
| 26 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 31.7% | 55.8% | 24.0% | |||
| 27 | Barn Swallow | 30.2% | 53.0% | 22.8% | |||
| 28 | Eastern Kingbird | 26.2% | 51.2% | 24.9% | |||
| 29 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.5% | 50.2% | 10.8% | |||
| 30 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.0% | 50.2% | 29.3% | |||
| 31 | Fish Crow | 33.0% | 49.8% | 16.8% | |||
| 32 | Eastern Meadowlark | 8.1% | 49.8% | 41.6% | |||
| 33 | European Starling | 22.0% | 47.9% | 25.9% | |||
| 34 | Great Blue Heron | 46.6% | 46.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 35 | American Robin | 38.5% | 46.1% | 7.6% | |||
| 36 | Northern Parula | 36.3% | 46.1% | 9.8% | |||
| 37 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.0% | 45.2% | 22.1% | |||
| 38 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.8% | 44.7% | 3.9% | |||
| 39 | Mallard | 28.8% | 43.8% | 15.0% | |||
| 40 | Killdeer | 19.7% | 43.3% | 23.7% | |||
| 41 | Rock Pigeon | 5.7% | 41.0% | 35.3% | |||
| 42 | Turkey Vulture | 39.6% | 40.6% | 0.9% | |||
| 43 | Orchard Oriole | 14.9% | 40.1% | 25.2% | |||
| 44 | Red-tailed Hawk | 12.9% | 39.2% | 26.3% | |||
| 45 | Wood Thrush | 13.4% | 38.7% | 25.3% | |||
| 46 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 10.4% | 35.5% | 25.1% | |||
| 47 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.1% | 34.6% | 18.4% | |||
| 48 | Acadian Flycatcher | 25.9% | 33.2% | 7.2% | |||
| 49 | Common Grackle | 35.8% | 31.3% | 4.4% | |||
| 50 | Chimney Swift | 28.3% | 31.3% | 3.1% | |||
| 51 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.5% | 28.6% | 5.9% | |||
| 52 | Black-and-white Warbler | 15.7% | 28.6% | 12.9% | |||
| 53 | Gray Catbird | 30.9% | 28.1% | 2.8% | |||
| 54 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 13.6% | 27.6% | 14.1% | |||
| 55 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 15.4% | 27.2% | 11.8% | |||
| 56 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 7.1% | 27.2% | 20.1% | |||
| 57 | White-eyed Vireo | 33.7% | 26.7% | 7.0% | |||
| 58 | American Redstart | 22.6% | 26.7% | 4.1% | |||
| 59 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.0% | 26.3% | 7.2% | |||
| 60 | Northern Flicker | 8.5% | 25.8% | 17.3% | |||
| 61 | Brown Thrasher | 17.1% | 24.9% | 7.7% | |||
| 62 | Double-crested Cormorant | 18.2% | 23.0% | 4.9% | |||
| 63 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 18.7% | 22.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 64 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 11.0% | 20.7% | 9.7% | |||
| 65 | Purple Martin | 10.2% | 19.8% | 9.6% | |||
| 66 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.7% | 19.4% | 12.3% | |||
| 67 | Solitary Sandpiper | 8.0% | 19.4% | 11.4% | |||
| 68 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.3% | 17.5% | 4.2% | |||
| 69 | Prairie Warbler | 7.5% | 17.5% | 10.0% | |||
| 70 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.2% | 16.6% | 5.4% | |||
| 71 | Belted Kingfisher | 11.8% | 15.7% | 3.9% | |||
| 72 | Scarlet Tanager | 11.8% | 15.2% | 3.4% | |||
| 73 | Barred Owl | 7.7% | 13.4% | 5.6% | |||
| 74 | Red-winged Blackbird | 27.7% | 12.9% | 14.8% | |||
| 75 | Swainson's Thrush | 5.9% | 11.5% | 5.6% | |||
| 76 | Loggerhead Shrike | 0.4% | 11.1% | 10.7% | |||
| 77 | Black Vulture | 21.2% | 10.6% | 10.6% | |||
| 78 | Song Sparrow | 15.0% | 10.6% | 4.4% | |||
| 79 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.4% | 10.6% | 2.2% | |||
| 80 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.2% | 10.6% | 3.4% | |||
| 81 | White-throated Sparrow | 8.4% | 10.1% | 1.8% | |||
| 82 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 10.4% | 9.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 83 | Wood Duck | 13.1% | 7.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 84 | Great Horned Owl | 0.4% | 7.8% | 7.4% | |||
| 85 | Tree Swallow | 14.6% | 7.4% | 7.2% | |||
| 86 | Yellow Warbler | 8.1% | 7.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 87 | Northern Waterthrush | 7.0% | 7.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 88 | Veery | 3.4% | 6.9% | 3.5% | |||
| 89 | American Kestrel | 0.6% | 6.9% | 6.3% | |||
| 90 | Field Sparrow | 3.5% | 6.5% | 2.9% | |||
| 91 | Osprey | 16.1% | 6.0% | 10.1% | |||
| 92 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.7% | 6.0% | 3.3% | |||
| 93 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 6.7% | 5.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 94 | Green Heron | 10.7% | 4.6% | 6.0% | |||
| 95 | Bald Eagle | 10.4% | 4.6% | 5.8% | |||
| 96 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.6% | 4.6% | 1.0% | |||
| 97 | House Wren | 9.7% | 4.1% | 5.6% | |||
| 98 | Worm-eating Warbler | 1.1% | 4.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 99 | Prothonotary Warbler | 16.4% | 3.7% | 12.7% | |||
| 100 | Least Sandpiper | 5.6% | 3.7% | 1.9% | |||
| 101 | Bobolink | 3.2% | 3.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 102 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 2.8% | 3.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 103 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 0.5% | 3.7% | 3.2% | |||
| 104 | Hooded Warbler | 11.5% | 3.2% | 8.3% | |||
| 105 | Palm Warbler | 0.8% | 3.2% | 2.4% | |||
| 106 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3.2% | 2.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 107 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2.2% | 2.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 108 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1.4% | 2.8% | 1.4% | |||
| 109 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 1.5% | 2.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 110 | Ruddy Duck | 0.4% | 2.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 111 | Pine Siskin | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 112 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.3% | |||
| 113 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 114 | Bank Swallow | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 115 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 116 | Swamp Sparrow | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | |||
| 117 | Wild Turkey | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 118 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 119 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 120 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 121 | Baltimore Oriole | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 122 | Cape May Warbler | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 123 | Hermit Thrush | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 124 | Blue-winged Warbler | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 125 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 126 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 127 | Cliff Swallow | 5.4% | 0.5% | 5.0% | |||
| 128 | Kentucky Warbler | 2.3% | 0.5% | 1.9% | |||
| 129 | Great Egret | 2.3% | 0.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 130 | Warbling Vireo | 1.6% | 0.5% | 1.2% | |||
| 131 | Northern Bobwhite | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 132 | Chuck-will's-widow | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 133 | Northern Harrier | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 134 | Common Raven | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 135 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 136 | Common Gallinule | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% |