Top Birds at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 300 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 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 | 79.4% | 91.3% | 12.0% | |||
| 2 | Purple Martin | 8.9% | 85.0% | 76.1% | |||
| 3 | House Finch | 26.4% | 84.3% | 57.9% | |||
| 4 | Eastern Towhee | 36.7% | 79.3% | 42.7% | |||
| 5 | Eastern Bluebird | 48.8% | 78.7% | 29.9% | |||
| 6 | Carolina Wren | 70.2% | 78.3% | 8.1% | |||
| 7 | American Crow | 56.3% | 75.0% | 18.7% | |||
| 8 | Indigo Bunting | 44.9% | 74.3% | 29.5% | |||
| 9 | Northern Mockingbird | 30.2% | 72.0% | 41.8% | |||
| 10 | Blue Jay | 42.5% | 69.0% | 26.5% | |||
| 11 | Mourning Dove | 47.9% | 68.7% | 20.8% | |||
| 12 | Tufted Titmouse | 64.4% | 67.0% | 2.6% | |||
| 13 | European Starling | 21.5% | 67.0% | 45.5% | |||
| 14 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 53.7% | 66.3% | 12.6% | |||
| 15 | Carolina Chickadee | 59.8% | 65.7% | 5.8% | |||
| 16 | Red-winged Blackbird | 26.7% | 65.0% | 38.3% | |||
| 17 | Common Grackle | 35.1% | 64.3% | 29.2% | |||
| 18 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 34.4% | 63.7% | 29.2% | |||
| 19 | Chimney Swift | 27.7% | 58.7% | 31.0% | |||
| 20 | Chipping Sparrow | 37.4% | 56.3% | 18.9% | |||
| 21 | American Goldfinch | 44.1% | 56.0% | 11.9% | |||
| 22 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 57.0% | 54.3% | 2.6% | |||
| 23 | Cedar Waxwing | 12.6% | 52.0% | 39.4% | |||
| 24 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 31.7% | 50.3% | 18.6% | |||
| 25 | Common Yellowthroat | 40.7% | 50.0% | 9.3% | |||
| 26 | Fish Crow | 32.9% | 49.7% | 16.7% | |||
| 27 | Brown Thrasher | 16.7% | 45.3% | 28.6% | |||
| 28 | Song Sparrow | 14.3% | 44.3% | 30.0% | |||
| 29 | Orchard Oriole | 14.7% | 43.3% | 28.6% | |||
| 30 | Canada Goose | 41.7% | 42.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 31 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 29.9% | 41.7% | 11.7% | |||
| 32 | Blue Grosbeak | 23.1% | 41.7% | 18.5% | |||
| 33 | Downy Woodpecker | 39.6% | 40.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 34 | Eastern Kingbird | 26.3% | 39.3% | 13.0% | |||
| 35 | Pine Warbler | 39.7% | 38.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 36 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 48.3% | 35.3% | 13.0% | |||
| 37 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 23.2% | 32.0% | 8.8% | |||
| 38 | Turkey Vulture | 39.8% | 30.7% | 9.1% | |||
| 39 | American Robin | 38.8% | 29.7% | 9.1% | |||
| 40 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 31.6% | 29.0% | 2.6% | |||
| 41 | Gray Catbird | 31.0% | 23.7% | 7.3% | |||
| 42 | House Wren | 9.4% | 22.3% | 12.9% | |||
| 43 | Red-tailed Hawk | 13.1% | 21.0% | 7.9% | |||
| 44 | Barn Swallow | 30.8% | 20.3% | 10.4% | |||
| 45 | Red-eyed Vireo | 52.1% | 17.0% | 35.1% | |||
| 46 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 11.0% | 16.7% | 5.6% | |||
| 47 | Green Heron | 10.4% | 16.7% | 6.2% | |||
| 48 | Eastern Meadowlark | 8.6% | 16.3% | 7.8% | |||
| 49 | White-throated Sparrow | 8.2% | 16.0% | 7.8% | |||
| 50 | Killdeer | 20.1% | 15.7% | 4.4% | |||
| 51 | Summer Tanager | 37.6% | 14.0% | 23.6% | |||
| 52 | Northern Parula | 36.9% | 12.3% | 24.6% | |||
| 53 | White-eyed Vireo | 34.0% | 11.3% | 22.7% | |||
| 54 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 18.9% | 10.7% | 8.3% | |||
| 55 | Rock Pigeon | 6.1% | 10.7% | 4.6% | |||
| 56 | Eastern Phoebe | 34.9% | 10.0% | 24.9% | |||
| 57 | Tree Swallow | 14.6% | 10.0% | 4.6% | |||
| 58 | Wood Duck | 13.1% | 10.0% | 3.1% | |||
| 59 | Yellow Warbler | 8.0% | 9.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 60 | Black Vulture | 21.3% | 8.3% | 12.9% | |||
| 61 | Northern Waterthrush | 7.0% | 8.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 62 | Mallard | 29.4% | 8.0% | 21.4% | |||
| 63 | Northern Flicker | 8.8% | 8.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 64 | Field Sparrow | 3.5% | 8.0% | 4.5% | |||
| 65 | American Redstart | 23.0% | 7.7% | 15.3% | |||
| 66 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 10.8% | 6.7% | 4.2% | |||
| 67 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 21.7% | 6.0% | 15.7% | |||
| 68 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 11.4% | 6.0% | 5.4% | |||
| 69 | Great Blue Heron | 47.4% | 5.3% | 42.1% | |||
| 70 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.7% | 4.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 71 | Black-and-white Warbler | 16.1% | 4.0% | 12.1% | |||
| 72 | Bobolink | 3.2% | 4.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 73 | Scarlet Tanager | 12.0% | 3.7% | 8.4% | |||
| 74 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 14.0% | 3.3% | 10.6% | |||
| 75 | Belted Kingfisher | 12.0% | 3.3% | 8.7% | |||
| 76 | Prairie Warbler | 7.7% | 3.3% | 4.4% | |||
| 77 | Swainson's Thrush | 6.0% | 3.3% | 2.7% | |||
| 78 | Blackpoll Warbler | 7.4% | 3.0% | 4.4% | |||
| 79 | Wild Turkey | 1.5% | 3.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 80 | Osprey | 16.2% | 2.7% | 13.5% | |||
| 81 | Swamp Sparrow | 2.1% | 2.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 82 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.2% | 2.7% | 1.5% | |||
| 83 | Acadian Flycatcher | 26.5% | 2.3% | 24.2% | |||
| 84 | Double-crested Cormorant | 18.6% | 2.3% | 16.2% | |||
| 85 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.1% | 2.3% | 2.2% | |||
| 86 | Wood Thrush | 14.0% | 2.0% | 12.0% | |||
| 87 | Solitary Sandpiper | 8.3% | 2.0% | 6.3% | |||
| 88 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 7.5% | 1.7% | 5.9% | |||
| 89 | Magnolia Warbler | 3.6% | 1.7% | 2.0% | |||
| 90 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.5% | 1.3% | 7.2% | |||
| 91 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 92 | Ovenbird | 19.1% | 1.0% | 18.1% | |||
| 93 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 10.6% | 1.0% | 9.6% | |||
| 94 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 6.8% | 1.0% | 5.8% | |||
| 95 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% | |||
| 96 | Baltimore Oriole | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 97 | Pine Siskin | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 98 | American Kestrel | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 99 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.7% | 0.7% | 16.0% | |||
| 100 | Bald Eagle | 10.5% | 0.7% | 9.8% | |||
| 101 | Cliff Swallow | 5.4% | 0.7% | 4.8% | |||
| 102 | House Sparrow | 3.7% | 0.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 103 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 2.9% | 0.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 104 | Bank Swallow | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 105 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 106 | Palm Warbler | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 107 | Willow Flycatcher | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 108 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 109 | Pileated Woodpecker | 19.5% | 0.3% | 19.2% | |||
| 110 | Prothonotary Warbler | 16.5% | 0.3% | 16.2% | |||
| 111 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 15.9% | 0.3% | 15.6% | |||
| 112 | Mississippi Kite | 2.3% | 0.3% | 2.0% | |||
| 113 | Hooded Merganser | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 114 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 115 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 116 | Loggerhead Shrike | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 117 | Great Horned Owl | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 118 | Common Loon | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 119 | Common Nighthawk | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 120 | Mourning Warbler | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% |