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Top Birds at Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 42 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade in December. 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   Carolina Chickadee 64.2% 81.0% 16.7% 1.3x
2   White-throated Sparrow 61.4% 78.6% 17.2% 1.3x
3   Carolina Wren 67.8% 76.2% 8.3% 1.1x
4   Northern Cardinal 62.8% 76.2% 13.4% 1.2x
5   Song Sparrow 53.7% 73.8% 20.1% 1.4x
6   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 49.5% 73.8% 24.3% 1.5x
7   Great Blue Heron 42.5% 73.8% 31.3% 1.7x
8   American Crow 58.0% 71.4% 13.5% 1.2x
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.9% 71.4% 13.5% 1.2x
10   Northern Flicker 38.2% 69.0% 30.8% 1.8x
11   Dark-eyed Junco 36.2% 69.0% 32.8% 1.9x
12   Ring-billed Gull 28.9% 69.0% 40.2% 2.4x
13   Belted Kingfisher 23.9% 69.0% 45.2% 2.9x
14   Downy Woodpecker 48.7% 64.3% 15.5% 1.3x
15   Tufted Titmouse 58.4% 61.9% 3.5% 1.1x
16   Golden-crowned Kinglet 32.2% 61.9% 29.7% 1.9x
17   Eastern Bluebird 49.2% 59.5% 10.3% 1.2x
18   Blue Jay 46.6% 59.5% 13.0% 1.3x
19   American Goldfinch 40.8% 59.5% 18.8% 1.5x
20   Double-crested Cormorant 28.9% 59.5% 30.6% 2.1x
21   Killdeer 17.1% 59.5% 42.4% 3.5x
22   Eastern Towhee 39.0% 54.8% 15.7% 1.4x
23   Yellow-rumped Warbler 36.3% 54.8% 18.5% 1.5x
24   Eastern Phoebe 28.4% 50.0% 21.6% 1.8x
25   Northern Mockingbird 32.5% 47.6% 15.1% 1.5x
26   Bonaparte's Gull 11.3% 47.6% 36.3% 4.2x
27   American Pipit 3.0% 45.2% 42.2% 15.0x
28   American Robin 36.2% 40.5% 4.3% 1.1x
29   Winter Wren 15.0% 38.1% 23.1% 2.5x
30   Red-headed Woodpecker 12.5% 38.1% 25.6% 3.0x
31   Turkey Vulture 36.4% 35.7% 0.7% 1.0x
32   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.2% 33.3% 0.8% 1.0x
33   Herring Gull 5.5% 33.3% 27.9% 6.1x
34   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31.0% 31.0% 0.0% 1.0x
35   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.2% 31.0% 2.8% 1.1x
36   Hermit Thrush 22.2% 31.0% 8.7% 1.4x
37   Brown Thrasher 19.4% 28.6% 9.2% 1.5x
38   Pine Warbler 18.2% 26.2% 8.0% 1.4x
39   Field Sparrow 17.9% 26.2% 8.3% 1.5x
40   Least Sandpiper 0.4% 26.2% 25.8% 73.6x
41   Mourning Dove 24.4% 23.8% 0.6% 1.0x
42   Brown Creeper 11.0% 23.8% 12.8% 2.2x
43   Black Vulture 17.6% 21.4% 3.8% 1.2x
44   Swamp Sparrow 17.0% 21.4% 4.4% 1.3x
45   Red-tailed Hawk 16.6% 21.4% 4.8% 1.3x
46   Cedar Waxwing 11.8% 21.4% 9.6% 1.8x
47   Wilson's Snipe 1.8% 21.4% 19.6% 12.0x
48   Pied-billed Grebe 20.2% 19.0% 1.1% 0.9x
49   Hairy Woodpecker 12.0% 19.0% 7.0% 1.6x
50   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 16.7% 2.8% 0.9x
51   Bald Eagle 16.5% 16.7% 0.2% 1.0x
52   Pileated Woodpecker 15.7% 16.7% 1.0% 1.1x
53   Greater Yellowlegs 0.1% 16.7% 16.5% 131.9x
54   Canada Goose 32.1% 14.3% 17.8% 0.4x
55   Red-winged Blackbird 14.7% 14.3% 0.4% 1.0x
56   Barred Owl 3.0% 14.3% 11.3% 4.8x
57   Palm Warbler 2.5% 14.3% 11.8% 5.8x
58   Northern Shoveler 4.4% 11.9% 7.5% 2.7x
59   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.6% 9.5% 25.1% 0.3x
60   Mallard 30.6% 9.5% 21.1% 0.3x
61   European Starling 16.0% 9.5% 6.5% 0.6x
62   Pine Siskin 9.3% 9.5% 0.2% 1.0x
63   Common Grackle 5.8% 9.5% 3.8% 1.7x
64   Gadwall 5.0% 9.5% 4.5% 1.9x
65   Chipping Sparrow 20.6% 7.1% 13.5% 0.3x
66   Bufflehead 14.7% 7.1% 7.5% 0.5x
67   Fox Sparrow 7.0% 7.1% 0.2% 1.0x
68   Rock Pigeon 6.4% 7.1% 0.7% 1.1x
69   Savannah Sparrow 4.8% 7.1% 2.4% 1.5x
70   House Wren 2.9% 7.1% 4.3% 2.5x
71   American Black Duck 1.9% 7.1% 5.3% 3.8x
72   Northern Harrier 1.0% 7.1% 6.1% 7.0x
73   Snow Goose 0.1% 7.1% 7.0% 51.8x
74   Dunlin 0.1% 7.1% 7.1% 124.4x
75   peep sp. 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 621.9x
76   American Kestrel 6.3% 4.8% 1.5% 0.8x
77   Wood Duck 3.8% 4.8% 0.9% 1.2x
78   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 4.8% 1.4% 1.4x
79   Great Egret 1.2% 4.8% 3.5% 3.9x
80   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 4.8% 4.1% 7.0x
81   American Bittern 0.5% 4.8% 4.2% 9.0x
82   crow sp. 0.3% 4.8% 4.4% 14.8x
83   Lesser Yellowlegs 0.0% 4.8% 4.8% 414.6x
84   House Finch 24.0% 2.4% 21.6% 0.1x
85   Horned Grebe 5.5% 2.4% 3.1% 0.4x
86   Purple Finch 5.4% 2.4% 3.1% 0.4x
87   Cooper's Hawk 4.8% 2.4% 2.4% 0.5x
88   Red-breasted Nuthatch 4.2% 2.4% 1.8% 0.6x
89   Lesser Scaup 3.7% 2.4% 1.4% 0.6x
90   Green-winged Teal 3.2% 2.4% 0.8% 0.7x
91   Northern Pintail 1.0% 2.4% 1.4% 2.4x
92   Common Raven 0.7% 2.4% 1.6% 3.2x
93   Black-bellied Plover 0.0% 2.4% 2.4% 103.6x
94   Ruddy Turnstone 0% 2.4% 2.4%
95   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 0% 2.4% 2.4%
96   Long-billed Dowitcher 0% 2.4% 2.4%