Top Birds at Lake Benson in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 72 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Benson 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | Relative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Wren | 67.7% | 87.5% | 19.8% | 1.3x | |||
| 2 | Pied-billed Grebe | 19.6% | 86.1% | 66.5% | 4.4x | |||
| 3 | Carolina Chickadee | 64.2% | 84.7% | 20.5% | 1.3x | |||
| 4 | Tufted Titmouse | 58.1% | 81.9% | 23.8% | 1.4x | |||
| 5 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 57.7% | 81.9% | 24.2% | 1.4x | |||
| 6 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.0% | 80.6% | 31.6% | 1.6x | |||
| 7 | Double-crested Cormorant | 28.6% | 80.6% | 51.9% | 2.8x | |||
| 8 | American Crow | 57.9% | 79.2% | 21.3% | 1.4x | |||
| 9 | Ring-billed Gull | 28.6% | 79.2% | 50.5% | 2.8x | |||
| 10 | Northern Cardinal | 62.7% | 77.8% | 15.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 11 | Great Blue Heron | 42.3% | 77.8% | 35.4% | 1.8x | |||
| 12 | Mallard | 30.2% | 76.4% | 46.2% | 2.5x | |||
| 13 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 49.5% | 72.2% | 22.7% | 1.5x | |||
| 14 | White-throated Sparrow | 61.4% | 70.8% | 9.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 15 | American Robin | 35.9% | 68.1% | 32.2% | 1.9x | |||
| 16 | Downy Woodpecker | 48.7% | 66.7% | 18.0% | 1.4x | |||
| 17 | Ruddy Duck | 15.0% | 65.3% | 50.2% | 4.3x | |||
| 18 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 33.9% | 63.9% | 30.0% | 1.9x | |||
| 19 | Canada Goose | 31.7% | 63.9% | 32.2% | 2.0x | |||
| 20 | Bald Eagle | 16.1% | 63.9% | 47.8% | 4.0x | |||
| 21 | American Goldfinch | 40.6% | 62.5% | 21.9% | 1.5x | |||
| 22 | Hooded Merganser | 19.1% | 61.1% | 42.0% | 3.2x | |||
| 23 | Blue Jay | 46.6% | 59.7% | 13.2% | 1.3x | |||
| 24 | Dark-eyed Junco | 36.2% | 56.9% | 20.7% | 1.6x | |||
| 25 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 32.2% | 55.6% | 23.3% | 1.7x | |||
| 26 | Eastern Phoebe | 28.4% | 55.6% | 27.2% | 2.0x | |||
| 27 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 34.4% | 54.2% | 19.8% | 1.6x | |||
| 28 | Song Sparrow | 53.8% | 52.8% | 1.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 29 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 36.2% | 52.8% | 16.6% | 1.5x | |||
| 30 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 30.8% | 52.8% | 22.0% | 1.7x | |||
| 31 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.3% | 52.8% | 32.5% | 2.6x | |||
| 32 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 28.0% | 51.4% | 23.3% | 1.8x | |||
| 33 | Northern Flicker | 38.2% | 50.0% | 11.8% | 1.3x | |||
| 34 | European Starling | 15.7% | 50.0% | 34.3% | 3.2x | |||
| 35 | Northern Mockingbird | 32.5% | 48.6% | 16.1% | 1.5x | |||
| 36 | Eastern Towhee | 39.1% | 45.8% | 6.8% | 1.2x | |||
| 37 | Belted Kingfisher | 23.9% | 43.1% | 19.2% | 1.8x | |||
| 38 | Pine Warbler | 18.0% | 43.1% | 25.1% | 2.4x | |||
| 39 | Killdeer | 17.1% | 40.3% | 23.2% | 2.4x | |||
| 40 | House Finch | 23.8% | 38.9% | 15.1% | 1.6x | |||
| 41 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.5% | 38.9% | 23.4% | 2.5x | |||
| 42 | Rusty Blackbird | 3.1% | 38.9% | 35.8% | 12.7x | |||
| 43 | Mute Swan | 0.5% | 38.9% | 38.4% | 75.0x | |||
| 44 | Turkey Vulture | 36.3% | 37.5% | 1.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 45 | Northern Shoveler | 4.2% | 37.5% | 33.3% | 9.0x | |||
| 46 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.6% | 34.7% | 29.1% | 6.2x | |||
| 47 | Hermit Thrush | 22.2% | 30.6% | 8.3% | 1.4x | |||
| 48 | Cedar Waxwing | 11.7% | 30.6% | 18.9% | 2.6x | |||
| 49 | Bufflehead | 14.5% | 29.2% | 14.7% | 2.0x | |||
| 50 | Brown Creeper | 10.9% | 29.2% | 18.2% | 2.7x | |||
| 51 | Pine Siskin | 9.1% | 29.2% | 20.0% | 3.2x | |||
| 52 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.3% | 27.8% | 19.5% | 3.4x | |||
| 53 | Gadwall | 4.8% | 26.4% | 21.5% | 5.5x | |||
| 54 | Green-winged Teal | 3.0% | 26.4% | 23.4% | 8.8x | |||
| 55 | Red-tailed Hawk | 16.6% | 23.6% | 7.1% | 1.4x | |||
| 56 | Red-winged Blackbird | 14.6% | 23.6% | 9.0% | 1.6x | |||
| 57 | Common Grackle | 5.6% | 22.2% | 16.6% | 3.9x | |||
| 58 | Brown Thrasher | 19.4% | 20.8% | 1.4% | 1.1x | |||
| 59 | American Black Duck | 1.7% | 20.8% | 19.1% | 12.0x | |||
| 60 | Mourning Dove | 24.4% | 19.4% | 4.9% | 0.8x | |||
| 61 | American Coot | 3.0% | 18.1% | 15.0% | 6.0x | |||
| 62 | Swamp Sparrow | 17.0% | 16.7% | 0.3% | 1.0x | |||
| 63 | Winter Wren | 15.1% | 16.7% | 1.5% | 1.1x | |||
| 64 | Purple Finch | 5.3% | 15.3% | 9.9% | 2.9x | |||
| 65 | Wood Duck | 3.7% | 15.3% | 11.5% | 4.1x | |||
| 66 | Field Sparrow | 18.0% | 11.1% | 6.8% | 0.6x | |||
| 67 | Black Vulture | 17.6% | 11.1% | 6.5% | 0.6x | |||
| 68 | Hairy Woodpecker | 12.0% | 11.1% | 0.9% | 0.9x | |||
| 69 | American Wigeon | 1.2% | 11.1% | 9.9% | 9.5x | |||
| 70 | Horned Grebe | 5.5% | 9.7% | 4.3% | 1.8x | |||
| 71 | Barred Owl | 3.0% | 9.7% | 6.7% | 3.3x | |||
| 72 | Wilson's Snipe | 1.8% | 9.7% | 7.9% | 5.4x | |||
| 73 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.0% | 9.7% | 8.7% | 9.6x | |||
| 74 | Black-and-white Warbler | 0.9% | 9.7% | 8.8% | 10.4x | |||
| 75 | Great Egret | 1.2% | 8.3% | 7.2% | 7.1x | |||
| 76 | Herring Gull | 5.6% | 6.9% | 1.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 77 | Great Horned Owl | 1.3% | 6.9% | 5.7% | 5.4x | |||
| 78 | American Woodcock | 1.0% | 6.9% | 6.0% | 7.3x | |||
| 79 | Cooper's Hawk | 4.8% | 5.6% | 0.8% | 1.2x | |||
| 80 | Lesser Scaup | 3.7% | 5.6% | 1.9% | 1.5x | |||
| 81 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.6% | 5.6% | 3.0% | 2.1x | |||
| 82 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 12.7% | 4.2% | 8.6% | 0.3x | |||
| 83 | Bonaparte's Gull | 11.5% | 4.2% | 7.3% | 0.4x | |||
| 84 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4.1% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 85 | Common Loon | 3.1% | 4.2% | 1.1% | 1.3x | |||
| 86 | Canvasback | 1.4% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 3.1x | |||
| 87 | Fish Crow | 1.3% | 4.2% | 2.9% | 3.3x | |||
| 88 | Northern Pintail | 1.0% | 4.2% | 3.2% | 4.4x | |||
| 89 | Fox Sparrow | 7.0% | 2.8% | 4.2% | 0.4x | |||
| 90 | Palm Warbler | 2.5% | 2.8% | 0.3% | 1.1x | |||
| 91 | Least Sandpiper | 0.5% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 6.0x | |||
| 92 | Wild Turkey | 0.3% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 8.3x | |||
| 93 | Tundra Swan | 0.2% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 16.1x | |||
| 94 | American Kestrel | 6.3% | 1.4% | 4.9% | 0.2x | |||
| 95 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 96 | duck sp. | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 97 | Redhead | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 1.3x | |||
| 98 | Greater Scaup | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 99 | Loggerhead Shrike | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.9x | |||
| 100 | Greater/Lesser Scaup | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 2.1x | |||
| 101 | Red-necked Grebe | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 3.2x | |||
| 102 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 3.4x | |||
| 103 | Common Goldeneye | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 11.0x | |||
| 104 | Blue-winged Teal | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 15.1x | |||
| 105 | Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 15.1x |