Top Birds at Lake Raleigh in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 89 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Raleigh 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 | |
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1 | Double-crested Cormorant | 28.5% | 82.0% | 53.5% | 2.9x | |||
2 | Great Blue Heron | 42.3% | 78.7% | 36.4% | 1.9x | |||
3 | White-throated Sparrow | 61.3% | 76.4% | 15.1% | 1.2x | |||
4 | Mallard | 30.1% | 76.4% | 46.3% | 2.5x | |||
5 | Carolina Wren | 67.8% | 73.0% | 5.2% | 1.1x | |||
6 | Carolina Chickadee | 64.3% | 70.8% | 6.5% | 1.1x | |||
7 | Song Sparrow | 53.6% | 70.8% | 17.2% | 1.3x | |||
8 | Northern Cardinal | 62.8% | 67.4% | 4.6% | 1.1x | |||
9 | Ruddy Duck | 14.9% | 67.4% | 52.5% | 4.5x | |||
10 | Northern Mockingbird | 32.3% | 64.0% | 31.8% | 2.0x | |||
11 | Bufflehead | 14.1% | 64.0% | 49.9% | 4.5x | |||
12 | Pied-billed Grebe | 19.7% | 62.9% | 43.2% | 3.2x | |||
13 | American Crow | 58.0% | 61.8% | 3.8% | 1.1x | |||
14 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 36.1% | 60.7% | 24.6% | 1.7x | |||
15 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 49.6% | 59.6% | 10.0% | 1.2x | |||
16 | Tufted Titmouse | 58.3% | 58.4% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
17 | Eastern Towhee | 38.9% | 58.4% | 19.5% | 1.5x | |||
18 | Blue Jay | 46.6% | 56.2% | 9.6% | 1.2x | |||
19 | Canada Goose | 31.7% | 55.1% | 23.4% | 1.7x | |||
20 | Belted Kingfisher | 23.7% | 55.1% | 31.3% | 2.3x | |||
21 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 58.0% | 53.9% | 4.0% | 0.9x | |||
22 | Brown Thrasher | 19.1% | 47.2% | 28.1% | 2.5x | |||
23 | American Robin | 36.0% | 44.9% | 8.9% | 1.2x | |||
24 | Ring-billed Gull | 28.9% | 43.8% | 14.9% | 1.5x | |||
25 | American Goldfinch | 40.8% | 41.6% | 0.8% | 1.0x | |||
26 | Downy Woodpecker | 48.9% | 40.4% | 8.4% | 0.8x | |||
27 | Northern Shoveler | 4.1% | 40.4% | 36.4% | 9.9x | |||
28 | Northern Flicker | 38.4% | 36.0% | 2.4% | 0.9x | |||
29 | Dark-eyed Junco | 36.4% | 33.7% | 2.7% | 0.9x | |||
30 | Bald Eagle | 16.3% | 33.7% | 17.4% | 2.1x | |||
31 | Mute Swan | 0.5% | 33.7% | 33.2% | 67.9x | |||
32 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 32.4% | 32.6% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
33 | Mourning Dove | 24.2% | 32.6% | 8.4% | 1.3x | |||
34 | House Finch | 23.9% | 29.2% | 5.4% | 1.2x | |||
35 | Hermit Thrush | 22.2% | 29.2% | 7.0% | 1.3x | |||
36 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.2% | 28.1% | 19.9% | 3.4x | |||
37 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 34.6% | 27.0% | 7.6% | 0.8x | |||
38 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 28.2% | 27.0% | 1.3% | 1.0x | |||
39 | Turkey Vulture | 36.5% | 24.7% | 11.7% | 0.7x | |||
40 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 31.1% | 23.6% | 7.5% | 0.8x | |||
41 | Field Sparrow | 17.8% | 23.6% | 5.8% | 1.3x | |||
42 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.5% | 21.3% | 28.2% | 0.4x | |||
43 | Eastern Phoebe | 28.7% | 20.2% | 8.5% | 0.7x | |||
44 | Rock Pigeon | 6.3% | 19.1% | 12.8% | 3.0x | |||
45 | Wood Duck | 3.7% | 19.1% | 15.4% | 5.2x | |||
46 | Red-winged Blackbird | 14.6% | 18.0% | 3.3% | 1.2x | |||
47 | Hooded Merganser | 19.5% | 16.9% | 2.6% | 0.9x | |||
48 | Winter Wren | 15.1% | 16.9% | 1.7% | 1.1x | |||
49 | Cedar Waxwing | 11.8% | 16.9% | 5.1% | 1.4x | |||
50 | Gadwall | 4.9% | 16.9% | 12.0% | 3.4x | |||
51 | Killdeer | 17.3% | 14.6% | 2.7% | 0.8x | |||
52 | Swamp Sparrow | 17.0% | 14.6% | 2.4% | 0.9x | |||
53 | European Starling | 16.0% | 13.5% | 2.5% | 0.8x | |||
54 | Pine Warbler | 18.3% | 12.4% | 5.9% | 0.7x | |||
55 | Red-tailed Hawk | 16.7% | 11.2% | 5.4% | 0.7x | |||
56 | Wilson's Snipe | 1.8% | 11.2% | 9.5% | 6.3x | |||
57 | Great Egret | 1.1% | 11.2% | 10.1% | 9.9x | |||
58 | Hairy Woodpecker | 12.1% | 10.1% | 1.9% | 0.8x | |||
59 | Brown Creeper | 11.1% | 10.1% | 1.0% | 0.9x | |||
60 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 34.4% | 9.0% | 25.4% | 0.3x | |||
61 | Cooper's Hawk | 4.7% | 9.0% | 4.3% | 1.9x | |||
62 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 0.9% | 9.0% | 8.1% | 9.6x | |||
63 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.8% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 0.5x | |||
64 | Rusty Blackbird | 3.3% | 7.9% | 4.6% | 2.4x | |||
65 | Canvasback | 1.3% | 7.9% | 6.5% | 6.0x | |||
66 | Black Vulture | 17.7% | 6.7% | 11.0% | 0.4x | |||
67 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.7% | 5.6% | 15.1% | 0.3x | |||
68 | Lesser Scaup | 3.7% | 4.5% | 0.8% | 1.2x | |||
69 | Gray Catbird | 1.7% | 4.5% | 2.8% | 2.6x | |||
70 | duck sp. | 1.1% | 4.5% | 3.4% | 4.0x | |||
71 | American Coot | 3.1% | 3.4% | 0.2% | 1.1x | |||
72 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.6% | 3.4% | 0.8% | 1.3x | |||
73 | gull sp. | 1.8% | 3.4% | 1.6% | 1.9x | |||
74 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.4% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 8.8x | |||
75 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 12.8% | 2.2% | 10.5% | 0.2x | |||
76 | Pine Siskin | 9.4% | 2.2% | 7.1% | 0.2x | |||
77 | Herring Gull | 5.6% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 0.4x | |||
78 | Purple Finch | 5.5% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 0.4x | |||
79 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4.2% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 0.5x | |||
80 | Green-winged Teal | 3.2% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 0.7x | |||
81 | Barred Owl | 3.0% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 0.7x | |||
82 | Fox Sparrow | 7.0% | 1.1% | 5.9% | 0.2x | |||
83 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.9% | 1.1% | 4.8% | 0.2x | |||
84 | Common Grackle | 5.8% | 1.1% | 4.7% | 0.2x | |||
85 | House Wren | 2.9% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 0.4x | |||
86 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.8x | |||
87 | Great Horned Owl | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.8x | |||
88 | Redhead | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
89 | Northern Harrier | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
90 | new world sparrow sp. | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
91 | Northern Pintail | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
92 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.3x | |||
93 | Loggerhead Shrike | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 1.5x | |||
94 | blackbird sp. | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.0x | |||
95 | hawk sp. | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.3x | |||
96 | Buteo sp. | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 4.6x | |||
97 | shorebird sp. | 0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | ∞ |