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Top Birds at Lake Betz in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 138 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Betz 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   Mallard 29.7% 86.2% 56.6% 2.9x
2   Bufflehead 13.5% 82.6% 69.1% 6.1x
3   Canada Goose 31.3% 73.2% 41.9% 2.3x
4   Song Sparrow 53.6% 68.8% 15.3% 1.3x
5   Ruddy Duck 14.6% 67.4% 52.8% 4.6x
6   Great Blue Heron 42.3% 65.9% 23.7% 1.6x
7   Blue Jay 46.3% 65.2% 18.9% 1.4x
8   Pied-billed Grebe 19.5% 65.2% 45.8% 3.4x
9   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.9% 63.0% 51.2% 5.3x
10   White-throated Sparrow 61.5% 61.6% 0.1% 1.0x
11   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 49.4% 61.6% 12.2% 1.2x
12   Northern Cardinal 63.0% 55.1% 7.9% 0.9x
13   Northern Mockingbird 32.3% 54.3% 22.1% 1.7x
14   Hooded Merganser 18.9% 53.6% 34.7% 2.8x
15   Carolina Wren 68.2% 51.4% 16.7% 0.8x
16   Belted Kingfisher 23.6% 51.4% 27.8% 2.2x
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 36.1% 50.7% 14.6% 1.4x
18   Northern Flicker 38.2% 48.6% 10.3% 1.3x
19   Red-winged Blackbird 14.1% 47.8% 33.7% 3.4x
20   Carolina Chickadee 64.6% 47.1% 17.5% 0.7x
21   Eastern Towhee 39.1% 42.8% 3.7% 1.1x
22   American Goldfinch 40.9% 38.4% 2.5% 0.9x
23   Tufted Titmouse 58.7% 37.0% 21.8% 0.6x
24   Downy Woodpecker 49.0% 37.0% 12.1% 0.8x
25   American Crow 58.4% 35.5% 22.9% 0.6x
26   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.1% 34.1% 6.0% 1.2x
27   Killdeer 17.1% 30.4% 13.3% 1.8x
28   Swamp Sparrow 16.8% 30.4% 13.6% 1.8x
29   Rusty Blackbird 2.9% 30.4% 27.5% 10.4x
30   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.4% 29.0% 29.4% 0.5x
31   Brown Thrasher 19.3% 28.3% 9.0% 1.5x
32   Eastern Phoebe 28.6% 27.5% 1.0% 1.0x
33   Gadwall 4.7% 27.5% 22.9% 5.9x
34   Turkey Vulture 36.5% 26.1% 10.5% 0.7x
35   Double-crested Cormorant 29.1% 26.1% 3.0% 0.9x
36   Pileated Woodpecker 15.5% 25.4% 9.8% 1.6x
37   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.3% 24.6% 9.7% 0.7x
38   Eastern Bluebird 49.7% 23.2% 26.5% 0.5x
39   Mourning Dove 24.4% 21.7% 2.7% 0.9x
40   Black Vulture 17.6% 18.8% 1.3% 1.1x
41   Field Sparrow 17.9% 16.7% 1.3% 0.9x
42   American Robin 36.5% 15.9% 20.6% 0.4x
43   Golden-crowned Kinglet 32.6% 15.9% 16.6% 0.5x
44   European Starling 16.0% 14.5% 1.5% 0.9x
45   House Finch 24.0% 13.8% 10.3% 0.6x
46   Northern Shoveler 4.3% 13.8% 9.5% 3.2x
47   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31.3% 12.3% 19.0% 0.4x
48   Red-tailed Hawk 16.7% 11.6% 5.1% 0.7x
49   Common Grackle 5.7% 11.6% 5.9% 2.0x
50   Bald Eagle 16.6% 10.9% 5.7% 0.7x
51   Dark-eyed Junco 36.8% 9.4% 27.4% 0.3x
52   Winter Wren 15.2% 9.4% 5.8% 0.6x
53   Hermit Thrush 22.5% 8.7% 13.8% 0.4x
54   American Coot 3.0% 8.7% 5.7% 2.9x
55   Ring-billed Gull 29.4% 7.2% 22.2% 0.2x
56   Pine Warbler 18.4% 7.2% 11.1% 0.4x
57   Ring-necked Duck 8.5% 6.5% 2.0% 0.8x
58   Fox Sparrow 7.0% 6.5% 0.4% 0.9x
59   Cooper's Hawk 4.7% 6.5% 1.8% 1.4x
60   White-breasted Nuthatch 35.0% 5.8% 29.2% 0.2x
61   Cedar Waxwing 12.0% 4.3% 7.6% 0.4x
62   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 3.6% 17.2% 0.2x
63   Graylag Goose 0.8% 3.6% 2.8% 4.6x
64   Hairy Woodpecker 12.2% 2.9% 9.3% 0.2x
65   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 2.9% 3.0% 0.5x
66   Purple Finch 5.5% 2.2% 3.3% 0.4x
67   Savannah Sparrow 4.8% 2.2% 2.7% 0.4x
68   Wood Duck 3.9% 2.2% 1.7% 0.6x
69   Bonaparte's Gull 11.6% 1.4% 10.2% 0.1x
70   Brown Creeper 11.2% 1.4% 9.8% 0.1x
71   Rock Pigeon 6.5% 1.4% 5.1% 0.2x
72   Lesser Scaup 3.8% 1.4% 2.3% 0.4x
73   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.6% 1.4% 1.2% 0.5x
74   Palm Warbler 2.5% 1.4% 1.1% 0.6x
75   Great Horned Owl 1.3% 1.4% 0.1% 1.1x
76   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.4% 0.4% 1.4x
77   blackbird sp. 0.5% 1.4% 0.9% 2.7x
78   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.0% 1.4% 1.4% 62.4x
79   Pine Siskin 9.4% 0.7% 8.7% 0.1x
80   Red-breasted Nuthatch 4.2% 0.7% 3.5% 0.2x
81   Eastern Meadowlark 4.0% 0.7% 3.3% 0.2x
82   American Black Duck 1.9% 0.7% 1.2% 0.4x
83   gull sp. 1.8% 0.7% 1.1% 0.4x
84   Canvasback 1.4% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5x
85   American Wigeon 1.3% 0.7% 0.5% 0.6x
86   duck sp. 1.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.6x
87   new world sparrow sp. 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7x
88   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7x
89   White-crowned Sparrow 0.9% 0.7% 0.1% 0.8x
90   Merlin 0.5% 0.7% 0.2% 1.3x
91   crow sp. 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 2.2x
92   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 2.5x
93   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.7% 0.6% 6.2x
94   swallow sp. 0% 0.7% 0.7%