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Top Birds at Mason Farm Biological Reserve in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 255 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Mason Farm Biological Reserve in January. 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   White-throated Sparrow 52.0% 86.3% 34.3% 1.7x
2   Carolina Wren 60.5% 78.4% 18.0% 1.3x
3   Northern Cardinal 58.7% 77.3% 18.6% 1.3x
4   Red-bellied Woodpecker 50.5% 74.9% 24.4% 1.5x
5   Tufted Titmouse 53.8% 74.1% 20.3% 1.4x
6   Carolina Chickadee 59.2% 73.7% 14.5% 1.2x
7   Song Sparrow 49.1% 72.2% 23.1% 1.5x
8   Downy Woodpecker 41.5% 70.2% 28.7% 1.7x
9   Eastern Towhee 31.8% 65.9% 34.0% 2.1x
10   Blue Jay 37.4% 62.4% 24.9% 1.7x
11   Eastern Bluebird 42.1% 59.6% 17.5% 1.4x
12   American Crow 52.2% 58.0% 5.8% 1.1x
13   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40.5% 58.0% 17.5% 1.4x
14   Red-headed Woodpecker 9.7% 53.3% 43.7% 5.5x
15   Northern Flicker 27.3% 52.2% 24.9% 1.9x
16   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 23.6% 48.6% 25.0% 2.1x
17   Turkey Vulture 34.9% 46.3% 11.3% 1.3x
18   Hermit Thrush 17.1% 46.3% 29.2% 2.7x
19   Northern Mockingbird 29.5% 45.9% 16.4% 1.6x
20   Swamp Sparrow 13.8% 45.5% 31.7% 3.3x
21   American Goldfinch 27.2% 43.1% 16.0% 1.6x
22   Brown Thrasher 15.6% 42.4% 26.8% 2.7x
23   Dark-eyed Junco 30.0% 41.6% 11.6% 1.4x
24   Field Sparrow 13.0% 40.8% 27.8% 3.1x
25   Red-shouldered Hawk 24.6% 38.8% 14.2% 1.6x
26   Golden-crowned Kinglet 25.5% 38.4% 12.9% 1.5x
27   White-breasted Nuthatch 30.1% 33.3% 3.3% 1.1x
28   Great Blue Heron 39.7% 32.2% 7.6% 0.8x
29   Winter Wren 10.4% 32.2% 21.7% 3.1x
30   Eastern Phoebe 22.5% 31.8% 9.2% 1.4x
31   Red-tailed Hawk 15.5% 31.8% 16.3% 2.1x
32   American Robin 30.6% 31.4% 0.8% 1.0x
33   Yellow-rumped Warbler 32.3% 29.0% 3.3% 0.9x
34   European Starling 16.5% 28.6% 12.1% 1.7x
35   Black Vulture 15.7% 26.7% 11.0% 1.7x
36   Mourning Dove 30.3% 25.9% 4.4% 0.9x
37   Barred Owl 2.7% 25.1% 22.4% 9.4x
38   Chipping Sparrow 15.9% 24.3% 8.4% 1.5x
39   Pileated Woodpecker 12.0% 23.5% 11.5% 2.0x
40   Brown Creeper 8.7% 20.0% 11.3% 2.3x
41   Mallard 33.9% 19.6% 14.3% 0.6x
42   Hairy Woodpecker 9.9% 18.8% 8.9% 1.9x
43   Red-winged Blackbird 10.5% 18.0% 7.5% 1.7x
44   Rusty Blackbird 2.6% 16.5% 13.9% 6.3x
45   Canada Goose 35.6% 16.1% 19.5% 0.5x
46   Pine Warbler 20.7% 15.7% 5.0% 0.8x
47   Belted Kingfisher 20.1% 14.9% 5.2% 0.7x
48   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.6% 13.7% 16.9% 0.4x
49   Cedar Waxwing 7.9% 12.5% 4.6% 1.6x
50   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 12.2% 19.7% 0.4x
51   Killdeer 16.5% 9.8% 6.7% 0.6x
52   Common Grackle 4.3% 8.6% 4.4% 2.0x
53   Fox Sparrow 6.3% 8.2% 1.9% 1.3x
54   House Finch 21.5% 7.1% 14.5% 0.3x
55   Pine Siskin 6.0% 6.3% 0.3% 1.1x
56   Cooper's Hawk 3.9% 5.9% 2.0% 1.5x
57   Purple Finch 2.9% 5.1% 2.2% 1.7x
58   American Woodcock 1.1% 5.1% 4.0% 4.5x
59   Bald Eagle 17.1% 3.5% 13.6% 0.2x
60   Wood Duck 3.2% 3.5% 0.3% 1.1x
61   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.0% 3.1% 1.2% 1.6x
62   Gray Catbird 0.6% 3.1% 2.5% 5.1x
63   Green-winged Teal 4.2% 2.7% 1.4% 0.7x
64   Northern Harrier 0.4% 2.4% 1.9% 5.6x
65   blackbird sp. 0.4% 2.4% 2.0% 5.8x
66   Savannah Sparrow 4.3% 2.0% 2.3% 0.5x
67   House Wren 1.2% 2.0% 0.7% 1.6x
68   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.8% 1.6% 3.2% 0.3x
69   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.3% 1.6% 1.8% 0.5x
70   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 1.6% 0.6% 1.5x
71   Wilson's Snipe 2.0% 1.2% 0.8% 0.6x
72   Blue-headed Vireo 0.8% 1.2% 0.4% 1.5x
73   hawk sp. 0.6% 1.2% 0.6% 2.0x
74   Double-crested Cormorant 28.4% 0.8% 27.6% 0.0x
75   Pied-billed Grebe 18.2% 0.8% 17.4% 0.0x
76   Rock Pigeon 7.3% 0.8% 6.5% 0.1x
77   Fish Crow 3.2% 0.8% 2.4% 0.2x
78   gull sp. 1.5% 0.8% 0.7% 0.5x
79   duck sp. 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.6x
80   new world sparrow sp. 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.7x
81   Wild Turkey 0.4% 0.8% 0.4% 2.1x
82   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.8% 0.4% 2.2x
83   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.6x
84   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.1% 0.8% 0.6% 5.3x
85   Hooded Merganser 22.5% 0.4% 22.1% 0.0x
86   American Kestrel 5.9% 0.4% 5.5% 0.1x
87   House Sparrow 1.7% 0.4% 1.3% 0.2x
88   White-crowned Sparrow 1.5% 0.4% 1.2% 0.3x
89   Great Horned Owl 1.1% 0.4% 0.7% 0.3x
90   Common Raven 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.6x
91   Merlin 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 1.0x
92   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.5x
93   Evening Grosbeak 0.2% 0.4% 0.1% 1.6x
94   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 3.4x
95   Buteo sp. 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 4.1x
96   Anhinga 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 37.0x