Bird Finder

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

based on 327 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 52.9% 85.0% 32.1% 1.6x
2   Northern Cardinal 59.3% 73.7% 14.4% 1.2x
3   Carolina Wren 60.8% 72.8% 11.9% 1.2x
4   Red-bellied Woodpecker 52.2% 72.8% 20.6% 1.4x
5   Song Sparrow 49.8% 70.6% 20.8% 1.4x
6   Carolina Chickadee 59.7% 68.2% 8.5% 1.1x
7   Tufted Titmouse 54.6% 67.9% 13.3% 1.2x
8   Downy Woodpecker 42.9% 65.4% 22.5% 1.5x
9   Eastern Towhee 32.8% 64.8% 32.0% 2.0x
10   Blue Jay 39.1% 61.5% 22.4% 1.6x
11   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.3% 56.0% 13.6% 1.3x
12   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.2% 56.0% 45.8% 5.5x
13   Eastern Bluebird 43.1% 55.0% 11.9% 1.3x
14   American Crow 52.5% 53.2% 0.7% 1.0x
15   Northern Flicker 28.2% 49.2% 21.0% 1.7x
16   Hermit Thrush 17.6% 45.3% 27.7% 2.6x
17   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.1% 44.0% 19.9% 1.8x
18   American Goldfinch 28.9% 42.8% 13.9% 1.5x
19   Turkey Vulture 34.8% 42.5% 7.7% 1.2x
20   Swamp Sparrow 14.3% 42.2% 27.9% 2.9x
21   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 40.1% 11.9% 1.4x
22   Great Blue Heron 39.8% 38.2% 1.6% 1.0x
23   Brown Thrasher 15.1% 37.6% 22.5% 2.5x
24   Dark-eyed Junco 31.6% 37.3% 5.7% 1.2x
25   Golden-crowned Kinglet 27.4% 37.0% 9.6% 1.4x
26   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.9% 35.2% 9.3% 1.4x
27   Field Sparrow 12.7% 35.2% 22.5% 2.8x
28   Eastern Phoebe 23.0% 33.0% 10.0% 1.4x
29   White-breasted Nuthatch 31.0% 31.5% 0.5% 1.0x
30   American Robin 33.1% 30.0% 3.1% 0.9x
31   Winter Wren 10.6% 28.1% 17.6% 2.7x
32   Red-tailed Hawk 15.3% 27.8% 12.5% 1.8x
33   European Starling 15.8% 27.5% 11.7% 1.7x
34   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.2% 27.2% 6.9% 0.8x
35   Mallard 33.4% 26.9% 6.5% 0.8x
36   Black Vulture 15.9% 26.9% 11.0% 1.7x
37   Mourning Dove 30.3% 25.1% 5.3% 0.8x
38   Chipping Sparrow 16.0% 21.7% 5.7% 1.4x
39   Pileated Woodpecker 12.9% 20.5% 7.6% 1.6x
40   Canada Goose 35.1% 20.2% 14.9% 0.6x
41   Barred Owl 2.7% 19.9% 17.2% 7.4x
42   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 19.0% 8.8% 1.9x
43   Brown Creeper 9.0% 17.7% 8.7% 2.0x
44   Red-winged Blackbird 11.5% 17.4% 5.9% 1.5x
45   Rusty Blackbird 2.5% 15.9% 13.4% 6.3x
46   American Wigeon 0.9% 14.4% 13.5% 15.7x
47   Brown-headed Nuthatch 33.0% 14.1% 18.9% 0.4x
48   Pine Warbler 22.3% 14.1% 8.2% 0.6x
49   Belted Kingfisher 19.9% 14.1% 5.9% 0.7x
50   Northern Shoveler 3.7% 11.6% 7.9% 3.1x
51   Cedar Waxwing 6.9% 10.1% 3.2% 1.5x
52   Ring-billed Gull 31.0% 9.5% 21.5% 0.3x
53   Killdeer 15.6% 8.9% 6.7% 0.6x
54   Common Grackle 4.7% 7.0% 2.3% 1.5x
55   Fox Sparrow 7.1% 6.7% 0.3% 1.0x
56   House Finch 22.8% 6.1% 16.7% 0.3x
57   Cooper's Hawk 3.9% 6.1% 2.2% 1.6x
58   Purple Finch 4.1% 5.5% 1.4% 1.4x
59   Pine Siskin 5.0% 5.2% 0.2% 1.0x
60   American Woodcock 1.3% 5.2% 3.9% 4.1x
61   Wood Duck 3.2% 3.7% 0.5% 1.2x
62   Gray Catbird 0.8% 3.4% 2.6% 4.2x
63   Bald Eagle 17.6% 3.1% 14.5% 0.2x
64   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 3.1% 1.2% 1.6x
65   Hooded Merganser 21.8% 2.4% 19.4% 0.1x
66   Green-winged Teal 3.8% 2.1% 1.6% 0.6x
67   Northern Harrier 0.5% 2.1% 1.6% 3.9x
68   blackbird sp. 0.4% 2.1% 1.8% 5.6x
69   Savannah Sparrow 4.2% 1.5% 2.7% 0.4x
70   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.9% 1.5% 1.4% 0.5x
71   House Wren 1.3% 1.5% 0.2% 1.2x
72   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.9% 1.2% 3.7% 0.2x
73   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 1.2% 0.2% 1.2x
74   Wilson's Snipe 2.1% 0.9% 1.2% 0.4x
75   Great Horned Owl 1.3% 0.9% 0.4% 0.7x
76   Blue-headed Vireo 0.8% 0.9% 0.1% 1.1x
77   hawk sp. 0.5% 0.9% 0.4% 1.7x
78   Double-crested Cormorant 30.0% 0.6% 29.4% 0.0x
79   Pied-billed Grebe 17.2% 0.6% 16.6% 0.0x
80   Rock Pigeon 6.6% 0.6% 6.0% 0.1x
81   Fish Crow 3.3% 0.6% 2.7% 0.2x
82   gull sp. 1.5% 0.6% 0.9% 0.4x
83   duck sp. 1.1% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5x
84   new world sparrow sp. 1.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.6x
85   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 1.7x
86   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 1.8x
87   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% 2.4x
88   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 5.1x
89   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 5.1x
90   American Kestrel 5.5% 0.3% 5.2% 0.1x
91   House Sparrow 1.6% 0.3% 1.3% 0.2x
92   White-crowned Sparrow 1.5% 0.3% 1.2% 0.2x
93   Common Raven 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5x
94   Evening Grosbeak 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6x
95   Common Yellowthroat 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6x
96   Merlin 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.8x
97   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 1.3x
98   Buteo sp. 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 3.2x
99   Anhinga 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 35.4x