Top Birds at Mason Farm Biological Reserve in December
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 during the month of 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 | White-throated Sparrow | 60.6% | 91.8% | 31.2% | 1.5x | |||
| 2 | Carolina Wren | 67.3% | 85.9% | 18.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 3 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 57.1% | 85.5% | 28.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 4 | Carolina Chickadee | 63.7% | 85.1% | 21.4% | 1.3x | |||
| 5 | Northern Cardinal | 62.2% | 84.3% | 22.1% | 1.4x | |||
| 6 | Tufted Titmouse | 57.6% | 82.4% | 24.7% | 1.4x | |||
| 7 | Song Sparrow | 52.9% | 82.0% | 29.0% | 1.5x | |||
| 8 | Downy Woodpecker | 47.9% | 78.0% | 30.1% | 1.6x | |||
| 9 | Eastern Towhee | 38.0% | 77.3% | 39.3% | 2.0x | |||
| 10 | Blue Jay | 45.8% | 75.7% | 29.9% | 1.7x | |||
| 11 | Northern Flicker | 37.3% | 73.3% | 36.1% | 2.0x | |||
| 12 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 49.0% | 72.9% | 23.9% | 1.5x | |||
| 13 | Eastern Bluebird | 48.5% | 72.9% | 24.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 14 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 11.0% | 68.2% | 57.2% | 6.2x | |||
| 15 | American Crow | 57.8% | 67.8% | 10.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 16 | Dark-eyed Junco | 35.7% | 60.4% | 24.7% | 1.7x | |||
| 17 | American Goldfinch | 40.3% | 56.9% | 16.6% | 1.4x | |||
| 18 | Northern Mockingbird | 31.9% | 56.9% | 25.0% | 1.8x | |||
| 19 | Field Sparrow | 16.8% | 56.1% | 39.3% | 3.3x | |||
| 20 | Hermit Thrush | 21.3% | 54.9% | 33.6% | 2.6x | |||
| 21 | Turkey Vulture | 35.8% | 53.7% | 17.9% | 1.5x | |||
| 22 | Brown Thrasher | 18.4% | 53.3% | 34.9% | 2.9x | |||
| 23 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 30.3% | 52.5% | 22.2% | 1.7x | |||
| 24 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 31.8% | 51.0% | 19.1% | 1.6x | |||
| 25 | Eastern Phoebe | 28.0% | 49.0% | 21.0% | 1.8x | |||
| 26 | Winter Wren | 14.2% | 48.2% | 34.1% | 3.4x | |||
| 27 | Swamp Sparrow | 16.1% | 46.3% | 30.2% | 2.9x | |||
| 28 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 36.1% | 44.3% | 8.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 29 | American Robin | 35.9% | 44.3% | 8.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 30 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 34.3% | 41.6% | 7.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 31 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 27.9% | 40.8% | 12.9% | 1.5x | |||
| 32 | Great Blue Heron | 42.7% | 40.4% | 2.3% | 0.9x | |||
| 33 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.0% | 39.6% | 19.6% | 2.0x | |||
| 34 | European Starling | 15.3% | 38.4% | 23.1% | 2.5x | |||
| 35 | Red-tailed Hawk | 16.1% | 33.3% | 17.2% | 2.1x | |||
| 36 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.2% | 32.5% | 17.4% | 2.1x | |||
| 37 | Red-winged Blackbird | 14.2% | 31.8% | 17.6% | 2.2x | |||
| 38 | Cedar Waxwing | 11.2% | 31.8% | 20.5% | 2.8x | |||
| 39 | Canada Goose | 32.0% | 30.6% | 1.4% | 1.0x | |||
| 40 | Black Vulture | 17.2% | 30.6% | 13.4% | 1.8x | |||
| 41 | Mourning Dove | 24.2% | 27.5% | 3.2% | 1.1x | |||
| 42 | Hairy Woodpecker | 11.6% | 27.5% | 15.9% | 2.4x | |||
| 43 | Brown Creeper | 10.6% | 26.3% | 15.6% | 2.5x | |||
| 44 | Belted Kingfisher | 24.0% | 24.7% | 0.7% | 1.0x | |||
| 45 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 34.5% | 23.1% | 11.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 46 | Mallard | 30.8% | 21.2% | 9.6% | 0.7x | |||
| 47 | Barred Owl | 2.5% | 19.6% | 17.1% | 7.7x | |||
| 48 | Fox Sparrow | 6.6% | 18.8% | 12.3% | 2.9x | |||
| 49 | Pine Warbler | 18.2% | 17.6% | 0.6% | 1.0x | |||
| 50 | House Finch | 24.1% | 16.1% | 8.1% | 0.7x | |||
| 51 | Ring-billed Gull | 29.5% | 13.7% | 15.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 52 | Rusty Blackbird | 3.0% | 13.3% | 10.3% | 4.4x | |||
| 53 | Common Grackle | 5.6% | 12.9% | 7.4% | 2.3x | |||
| 54 | Pine Siskin | 9.2% | 12.5% | 3.4% | 1.4x | |||
| 55 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.4% | 10.6% | 8.2% | 4.5x | |||
| 56 | Purple Finch | 5.3% | 10.2% | 4.9% | 1.9x | |||
| 57 | Gray Catbird | 1.5% | 9.8% | 8.3% | 6.4x | |||
| 58 | American Woodcock | 0.8% | 7.5% | 6.6% | 9.2x | |||
| 59 | Cooper's Hawk | 4.7% | 7.1% | 2.4% | 1.5x | |||
| 60 | Killdeer | 17.6% | 6.3% | 11.4% | 0.4x | |||
| 61 | Bald Eagle | 16.8% | 4.7% | 12.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 62 | Great Horned Owl | 1.2% | 4.3% | 3.1% | 3.5x | |||
| 63 | new world sparrow sp. | 0.9% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 4.7x | |||
| 64 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4.2% | 3.1% | 1.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 65 | Wood Duck | 3.9% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 0.8x | |||
| 66 | House Wren | 2.9% | 3.1% | 0.3% | 1.1x | |||
| 67 | Pied-billed Grebe | 20.7% | 2.4% | 18.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 68 | American Kestrel | 6.4% | 2.0% | 4.4% | 0.3x | |||
| 69 | Common Yellowthroat | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 4.1x | |||
| 70 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0.3% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 6.2x | |||
| 71 | Double-crested Cormorant | 29.9% | 1.6% | 28.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 72 | Hooded Merganser | 20.0% | 1.6% | 18.4% | 0.1x | |||
| 73 | Herring Gull | 5.7% | 1.6% | 4.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 74 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 1.0% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 1.6x | |||
| 75 | Black-and-white Warbler | 1.0% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 1.6x | |||
| 76 | blackbird sp. | 0.5% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 3.0x | |||
| 77 | Green-winged Teal | 3.2% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 78 | House Sparrow | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 79 | Fish Crow | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 80 | Northern Harrier | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
| 81 | Accipiter sp. | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4.3x | |||
| 82 | passerine sp. | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 6.2x | |||
| 83 | Rock Pigeon | 6.6% | 0.8% | 5.8% | 0.1x | |||
| 84 | Savannah Sparrow | 4.9% | 0.8% | 4.1% | 0.2x | |||
| 85 | American Black Duck | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 86 | Wilson's Snipe | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 87 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 2.0x | |||
| 88 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 2.7x | |||
| 89 | Snow Goose | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 5.1x | |||
| 90 | warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 6.7x | |||
| 91 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.7% | 0.4% | 8.3% | 0.0x | |||
| 92 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 6.0% | 0.4% | 5.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 93 | Eastern Meadowlark | 4.0% | 0.4% | 3.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 94 | Lesser Scaup | 3.8% | 0.4% | 3.4% | 0.1x | |||
| 95 | American Pipit | 3.3% | 0.4% | 2.9% | 0.1x | |||
| 96 | American Wigeon | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 97 | duck sp. | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 98 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 99 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4x | |||
| 100 | hawk sp. | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.8x | |||
| 101 | Evening Grosbeak | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 102 | Buteo sp. | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 1.6x | |||
| 103 | new world vulture sp. | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 2.8x | |||
| 104 | Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 4.8x | |||
| 105 | Red-eyed Vireo | 0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | ∞ |