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Top Birds at Brier Creek Reservoir in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 133 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brier Creek Reservoir 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
1   Hooded Merganser 18.3% 78.2% 59.9%
2   Great Blue Heron 43.5% 57.1% 13.7%
3   Ring-billed Gull 29.4% 55.6% 26.3%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 31.1% 54.1% 23.1%
5   Mallard 30.1% 52.6% 22.6%
6   Ring-necked Duck 7.8% 48.9% 41.0%
7   Lesser Scaup 3.4% 48.9% 45.5%
8   Ruddy Duck 15.8% 39.8% 24.1%
9   Killdeer 18.3% 38.3% 20.0%
10   Greater Scaup 0.6% 37.6% 37.0%
11   Northern Cardinal 63.0% 35.3% 27.6%
12   Song Sparrow 54.5% 35.3% 19.2%
13   Canada Goose 30.8% 34.6% 3.8%
14   Bufflehead 14.4% 33.1% 18.7%
15   White-throated Sparrow 62.5% 31.6% 31.0%
16   Gadwall 5.4% 28.6% 23.2%
17   Carolina Wren 68.2% 27.1% 41.2%
18   Belted Kingfisher 24.2% 27.1% 2.9%
19   Green-winged Teal 2.9% 26.3% 23.4%
20   Blue Jay 45.2% 24.1% 21.1%
21   American Robin 37.9% 24.1% 13.8%
22   Bald Eagle 17.5% 24.1% 6.5%
23   American Crow 58.4% 22.6% 35.8%
24   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50.7% 21.8% 28.9%
25   Northern Mockingbird 31.5% 21.8% 9.7%
26   Yellow-rumped Warbler 37.0% 19.5% 17.4%
27   Northern Flicker 38.4% 15.8% 22.6%
28   Carolina Chickadee 63.7% 15.0% 48.7%
29   Tufted Titmouse 58.5% 15.0% 43.5%
30   Eastern Towhee 36.6% 15.0% 21.6%
31   Pied-billed Grebe 19.8% 15.0% 4.7%
32   American Goldfinch 40.5% 14.3% 26.2%
33   Dunlin 0.1% 14.3% 14.2%
34   Turkey Vulture 36.3% 13.5% 22.8%
35   Golden-crowned Kinglet 34.2% 13.5% 20.6%
36   Mourning Dove 23.5% 12.8% 10.7%
37   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.7% 12.0% 16.7%
38   Bonaparte's Gull 13.4% 12.0% 1.4%
39   Canvasback 1.0% 11.3% 10.3%
40   Dark-eyed Junco 38.5% 10.5% 28.0%
41   Red-tailed Hawk 15.3% 9.8% 5.5%
42   House Finch 24.8% 9.0% 15.8%
43   Brown-headed Nuthatch 35.4% 8.3% 27.2%
44   Hermit Thrush 25.3% 8.3% 17.0%
45   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.1% 7.5% 49.5%
46   Eastern Bluebird 50.0% 7.5% 42.4%
47   Red-winged Blackbird 14.6% 7.5% 7.1%
48   Northern Shoveler 4.1% 7.5% 3.4%
49   European Starling 14.6% 6.8% 7.8%
50   Downy Woodpecker 49.6% 6.0% 43.6%
51   Swamp Sparrow 18.3% 5.3% 13.1%
52   Black Vulture 17.2% 5.3% 12.0%
53   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31.1% 3.8% 27.4%
54   Eastern Phoebe 30.9% 3.8% 27.1%
55   Winter Wren 16.2% 3.8% 12.5%
56   Cedar Waxwing 12.6% 3.8% 8.9%
57   American Black Duck 1.7% 3.8% 2.1%
58   Brown Thrasher 18.3% 3.0% 15.3%
59   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.5% 2.3% 32.2%
60   Field Sparrow 16.5% 2.3% 14.3%
61   Hairy Woodpecker 13.2% 2.3% 10.9%
62   Fox Sparrow 7.2% 2.3% 4.9%
63   Chipping Sparrow 21.2% 1.5% 19.7%
64   American Coot 3.3% 1.5% 1.8%
65   Pileated Woodpecker 15.7% 0.8% 14.9%
66   Rock Pigeon 5.7% 0.8% 5.0%
67   American Kestrel 5.7% 0.8% 4.9%
68   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.4% 0.8% 4.6%
69   Eastern Meadowlark 3.8% 0.8% 3.0%
70   Palm Warbler 3.0% 0.8% 2.3%
71   House Wren 2.7% 0.8% 1.9%
72   Wilson's Snipe 1.9% 0.8% 1.2%
73   Red-breasted Merganser 1.5% 0.8% 0.8%
74   Redhead 1.1% 0.8% 0.4%
75   Northern Harrier 1.1% 0.8% 0.4%