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Top Birds at Brier Creek Reservoir in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 137 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brier Creek Reservoir 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   Lesser Scaup 3.4% 75.2% 71.8% 22.2x
2   Hooded Merganser 20.8% 65.0% 44.2% 3.1x
3   Ring-billed Gull 30.0% 60.6% 30.6% 2.0x
4   Greater Scaup 1.3% 56.9% 55.6% 43.5x
5   Great Blue Heron 39.6% 55.5% 15.9% 1.4x
6   Ring-necked Duck 8.8% 53.3% 44.4% 6.0x
7   Ruddy Duck 16.2% 47.4% 31.2% 2.9x
8   Double-crested Cormorant 29.0% 44.5% 15.5% 1.5x
9   Bufflehead 15.3% 35.0% 19.7% 2.3x
10   Mallard 33.2% 33.6% 0.4% 1.0x
11   Canada Goose 34.7% 28.5% 6.3% 0.8x
12   Greater/Lesser Scaup 0.8% 27.7% 27.0% 36.7x
13   Song Sparrow 50.7% 26.3% 24.4% 0.5x
14   American Crow 52.9% 21.9% 31.0% 0.4x
15   Bald Eagle 17.1% 21.2% 4.1% 1.2x
16   Blue Jay 39.9% 20.4% 19.5% 0.5x
17   Turkey Vulture 35.2% 19.0% 16.3% 0.5x
18   Carolina Wren 61.7% 18.2% 43.4% 0.3x
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.2% 18.2% 15.9% 0.5x
20   Northern Cardinal 60.2% 17.5% 42.7% 0.3x
21   Northern Mockingbird 28.6% 16.8% 11.9% 0.6x
22   Belted Kingfisher 19.8% 16.8% 3.0% 0.8x
23   Red-tailed Hawk 15.6% 16.8% 1.2% 1.1x
24   Mourning Dove 30.3% 16.1% 14.3% 0.5x
25   American Robin 33.2% 15.3% 17.9% 0.5x
26   Green-winged Teal 3.6% 15.3% 11.7% 4.3x
27   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 43.0% 14.6% 28.4% 0.3x
28   Pied-billed Grebe 16.8% 14.6% 2.2% 0.9x
29   Killdeer 15.4% 14.6% 0.8% 0.9x
30   White-throated Sparrow 54.3% 13.9% 40.4% 0.3x
31   Carolina Chickadee 60.5% 11.7% 48.8% 0.2x
32   Eastern Bluebird 43.8% 11.7% 32.1% 0.3x
33   Red-bellied Woodpecker 53.2% 10.9% 42.3% 0.2x
34   Canvasback 1.2% 10.9% 9.8% 9.3x
35   Tufted Titmouse 55.4% 10.2% 45.2% 0.2x
36   Eastern Towhee 34.0% 10.2% 23.7% 0.3x
37   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.7% 9.5% 23.3% 0.3x
38   Northern Flicker 29.0% 9.5% 19.6% 0.3x
39   Downy Woodpecker 43.9% 8.8% 35.2% 0.2x
40   Black Vulture 16.3% 8.8% 7.5% 0.5x
41   European Starling 16.2% 8.0% 8.2% 0.5x
42   American Goldfinch 29.5% 7.3% 22.2% 0.2x
43   Gadwall 5.4% 7.3% 1.9% 1.3x
44   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.4% 6.6% 19.8% 0.2x
45   Bonaparte's Gull 8.8% 6.6% 2.2% 0.7x
46   Golden-crowned Kinglet 27.9% 5.8% 22.1% 0.2x
47   Swamp Sparrow 15.2% 5.1% 10.1% 0.3x
48   American Black Duck 1.8% 5.1% 3.3% 2.8x
49   Common Goldeneye 1.1% 5.1% 4.0% 4.7x
50   House Finch 22.6% 4.4% 18.2% 0.2x
51   Field Sparrow 13.4% 4.4% 9.0% 0.3x
52   Red-winged Blackbird 11.8% 4.4% 7.4% 0.4x
53   Fox Sparrow 7.1% 4.4% 2.7% 0.6x
54   Horned Grebe 4.1% 4.4% 0.3% 1.1x
55   Dark-eyed Junco 32.1% 3.6% 28.4% 0.1x
56   White-breasted Nuthatch 31.4% 2.9% 28.4% 0.1x
57   Chipping Sparrow 16.3% 2.9% 13.4% 0.2x
58   Rock Pigeon 6.5% 2.9% 3.5% 0.5x
59   American Coot 2.8% 2.9% 0.1% 1.0x
60   gull sp. 1.4% 2.9% 1.5% 2.0x
61   duck sp. 1.1% 2.9% 1.8% 2.6x
62   Brown Thrasher 15.9% 2.2% 13.7% 0.1x
63   Hairy Woodpecker 10.5% 2.2% 8.3% 0.2x
64   Cedar Waxwing 7.1% 2.2% 4.9% 0.3x
65   Herring Gull 5.6% 2.2% 3.4% 0.4x
66   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.9% 1.5% 23.5% 0.1x
67   Eastern Phoebe 23.6% 1.5% 22.1% 0.1x
68   Hermit Thrush 18.6% 1.5% 17.1% 0.1x
69   Pileated Woodpecker 13.2% 1.5% 11.7% 0.1x
70   Winter Wren 11.1% 1.5% 9.7% 0.1x
71   Fish Crow 3.2% 1.5% 1.8% 0.5x
72   American Pipit 2.3% 1.5% 0.8% 0.6x
73   Wilson's Snipe 2.1% 1.5% 0.6% 0.7x
74   House Sparrow 1.6% 1.5% 0.1% 0.9x
75   Pine Warbler 22.3% 0.7% 21.6% 0.0x
76   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.6% 0.7% 10.8% 0.1x
77   Brown Creeper 9.3% 0.7% 8.6% 0.1x
78   American Kestrel 5.4% 0.7% 4.7% 0.1x
79   Common Grackle 4.9% 0.7% 4.1% 0.2x
80   Eastern Meadowlark 4.4% 0.7% 3.7% 0.2x
81   Savannah Sparrow 4.2% 0.7% 3.4% 0.2x
82   Northern Shoveler 3.9% 0.7% 3.2% 0.2x
83   Barred Owl 3.2% 0.7% 2.5% 0.2x
84   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 0.7% 1.2% 0.4x
85   House Wren 1.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6x
86   American Wigeon 1.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6x
87   Redhead 1.1% 0.7% 0.4% 0.7x
88   Common Raven 0.6% 0.7% 0.2% 1.3x
89   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.7% 0.4% 2.0x
90   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 2.1x