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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 175 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
1   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 71.4% 67.8%
2   Hooded Merganser 19.9% 66.9% 47.0%
3   Great Blue Heron 38.6% 58.9% 20.2%
4   Ring-billed Gull 29.2% 58.9% 29.7%
5   Greater Scaup 1.2% 54.9% 53.7%
6   Ring-necked Duck 8.4% 51.4% 43.0%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 29.6% 50.3% 20.7%
8   Mallard 32.1% 41.7% 9.7%
9   Ruddy Duck 16.2% 40.6% 24.4%
10   Bufflehead 15.1% 30.3% 15.2%
11   Canada Goose 34.5% 29.7% 4.7%
12   Song Sparrow 50.8% 26.9% 24.0%
13   Northern Cardinal 59.6% 24.6% 35.0%
14   American Crow 53.3% 22.9% 30.5%
15   Carolina Wren 61.1% 21.1% 40.0%
16   Blue Jay 39.2% 21.1% 18.1%
17   Belted Kingfisher 19.4% 19.4% 0.0%
18   Green-winged Teal 3.3% 19.4% 16.1%
19   White-throated Sparrow 54.1% 18.9% 35.2%
20   American Robin 35.0% 18.3% 16.7%
21   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.8% 18.3% 16.5%
22   Mourning Dove 30.3% 18.3% 12.0%
23   Bald Eagle 16.9% 18.3% 1.4%
24   Killdeer 16.3% 17.7% 1.5%
25   Turkey Vulture 35.6% 17.1% 18.4%
26   Northern Mockingbird 28.8% 17.1% 11.7%
27   Carolina Chickadee 59.4% 14.9% 44.5%
28   Pied-billed Grebe 16.4% 14.9% 1.5%
29   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.8% 14.3% 28.6%
30   Red-tailed Hawk 15.1% 13.7% 1.4%
31   Tufted Titmouse 54.5% 12.6% 41.9%
32   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.4% 12.6% 19.8%
33   Eastern Towhee 32.8% 12.0% 20.8%
34   Northern Flicker 28.5% 11.4% 17.0%
35   Red-bellied Woodpecker 52.1% 10.3% 41.8%
36   Eastern Bluebird 44.8% 10.3% 34.5%
37   Downy Woodpecker 43.9% 10.3% 33.6%
38   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.7% 8.6% 18.1%
39   Canvasback 1.4% 8.6% 7.2%
40   American Goldfinch 29.4% 8.0% 21.4%
41   Golden-crowned Kinglet 26.8% 7.4% 19.4%
42   Black Vulture 16.3% 7.4% 8.8%
43   European Starling 16.6% 6.3% 10.4%
44   Bonaparte's Gull 9.5% 6.3% 3.2%
45   Gadwall 5.4% 6.3% 0.9%
46   Dark-eyed Junco 32.6% 5.7% 26.8%
47   Swamp Sparrow 15.6% 5.7% 9.8%
48   Red-winged Blackbird 12.0% 5.7% 6.3%
49   Eastern Phoebe 24.6% 5.1% 19.4%
50   House Finch 24.1% 5.1% 19.0%
51   Field Sparrow 13.3% 5.1% 8.2%
52   Fox Sparrow 6.7% 4.6% 2.2%
53   American Black Duck 1.7% 4.0% 2.3%
54   Common Goldeneye 0.9% 4.0% 3.1%
55   Horned Grebe 4.1% 3.4% 0.7%
56   White-breasted Nuthatch 30.8% 2.9% 28.0%
57   Hairy Woodpecker 10.6% 2.9% 7.7%
58   Hermit Thrush 18.7% 2.3% 16.4%
59   Chipping Sparrow 16.9% 2.3% 14.6%
60   Rock Pigeon 6.5% 2.3% 4.2%
61   American Coot 2.5% 2.3% 0.2%
62   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.9% 1.7% 23.1%
63   Brown Thrasher 15.4% 1.7% 13.7%
64   Pileated Woodpecker 12.9% 1.7% 11.2%
65   Winter Wren 11.2% 1.7% 9.5%
66   Cedar Waxwing 7.6% 1.7% 5.8%
67   Herring Gull 5.6% 1.7% 3.9%
68   Pine Warbler 22.3% 1.1% 21.1%
69   Common Grackle 4.8% 1.1% 3.7%
70   Fish Crow 4.4% 1.1% 3.2%
71   American Pipit 2.4% 1.1% 1.2%
72   Wilson's Snipe 2.1% 1.1% 0.9%
73   House Sparrow 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
74   American Woodcock 1.4% 1.1% 0.2%
75   American Wigeon 1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
76   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.8% 0.6% 10.2%
77   Brown Creeper 8.8% 0.6% 8.2%
78   American Kestrel 5.5% 0.6% 4.9%
79   Eastern Meadowlark 4.6% 0.6% 4.1%
80   Savannah Sparrow 4.3% 0.6% 3.7%
81   Northern Shoveler 3.8% 0.6% 3.2%
82   Barred Owl 2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
83   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.8% 0.6% 1.2%
84   House Wren 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
85   Redhead 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
86   Gray Catbird 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
87   Blue-headed Vireo 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
88   Common Raven 0.5% 0.6% 0.0%
89   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.6% 0.2%