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

based on 241 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   Hooded Merganser 20.9% 73.9% 53.0%
2   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 66.0% 62.3%
3   Great Blue Heron 39.5% 60.6% 21.1%
4   Ring-billed Gull 29.6% 60.6% 31.0%
5   Mallard 32.5% 52.7% 20.2%
6   Ring-necked Duck 8.4% 52.7% 44.3%
7   Greater Scaup 1.1% 50.2% 49.1%
8   Ruddy Duck 16.9% 48.5% 31.6%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 29.8% 46.9% 17.1%
10   Bufflehead 16.1% 36.9% 20.9%
11   Canada Goose 34.2% 33.2% 1.0%
12   Killdeer 17.7% 31.1% 13.4%
13   Green-winged Teal 3.3% 30.7% 27.4%
14   Song Sparrow 51.1% 27.0% 24.2%
15   Belted Kingfisher 20.2% 27.0% 6.8%
16   Northern Cardinal 59.7% 26.1% 33.5%
17   Gadwall 5.8% 26.1% 20.3%
18   American Crow 53.4% 24.9% 28.5%
19   Bald Eagle 17.4% 23.7% 6.3%
20   Blue Jay 38.5% 22.0% 16.5%
21   Turkey Vulture 35.7% 20.7% 14.9%
22   White-throated Sparrow 54.9% 19.9% 34.9%
23   Carolina Wren 61.0% 19.5% 41.5%
24   Pied-billed Grebe 16.0% 17.0% 1.0%
25   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.2% 16.6% 17.6%
26   Mourning Dove 29.3% 16.6% 12.7%
27   Northern Mockingbird 28.8% 16.2% 12.7%
28   Carolina Chickadee 59.2% 15.8% 43.4%
29   American Robin 35.3% 14.9% 20.4%
30   Red-tailed Hawk 14.8% 14.1% 0.7%
31   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.4% 12.9% 29.6%
32   Tufted Titmouse 54.7% 12.4% 42.3%
33   Northern Shoveler 3.8% 11.6% 7.8%
34   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.9% 11.2% 21.7%
35   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.7% 11.2% 15.5%
36   Eastern Bluebird 45.2% 10.8% 34.4%
37   Northern Flicker 28.2% 10.0% 18.3%
38   Dunlin 0.0% 10.0% 9.9%
39   Downy Woodpecker 44.4% 9.5% 34.9%
40   Eastern Towhee 32.0% 9.5% 22.4%
41   Red-bellied Woodpecker 51.9% 9.1% 42.8%
42   American Goldfinch 28.8% 7.5% 21.3%
43   Canvasback 1.6% 7.5% 5.8%
44   Black Vulture 16.4% 7.1% 9.3%
45   Swamp Sparrow 16.3% 7.1% 9.2%
46   Dark-eyed Junco 33.5% 6.6% 26.8%
47   Eastern Phoebe 25.6% 6.2% 19.3%
48   Golden-crowned Kinglet 27.3% 5.8% 21.5%
49   Bonaparte's Gull 9.1% 5.4% 3.7%
50   House Finch 24.4% 5.0% 19.4%
51   European Starling 16.3% 4.6% 11.7%
52   Red-winged Blackbird 11.6% 4.6% 7.0%
53   Redhead 1.1% 4.6% 3.4%
54   Field Sparrow 12.7% 4.1% 8.6%
55   Wilson's Snipe 2.2% 4.1% 1.9%
56   Fox Sparrow 6.7% 3.7% 3.0%
57   Hermit Thrush 20.1% 2.9% 17.1%
58   Hairy Woodpecker 10.8% 2.9% 7.9%
59   American Black Duck 1.7% 2.9% 1.2%
60   Common Goldeneye 0.8% 2.9% 2.1%
61   White-breasted Nuthatch 30.8% 2.5% 28.3%
62   Brown Thrasher 15.5% 2.5% 13.0%
63   American Herring Gull 5.6% 2.5% 3.1%
64   Horned Grebe 4.2% 2.5% 1.7%
65   Rock Pigeon 6.3% 2.1% 4.2%
66   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.9% 1.7% 23.3%
67   Pine Warbler 21.9% 1.7% 20.3%
68   Chipping Sparrow 16.9% 1.7% 15.2%
69   American Coot 2.5% 1.7% 0.9%
70   Pileated Woodpecker 12.9% 1.2% 11.7%
71   Winter Wren 11.8% 1.2% 10.6%
72   Brown Creeper 9.2% 1.2% 8.0%
73   Cedar Waxwing 7.4% 1.2% 6.2%
74   Common Grackle 4.4% 1.2% 3.2%
75   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.7% 1.2% 0.5%
76   American Wigeon 1.1% 1.2% 0.1%
77   Eastern Meadowlark 4.6% 0.8% 3.8%
78   Fish Crow 4.0% 0.8% 3.1%
79   Wood Duck 2.9% 0.8% 2.0%
80   American Pipit 2.5% 0.8% 1.6%
81   House Sparrow 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
82   American Woodcock 1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
83   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.5% 0.4% 10.1%
84   American Kestrel 5.3% 0.4% 4.9%
85   Savannah Sparrow 4.6% 0.4% 4.1%
86   Cooper's Hawk 3.9% 0.4% 3.4%
87   Barred Owl 3.0% 0.4% 2.6%
88   House Wren 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
89   Blue-headed Vireo 0.9% 0.4% 0.4%
90   Gray Catbird 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
91   Common Raven 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
92   Wild Turkey 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
93   Blue-winged Teal 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%