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.
Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | Relative | |
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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 |