Top Birds at Brier Creek Reservoir in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 125 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brier Creek Reservoir during the month of 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesser Scaup | 3.7% | 75.2% | 71.5% | 20.2x | |||
| 2 | Hooded Merganser | 21.4% | 63.2% | 41.8% | 3.0x | |||
| 3 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.0% | 59.2% | 28.2% | 1.9x | |||
| 4 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.3% | 55.2% | 46.9% | 6.6x | |||
| 5 | Great Blue Heron | 39.3% | 54.4% | 15.1% | 1.4x | |||
| 6 | Greater Scaup | 1.6% | 54.4% | 52.8% | 34.9x | |||
| 7 | Ruddy Duck | 16.1% | 48.8% | 32.7% | 3.0x | |||
| 8 | Double-crested Cormorant | 27.5% | 40.0% | 12.5% | 1.5x | |||
| 9 | Bufflehead | 15.4% | 36.8% | 21.4% | 2.4x | |||
| 10 | Mallard | 33.5% | 32.0% | 1.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 11 | Canada Goose | 35.1% | 29.6% | 5.5% | 0.8x | |||
| 12 | Song Sparrow | 50.0% | 26.4% | 23.6% | 0.5x | |||
| 13 | Greater/Lesser Scaup | 0.9% | 25.6% | 24.7% | 28.2x | |||
| 14 | Turkey Vulture | 35.4% | 20.8% | 14.6% | 0.6x | |||
| 15 | Bald Eagle | 16.7% | 20.0% | 3.3% | 1.2x | |||
| 16 | American Crow | 52.8% | 19.2% | 33.6% | 0.4x | |||
| 17 | Blue Jay | 38.3% | 19.2% | 19.1% | 0.5x | |||
| 18 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 32.4% | 17.6% | 14.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 19 | Carolina Wren | 61.5% | 16.8% | 44.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 20 | Northern Mockingbird | 30.1% | 16.8% | 13.3% | 0.6x | |||
| 21 | Northern Cardinal | 59.7% | 16.0% | 43.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 22 | Red-tailed Hawk | 15.9% | 16.0% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 23 | Belted Kingfisher | 20.0% | 15.2% | 4.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 24 | Pied-billed Grebe | 17.7% | 15.2% | 2.5% | 0.9x | |||
| 25 | American Robin | 30.8% | 14.4% | 16.4% | 0.5x | |||
| 26 | Killdeer | 16.4% | 13.6% | 2.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 27 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 41.4% | 12.8% | 28.6% | 0.3x | |||
| 28 | Mourning Dove | 30.4% | 12.8% | 17.6% | 0.4x | |||
| 29 | Green-winged Teal | 4.0% | 12.8% | 8.8% | 3.2x | |||
| 30 | White-throated Sparrow | 53.4% | 12.0% | 41.4% | 0.2x | |||
| 31 | Eastern Bluebird | 43.0% | 12.0% | 31.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 32 | Canvasback | 1.4% | 12.0% | 10.6% | 8.3x | |||
| 33 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.3% | 11.2% | 49.1% | 0.2x | |||
| 34 | Tufted Titmouse | 54.9% | 10.4% | 44.5% | 0.2x | |||
| 35 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 51.7% | 9.6% | 42.1% | 0.2x | |||
| 36 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 30.5% | 8.8% | 21.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 37 | Northern Flicker | 28.2% | 8.8% | 19.4% | 0.3x | |||
| 38 | Black Vulture | 16.1% | 8.8% | 7.3% | 0.5x | |||
| 39 | European Starling | 17.0% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 0.5x | |||
| 40 | Downy Woodpecker | 42.8% | 7.2% | 35.6% | 0.2x | |||
| 41 | Eastern Towhee | 33.1% | 7.2% | 25.9% | 0.2x | |||
| 42 | American Goldfinch | 27.9% | 7.2% | 20.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 43 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 25.2% | 6.4% | 18.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 44 | Bonaparte's Gull | 8.8% | 6.4% | 2.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 45 | Gadwall | 5.7% | 6.4% | 0.7% | 1.1x | |||
| 46 | Swamp Sparrow | 14.8% | 5.6% | 9.2% | 0.4x | |||
| 47 | American Black Duck | 2.1% | 5.6% | 3.5% | 2.7x | |||
| 48 | Common Goldeneye | 1.3% | 5.6% | 4.3% | 4.3x | |||
| 49 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 26.1% | 4.8% | 21.3% | 0.2x | |||
| 50 | Field Sparrow | 13.8% | 4.8% | 9.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 51 | Horned Grebe | 3.7% | 4.8% | 1.1% | 1.3x | |||
| 52 | Dark-eyed Junco | 30.7% | 3.2% | 27.5% | 0.1x | |||
| 53 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 30.5% | 3.2% | 27.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 54 | House Finch | 21.4% | 3.2% | 18.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 55 | Chipping Sparrow | 16.3% | 3.2% | 13.1% | 0.2x | |||
| 56 | Rock Pigeon | 7.1% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 0.4x | |||
| 57 | American Coot | 3.2% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 58 | duck sp. | 1.2% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 2.7x | |||
| 59 | Brown Thrasher | 16.5% | 2.4% | 14.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 60 | Red-winged Blackbird | 10.8% | 2.4% | 8.4% | 0.2x | |||
| 61 | Hairy Woodpecker | 10.2% | 2.4% | 7.8% | 0.2x | |||
| 62 | Cedar Waxwing | 8.1% | 2.4% | 5.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 63 | Fox Sparrow | 6.4% | 2.4% | 4.0% | 0.4x | |||
| 64 | Herring Gull | 6.1% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 65 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 24.6% | 1.6% | 23.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 66 | Eastern Phoebe | 23.0% | 1.6% | 21.4% | 0.1x | |||
| 67 | Pileated Woodpecker | 12.4% | 1.6% | 10.8% | 0.1x | |||
| 68 | American Pipit | 2.3% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 69 | Wilson's Snipe | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.8x | |||
| 70 | Pine Warbler | 20.9% | 0.8% | 20.1% | 0.0x | |||
| 71 | Hermit Thrush | 18.1% | 0.8% | 17.3% | 0.0x | |||
| 72 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 11.0% | 0.8% | 10.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 73 | Brown Creeper | 9.1% | 0.8% | 8.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 74 | American Kestrel | 5.8% | 0.8% | 5.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 75 | Common Grackle | 4.4% | 0.8% | 3.6% | 0.2x | |||
| 76 | Eastern Meadowlark | 4.3% | 0.8% | 3.5% | 0.2x | |||
| 77 | Savannah Sparrow | 4.2% | 0.8% | 3.4% | 0.2x | |||
| 78 | Northern Shoveler | 4.0% | 0.8% | 3.2% | 0.2x | |||
| 79 | Barred Owl | 3.3% | 0.8% | 2.5% | 0.2x | |||
| 80 | House Sparrow | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 81 | gull sp. | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.5x | |||
| 82 | House Wren | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.6x | |||
| 83 | Redhead | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.7x | |||
| 84 | American Wigeon | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
| 85 | Common Raven | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 1.3x | |||
| 86 | Wild Turkey | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 2.1x |