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.
| 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% | 46.9% | |||
| 3 | Great Blue Heron | 38.8% | 58.9% | 20.1% | |||
| 4 | Ring-billed Gull | 29.3% | 58.9% | 29.6% | |||
| 5 | Greater Scaup | 1.2% | 54.9% | 53.7% | |||
| 6 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.4% | 51.4% | 43.0% | |||
| 7 | Double-crested Cormorant | 29.7% | 50.3% | 20.6% | |||
| 8 | Mallard | 32.2% | 41.7% | 9.5% | |||
| 9 | Ruddy Duck | 16.3% | 40.6% | 24.3% | |||
| 10 | Bufflehead | 15.1% | 30.3% | 15.2% | |||
| 11 | Canada Goose | 34.6% | 29.7% | 4.9% | |||
| 12 | Song Sparrow | 51.0% | 26.9% | 24.1% | |||
| 13 | Northern Cardinal | 59.4% | 24.6% | 34.8% | |||
| 14 | American Crow | 53.2% | 22.9% | 30.3% | |||
| 15 | Carolina Wren | 61.0% | 21.1% | 39.8% | |||
| 16 | Blue Jay | 39.1% | 21.1% | 17.9% | |||
| 17 | Belted Kingfisher | 19.5% | 19.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 18 | Green-winged Teal | 3.3% | 19.4% | 16.1% | |||
| 19 | White-throated Sparrow | 53.9% | 18.9% | 35.1% | |||
| 20 | American Robin | 34.8% | 18.3% | 16.5% | |||
| 21 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 34.6% | 18.3% | 16.3% | |||
| 22 | Mourning Dove | 30.1% | 18.3% | 11.8% | |||
| 23 | Bald Eagle | 16.9% | 18.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 24 | Killdeer | 16.3% | 17.7% | 1.4% | |||
| 25 | Turkey Vulture | 35.6% | 17.1% | 18.5% | |||
| 26 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.9% | 17.1% | 11.8% | |||
| 27 | Carolina Chickadee | 59.2% | 14.9% | 44.4% | |||
| 28 | Pied-billed Grebe | 16.5% | 14.9% | 1.6% | |||
| 29 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 42.7% | 14.3% | 28.4% | |||
| 30 | Red-tailed Hawk | 15.1% | 13.7% | 1.4% | |||
| 31 | Tufted Titmouse | 54.3% | 12.6% | 41.8% | |||
| 32 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 32.2% | 12.6% | 19.6% | |||
| 33 | Eastern Towhee | 32.8% | 12.0% | 20.8% | |||
| 34 | Northern Flicker | 28.4% | 11.4% | 17.0% | |||
| 35 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 51.9% | 10.3% | 41.6% | |||
| 36 | Eastern Bluebird | 44.6% | 10.3% | 34.3% | |||
| 37 | Downy Woodpecker | 43.7% | 10.3% | 33.4% | |||
| 38 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 26.6% | 8.6% | 18.0% | |||
| 39 | Canvasback | 1.4% | 8.6% | 7.2% | |||
| 40 | American Goldfinch | 29.2% | 8.0% | 21.2% | |||
| 41 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 26.9% | 7.4% | 19.5% | |||
| 42 | Black Vulture | 16.2% | 7.4% | 8.8% | |||
| 43 | European Starling | 16.7% | 6.3% | 10.4% | |||
| 44 | Bonaparte's Gull | 9.5% | 6.3% | 3.2% | |||
| 45 | Gadwall | 5.4% | 6.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 46 | Dark-eyed Junco | 32.3% | 5.7% | 26.6% | |||
| 47 | Swamp Sparrow | 15.6% | 5.7% | 9.9% | |||
| 48 | Red-winged Blackbird | 12.1% | 5.7% | 6.3% | |||
| 49 | Eastern Phoebe | 24.7% | 5.1% | 19.5% | |||
| 50 | House Finch | 23.8% | 5.1% | 18.7% | |||
| 51 | Field Sparrow | 13.4% | 5.1% | 8.2% | |||
| 52 | Fox Sparrow | 6.8% | 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 | 30.6% | 2.9% | 27.7% | |||
| 57 | Hairy Woodpecker | 10.4% | 2.9% | 7.6% | |||
| 58 | Hermit Thrush | 18.5% | 2.3% | 16.2% | |||
| 59 | Chipping Sparrow | 16.7% | 2.3% | 14.4% | |||
| 60 | Rock Pigeon | 6.5% | 2.3% | 4.2% | |||
| 61 | American Coot | 2.5% | 2.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 62 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 24.7% | 1.7% | 22.9% | |||
| 63 | Brown Thrasher | 15.4% | 1.7% | 13.6% | |||
| 64 | Pileated Woodpecker | 12.8% | 1.7% | 11.1% | |||
| 65 | Winter Wren | 11.3% | 1.7% | 9.6% | |||
| 66 | Cedar Waxwing | 7.5% | 1.7% | 5.8% | |||
| 67 | Herring Gull | 5.6% | 1.7% | 3.9% | |||
| 68 | Pine Warbler | 22.0% | 1.1% | 20.9% | |||
| 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% | 10.3% | |||
| 77 | Brown Creeper | 8.8% | 0.6% | 8.2% | |||
| 78 | American Kestrel | 5.5% | 0.6% | 4.9% | |||
| 79 | Eastern Meadowlark | 4.7% | 0.6% | 4.1% | |||
| 80 | Savannah Sparrow | 4.3% | 0.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 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% | 0.5% | |||
| 86 | Gray Catbird | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 87 | Blue-headed Vireo | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 88 | Common Raven | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 89 | Wild Turkey | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% |