Top Birds at Brier Creek Reservoir in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 59 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brier Creek Reservoir in December. 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 | 3.3% | 67.8% | 64.5% | 20.6x | |||
| 2 | Hooded Merganser | 19.2% | 66.1% | 47.0% | 3.5x | |||
| 3 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.1% | 62.7% | 54.6% | 7.8x | |||
| 4 | Great Blue Heron | 42.5% | 55.9% | 13.4% | 1.3x | |||
| 5 | Double-crested Cormorant | 28.9% | 50.8% | 21.9% | 1.8x | |||
| 6 | Greater Scaup | 0.6% | 50.8% | 50.2% | 80.3x | |||
| 7 | Ring-billed Gull | 28.9% | 45.8% | 16.8% | 1.6x | |||
| 8 | Ruddy Duck | 15.3% | 37.3% | 22.0% | 2.4x | |||
| 9 | Bufflehead | 14.5% | 35.6% | 21.1% | 2.5x | |||
| 10 | Song Sparrow | 54.0% | 30.5% | 23.4% | 0.6x | |||
| 11 | Canada Goose | 32.0% | 30.5% | 1.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 12 | Mallard | 30.6% | 25.4% | 5.2% | 0.8x | |||
| 13 | Northern Cardinal | 63.1% | 22.0% | 41.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 14 | White-throated Sparrow | 61.7% | 22.0% | 39.7% | 0.4x | |||
| 15 | American Robin | 36.3% | 22.0% | 14.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 16 | Northern Mockingbird | 32.7% | 22.0% | 10.6% | 0.7x | |||
| 17 | Pied-billed Grebe | 20.2% | 22.0% | 1.9% | 1.1x | |||
| 18 | Carolina Wren | 68.2% | 20.3% | 47.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 19 | American Crow | 58.3% | 20.3% | 38.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 20 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 49.8% | 20.3% | 29.5% | 0.4x | |||
| 21 | American Goldfinch | 41.0% | 16.9% | 24.1% | 0.4x | |||
| 22 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 36.5% | 16.9% | 19.5% | 0.5x | |||
| 23 | Belted Kingfisher | 24.1% | 16.9% | 7.2% | 0.7x | |||
| 24 | Red-tailed Hawk | 16.6% | 16.9% | 0.3% | 1.0x | |||
| 25 | Bald Eagle | 16.5% | 16.9% | 0.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 26 | Greater/Lesser Scaup | 0.6% | 16.9% | 16.4% | 30.7x | |||
| 27 | Mourning Dove | 24.4% | 13.6% | 10.9% | 0.6x | |||
| 28 | Killdeer | 17.3% | 13.6% | 3.8% | 0.8x | |||
| 29 | Canvasback | 1.3% | 13.6% | 12.3% | 10.4x | |||
| 30 | Blue Jay | 46.9% | 11.9% | 35.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 31 | Turkey Vulture | 36.5% | 11.9% | 24.7% | 0.3x | |||
| 32 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 32.5% | 10.2% | 22.3% | 0.3x | |||
| 33 | European Starling | 16.0% | 10.2% | 5.8% | 0.6x | |||
| 34 | Red-winged Blackbird | 14.7% | 10.2% | 4.5% | 0.7x | |||
| 35 | Carolina Chickadee | 64.7% | 8.5% | 56.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 36 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.5% | 8.5% | 41.0% | 0.2x | |||
| 37 | Eastern Towhee | 39.3% | 8.5% | 30.9% | 0.2x | |||
| 38 | Black Vulture | 17.7% | 8.5% | 9.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 39 | Bonaparte's Gull | 11.5% | 8.5% | 3.0% | 0.7x | |||
| 40 | Green-winged Teal | 3.2% | 8.5% | 5.3% | 2.7x | |||
| 41 | Downy Woodpecker | 49.1% | 6.8% | 42.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 42 | Northern Flicker | 38.6% | 6.8% | 31.8% | 0.2x | |||
| 43 | Dark-eyed Junco | 36.6% | 6.8% | 29.8% | 0.2x | |||
| 44 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 34.4% | 6.8% | 27.6% | 0.2x | |||
| 45 | House Finch | 24.0% | 6.8% | 17.2% | 0.3x | |||
| 46 | Gadwall | 5.0% | 6.8% | 1.8% | 1.4x | |||
| 47 | American Black Duck | 1.9% | 6.8% | 4.9% | 3.7x | |||
| 48 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 58.3% | 5.1% | 53.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 49 | Field Sparrow | 18.0% | 5.1% | 12.9% | 0.3x | |||
| 50 | Northern Shoveler | 4.5% | 5.1% | 0.6% | 1.1x | |||
| 51 | gull sp. | 1.8% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 2.8x | |||
| 52 | Tufted Titmouse | 58.8% | 3.4% | 55.4% | 0.1x | |||
| 53 | Swamp Sparrow | 17.1% | 3.4% | 13.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 54 | Winter Wren | 15.2% | 3.4% | 11.8% | 0.2x | |||
| 55 | Fox Sparrow | 7.0% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 0.5x | |||
| 56 | American Coot | 3.1% | 3.4% | 0.3% | 1.1x | |||
| 57 | duck sp. | 1.2% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 2.9x | |||
| 58 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 34.7% | 1.7% | 33.0% | 0.0x | |||
| 59 | Eastern Phoebe | 28.7% | 1.7% | 27.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 60 | Hermit Thrush | 22.4% | 1.7% | 20.7% | 0.1x | |||
| 61 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.7% | 1.7% | 19.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 62 | Brown Thrasher | 19.6% | 1.7% | 17.9% | 0.1x | |||
| 63 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.8% | 1.7% | 14.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 64 | Cedar Waxwing | 11.9% | 1.7% | 10.2% | 0.1x | |||
| 65 | Rock Pigeon | 6.5% | 1.7% | 4.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 66 | American Kestrel | 6.3% | 1.7% | 4.6% | 0.3x | |||
| 67 | Eastern Meadowlark | 4.0% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 0.4x | |||
| 68 | House Wren | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 69 | Palm Warbler | 2.5% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.7x | |||
| 70 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.2x | |||
| 71 | Redhead | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.6x | |||
| 72 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 4.3x | |||
| 73 | Buteo sp. | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 7.0x | |||
| 74 | Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 9.2x | |||
| 75 | Aythya sp. | 0.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 147.3x |