Top Birds at Brier Creek Reservoir in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 86 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hooded Merganser | 18.4% | 70.9% | 52.5% | |||
| 2 | Lesser Scaup | 3.2% | 61.6% | 58.5% | |||
| 3 | Double-crested Cormorant | 30.0% | 58.1% | 28.2% | |||
| 4 | Great Blue Heron | 43.0% | 53.5% | 10.5% | |||
| 5 | Ring-necked Duck | 7.6% | 52.3% | 44.7% | |||
| 6 | Ring-billed Gull | 29.0% | 50.0% | 21.0% | |||
| 7 | Greater Scaup | 0.6% | 44.2% | 43.6% | |||
| 8 | Mallard | 30.0% | 40.7% | 10.7% | |||
| 9 | Song Sparrow | 55.3% | 33.7% | 21.6% | |||
| 10 | White-throated Sparrow | 62.4% | 29.1% | 33.3% | |||
| 11 | Canada Goose | 32.0% | 29.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 12 | Bufflehead | 14.1% | 29.1% | 14.9% | |||
| 13 | Northern Cardinal | 63.3% | 27.9% | 35.4% | |||
| 14 | Ruddy Duck | 15.4% | 27.9% | 12.5% | |||
| 15 | Carolina Wren | 68.8% | 25.6% | 43.2% | |||
| 16 | American Crow | 59.0% | 23.3% | 35.7% | |||
| 17 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 50.9% | 23.3% | 27.7% | |||
| 18 | American Robin | 38.0% | 23.3% | 14.7% | |||
| 19 | Killdeer | 18.1% | 22.1% | 4.0% | |||
| 20 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 38.3% | 20.9% | 17.4% | |||
| 21 | Northern Mockingbird | 32.2% | 20.9% | 11.3% | |||
| 22 | American Goldfinch | 41.9% | 18.6% | 23.3% | |||
| 23 | Belted Kingfisher | 24.3% | 18.6% | 5.7% | |||
| 24 | Pied-billed Grebe | 20.4% | 18.6% | 1.8% | |||
| 25 | Bald Eagle | 17.0% | 18.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 26 | Blue Jay | 46.0% | 17.4% | 28.5% | |||
| 27 | Green-winged Teal | 3.0% | 17.4% | 14.5% | |||
| 28 | Mourning Dove | 24.1% | 16.3% | 7.8% | |||
| 29 | Eastern Towhee | 38.5% | 15.1% | 23.4% | |||
| 30 | Carolina Chickadee | 64.8% | 14.0% | 50.9% | |||
| 31 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 33.3% | 12.8% | 20.5% | |||
| 32 | Tufted Titmouse | 59.0% | 11.6% | 47.3% | |||
| 33 | Eastern Bluebird | 50.1% | 11.6% | 38.5% | |||
| 34 | Turkey Vulture | 36.2% | 11.6% | 24.6% | |||
| 35 | Red-tailed Hawk | 16.0% | 11.6% | 4.4% | |||
| 36 | Red-winged Blackbird | 15.4% | 11.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 37 | Bonaparte's Gull | 12.7% | 11.6% | 1.1% | |||
| 38 | Northern Flicker | 39.3% | 10.5% | 28.8% | |||
| 39 | Dark-eyed Junco | 37.4% | 9.3% | 28.1% | |||
| 40 | House Finch | 24.5% | 9.3% | 15.2% | |||
| 41 | European Starling | 15.4% | 9.3% | 6.1% | |||
| 42 | Canvasback | 1.2% | 9.3% | 8.1% | |||
| 43 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 35.1% | 8.1% | 27.0% | |||
| 44 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 29.2% | 8.1% | 21.1% | |||
| 45 | Hermit Thrush | 24.4% | 8.1% | 16.3% | |||
| 46 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 57.9% | 7.0% | 50.9% | |||
| 47 | Downy Woodpecker | 49.9% | 5.8% | 44.1% | |||
| 48 | Black Vulture | 17.2% | 5.8% | 11.4% | |||
| 49 | Gadwall | 5.0% | 5.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 50 | Swamp Sparrow | 17.9% | 4.7% | 13.3% | |||
| 51 | Winter Wren | 15.9% | 4.7% | 11.3% | |||
| 52 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.5% | 4.7% | 8.9% | |||
| 53 | American Black Duck | 1.7% | 4.7% | 2.9% | |||
| 54 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 34.7% | 3.5% | 31.2% | |||
| 55 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 31.5% | 3.5% | 28.0% | |||
| 56 | Field Sparrow | 17.4% | 3.5% | 13.9% | |||
| 57 | Northern Shoveler | 4.4% | 3.5% | 0.9% | |||
| 58 | Brown Thrasher | 19.0% | 2.3% | 16.7% | |||
| 59 | Fox Sparrow | 7.2% | 2.3% | 4.9% | |||
| 60 | American Coot | 3.2% | 2.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 61 | Eastern Phoebe | 30.8% | 1.2% | 29.6% | |||
| 62 | Chipping Sparrow | 21.2% | 1.2% | 20.1% | |||
| 63 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.8% | 1.2% | 14.6% | |||
| 64 | Hairy Woodpecker | 12.9% | 1.2% | 11.7% | |||
| 65 | American Kestrel | 6.2% | 1.2% | 5.0% | |||
| 66 | Rock Pigeon | 6.1% | 1.2% | 4.9% | |||
| 67 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.7% | 1.2% | 4.5% | |||
| 68 | Eastern Meadowlark | 4.0% | 1.2% | 2.9% | |||
| 69 | Palm Warbler | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1.8% | |||
| 70 | House Wren | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 71 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 72 | Redhead | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% |