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Top Birds at Shelley Lake in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 156 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Shelley Lake 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Mallard 29.6% 89.1% 59.5%
2   Canada Goose 30.1% 88.5% 58.4%
3   Northern Cardinal 62.4% 84.0% 21.6%
4   Great Blue Heron 43.1% 83.3% 40.2%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 30.7% 81.4% 50.8%
6   Carolina Wren 67.6% 80.1% 12.5%
7   White-throated Sparrow 62.0% 80.1% 18.2%
8   Carolina Chickadee 63.0% 79.5% 16.5%
9   Ring-billed Gull 29.0% 78.8% 49.8%
10   Tufted Titmouse 57.9% 74.4% 16.5%
11   American Crow 57.8% 73.7% 16.0%
12   Downy Woodpecker 48.8% 71.2% 22.3%
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 56.4% 68.6% 12.2%
14   Belted Kingfisher 23.6% 68.6% 45.0%
15   White-breasted Nuthatch 33.7% 67.9% 34.3%
16   Killdeer 17.9% 67.9% 50.0%
17   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.7% 66.0% 31.3%
18   American Robin 37.4% 60.3% 22.8%
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50.3% 59.6% 9.4%
20   Song Sparrow 54.3% 56.4% 2.1%
21   Northern Flicker 37.9% 56.4% 18.5%
22   Bald Eagle 17.1% 53.8% 36.7%
23   Eastern Bluebird 49.5% 53.2% 3.8%
24   Golden-crowned Kinglet 33.7% 51.9% 18.2%
25   American Goldfinch 40.2% 44.2% 4.1%
26   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.4% 42.9% 14.6%
27   Yellow-rumped Warbler 36.7% 42.3% 5.6%
28   Eastern Towhee 36.3% 42.3% 6.0%
29   Dark-eyed Junco 38.2% 39.7% 1.5%
30   Hooded Merganser 18.7% 39.7% 21.1%
31   House Finch 24.5% 37.2% 12.7%
32   Eastern Phoebe 30.5% 34.6% 4.1%
33   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 30.8% 32.1% 1.2%
34   Pine Warbler 17.4% 32.1% 14.6%
35   Turkey Vulture 36.1% 31.4% 4.7%
36   Blue Jay 45.1% 30.1% 15.0%
37   Hairy Woodpecker 12.9% 28.2% 15.3%
38   Hermit Thrush 25.1% 27.6% 2.5%
39   Pileated Woodpecker 15.4% 26.3% 10.9%
40   Red-tailed Hawk 15.1% 26.3% 11.2%
41   Chipping Sparrow 20.9% 25.0% 4.1%
42   Brown Creeper 10.6% 24.4% 13.7%
43   Pine Siskin 7.0% 20.5% 13.5%
44   Mourning Dove 23.4% 19.9% 3.5%
45   Pied-billed Grebe 19.7% 19.2% 0.5%
46   Fox Sparrow 7.0% 18.6% 11.6%
47   Winter Wren 16.1% 17.9% 1.9%
48   Common Grackle 4.9% 17.9% 13.0%
49   Brown Thrasher 18.2% 16.7% 1.5%
50   Red-winged Blackbird 14.5% 15.4% 0.9%
51   Cedar Waxwing 12.5% 14.1% 1.6%
52   Gray Catbird 1.5% 10.9% 9.4%
53   Northern Mockingbird 31.7% 10.3% 21.4%
54   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.2% 10.3% 7.1%
55   Swamp Sparrow 18.3% 9.0% 9.3%
56   Black Vulture 17.2% 8.3% 8.9%
57   European Starling 14.6% 7.7% 6.9%
58   Barred Owl 2.8% 7.7% 4.9%
59   Field Sparrow 16.5% 7.1% 9.5%
60   Purple Finch 5.1% 5.8% 0.7%
61   Ruddy Duck 16.2% 4.5% 11.7%
62   Cooper's Hawk 4.3% 4.5% 0.1%
63   Bufflehead 14.7% 3.8% 10.9%
64   Red Crossbill 0.6% 3.2% 2.6%
65   Wild Turkey 0.3% 3.2% 2.9%
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.3% 2.6% 2.8%
67   Muscovy Duck 0.7% 2.6% 1.8%
68   Ring-necked Duck 8.4% 1.9% 6.4%
69   American Herring Gull 5.6% 1.9% 3.7%
70   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.9% 0.4%
71   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
72   Gadwall 5.7% 1.3% 4.4%
73   Fish Crow 1.7% 1.3% 0.4%
74   Great Egret 1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
75   Bonaparte's Gull 13.5% 0.6% 12.9%
76   Rusty Blackbird 3.0% 0.6% 2.4%
77   Palm Warbler 3.0% 0.6% 2.4%
78   Wilson's Snipe 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
79   American Black Duck 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
80   Great Horned Owl 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
81   American Wigeon 1.2% 0.6% 0.5%
82   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 0.6% 0.5%
83   Common Raven 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
84   Merlin 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
85   Baltimore Oriole 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
86   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
87   Common Merganser 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
88   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0% 0.6% 0.6%