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Top Birds at Shelley Lake in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 110 checklists

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

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference Relative
1   Canada Goose 34.1% 92.7% 58.6% 2.7x
2   Mallard 32.7% 86.4% 53.6% 2.6x
3   Northern Cardinal 59.5% 82.7% 23.3% 1.4x
4   Carolina Chickadee 59.8% 79.1% 19.3% 1.3x
5   Ring-billed Gull 29.9% 79.1% 49.2% 2.6x
6   Great Blue Heron 39.4% 78.2% 38.7% 2.0x
7   Carolina Wren 61.0% 74.5% 13.5% 1.2x
8   Double-crested Cormorant 28.7% 74.5% 45.8% 2.6x
9   American Crow 52.4% 72.7% 20.4% 1.4x
10   Tufted Titmouse 54.8% 70.9% 16.1% 1.3x
11   Downy Woodpecker 43.3% 64.5% 21.2% 1.5x
12   Hooded Merganser 20.9% 63.6% 42.7% 3.0x
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 52.6% 61.8% 9.2% 1.2x
14   White-throated Sparrow 53.8% 60.9% 7.1% 1.1x
15   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.5% 58.2% 15.6% 1.4x
16   Killdeer 15.0% 58.2% 43.2% 3.9x
17   Bald Eagle 16.8% 57.3% 40.5% 3.4x
18   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.3% 56.4% 24.1% 1.7x
19   Belted Kingfisher 19.4% 56.4% 36.9% 2.9x
20   White-breasted Nuthatch 30.9% 49.1% 18.2% 1.6x
21   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.0% 49.1% 23.1% 1.9x
22   American Robin 32.9% 47.3% 14.4% 1.4x
23   Song Sparrow 50.4% 46.4% 4.1% 0.9x
24   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.9% 45.5% 11.6% 1.3x
25   Eastern Bluebird 43.5% 35.5% 8.1% 0.8x
26   Northern Flicker 28.8% 35.5% 6.7% 1.2x
27   Golden-crowned Kinglet 27.6% 35.5% 7.9% 1.3x
28   Eastern Towhee 33.7% 32.7% 1.0% 1.0x
29   Turkey Vulture 35.1% 30.9% 4.2% 0.9x
30   American Goldfinch 29.3% 30.9% 1.6% 1.1x
31   Eastern Phoebe 23.3% 30.0% 6.7% 1.3x
32   Pileated Woodpecker 12.9% 29.1% 16.2% 2.3x
33   Pine Warbler 22.0% 28.2% 6.2% 1.3x
34   House Finch 22.3% 24.5% 2.2% 1.1x
35   Dark-eyed Junco 31.8% 23.6% 8.2% 0.7x
36   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.7% 23.6% 1.0% 1.0x
37   Mourning Dove 30.3% 22.7% 7.5% 0.8x
38   Blue Jay 39.9% 21.8% 18.0% 0.5x
39   Barred Owl 3.0% 21.8% 18.8% 7.3x
40   Pied-billed Grebe 16.7% 20.9% 4.2% 1.3x
41   Hairy Woodpecker 10.3% 20.0% 9.7% 1.9x
42   Hermit Thrush 18.4% 19.1% 0.7% 1.0x
43   Brown Thrasher 15.7% 19.1% 3.4% 1.2x
44   Fox Sparrow 7.0% 19.1% 12.1% 2.7x
45   Brown Creeper 9.2% 15.5% 6.3% 1.7x
46   Red-tailed Hawk 15.6% 14.5% 1.1% 0.9x
47   Chipping Sparrow 16.2% 13.6% 2.6% 0.8x
48   Pine Siskin 5.0% 13.6% 8.7% 2.7x
49   Northern Mockingbird 28.7% 11.8% 16.8% 0.4x
50   Common Grackle 4.8% 10.9% 6.2% 2.3x
51   Red-winged Blackbird 11.7% 9.1% 2.6% 0.8x
52   Ruddy Duck 16.7% 6.4% 10.3% 0.4x
53   Winter Wren 11.1% 6.4% 4.7% 0.6x
54   Black Vulture 16.3% 5.5% 10.8% 0.3x
55   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.9% 5.5% 2.6% 1.9x
56   Cedar Waxwing 7.0% 4.5% 2.5% 0.6x
57   Purple Finch 4.1% 4.5% 0.5% 1.1x
58   Gray Catbird 0.8% 4.5% 3.7% 5.5x
59   hawk sp. 0.5% 4.5% 4.0% 9.1x
60   Swamp Sparrow 15.2% 3.6% 11.6% 0.2x
61   Field Sparrow 13.4% 3.6% 9.7% 0.3x
62   Rusty Blackbird 2.9% 3.6% 0.7% 1.3x
63   House Sparrow 1.6% 3.6% 2.1% 2.3x
64   Muscovy Duck 0.9% 3.6% 2.8% 4.2x
65   Bufflehead 15.6% 2.7% 12.9% 0.2x
66   Ring-necked Duck 9.4% 2.7% 6.7% 0.3x
67   Rock Pigeon 6.5% 2.7% 3.7% 0.4x
68   Cooper's Hawk 4.0% 2.7% 1.2% 0.7x
69   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 2.7% 1.0% 0.7x
70   Fish Crow 3.2% 2.7% 0.5% 0.8x
71   Wood Duck 3.2% 2.7% 0.5% 0.9x
72   gull sp. 1.4% 2.7% 1.3% 1.9x
73   Great Egret 1.4% 2.7% 1.4% 2.0x
74   European Starling 16.3% 1.8% 14.4% 0.1x
75   American Coot 2.8% 1.8% 1.0% 0.6x
76   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 1.8% 0.1% 1.0x
77   new world sparrow sp. 1.0% 1.8% 0.8% 1.9x
78   Blue-headed Vireo 0.8% 1.8% 1.0% 2.2x
79   Common Raven 0.6% 1.8% 1.3% 3.3x
80   Graylag Goose 0.5% 1.8% 1.3% 3.4x
81   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.3% 1.8% 1.5% 5.2x
82   Herring Gull 5.6% 0.9% 4.7% 0.2x
83   Lesser Scaup 4.2% 0.9% 3.3% 0.2x
84   Savannah Sparrow 4.1% 0.9% 3.2% 0.2x
85   Northern Shoveler 3.9% 0.9% 3.0% 0.2x
86   Greater Scaup 2.0% 0.9% 1.0% 0.5x
87   American Black Duck 1.9% 0.9% 1.0% 0.5x
88   House Wren 1.3% 0.9% 0.4% 0.7x
89   Canvasback 1.3% 0.9% 0.4% 0.7x
90   American Wigeon 1.3% 0.9% 0.4% 0.7x
91   duck sp. 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.8x
92   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.8x
93   Redhead 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.8x
94   Mute Swan 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.8x
95   Greater/Lesser Scaup 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.9x
96   Northern Pintail 0.6% 0.9% 0.3% 1.4x
97   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.9% 0.6% 2.6x
98   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.2% 0.9% 0.7% 5.4x
99   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.9% 0.8% 7.2x
100   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 0.9% 0.8% 8.9x
101   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.1% 0.9% 0.8% 11.9x