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.
| 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 |