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

based on 131 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
1   Canada Goose 33.8% 93.1% 59.3%
2   Mallard 31.7% 87.8% 56.1%
3   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 82.4% 23.5%
4   Great Blue Heron 38.5% 80.2% 41.7%
5   Carolina Chickadee 58.6% 78.6% 20.0%
6   Ring-billed Gull 29.1% 77.9% 48.7%
7   Carolina Wren 60.5% 75.6% 15.1%
8   American Crow 52.7% 74.0% 21.3%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 29.4% 74.0% 44.7%
10   Tufted Titmouse 53.8% 72.5% 18.7%
11   Downy Woodpecker 43.2% 65.6% 22.4%
12   White-throated Sparrow 53.6% 63.4% 9.8%
13   Hooded Merganser 20.0% 61.8% 41.8%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 51.5% 61.1% 9.6%
15   Killdeer 15.9% 61.1% 45.2%
16   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.8% 60.3% 28.5%
17   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.3% 59.5% 17.2%
18   Bald Eagle 16.5% 58.0% 41.5%
19   Belted Kingfisher 19.0% 56.5% 37.5%
20   White-breasted Nuthatch 30.3% 53.4% 23.2%
21   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.2% 52.7% 26.4%
22   American Robin 34.7% 49.6% 14.9%
23   Song Sparrow 50.6% 48.1% 2.5%
24   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.5% 44.3% 9.8%
25   Eastern Bluebird 44.4% 39.7% 4.7%
26   Northern Flicker 28.2% 35.1% 6.9%
27   Golden-crowned Kinglet 26.5% 35.1% 8.6%
28   Eastern Towhee 32.5% 33.6% 1.1%
29   American Goldfinch 29.1% 32.1% 3.0%
30   Eastern Phoebe 24.3% 32.1% 7.8%
31   Turkey Vulture 35.4% 31.3% 4.1%
32   Pine Warbler 21.9% 29.8% 7.8%
33   Pileated Woodpecker 12.6% 28.2% 15.6%
34   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.6% 26.0% 1.4%
35   Dark-eyed Junco 32.3% 25.2% 7.1%
36   House Finch 23.9% 25.2% 1.3%
37   Blue Jay 39.1% 23.7% 15.5%
38   Mourning Dove 30.3% 22.1% 8.1%
39   Hairy Woodpecker 10.4% 21.4% 11.0%
40   Hermit Thrush 18.5% 20.6% 2.1%
41   Barred Owl 2.7% 19.1% 16.4%
42   Pied-billed Grebe 16.4% 17.6% 1.2%
43   Brown Thrasher 15.2% 16.8% 1.6%
44   Fox Sparrow 6.6% 16.8% 10.2%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 15.1% 14.5% 0.6%
46   Chipping Sparrow 16.7% 13.7% 3.0%
47   Brown Creeper 8.6% 13.7% 5.1%
48   Pine Siskin 4.4% 13.7% 9.3%
49   Northern Mockingbird 28.9% 10.7% 18.2%
50   Red-winged Blackbird 12.0% 10.7% 1.3%
51   Common Grackle 4.7% 10.7% 6.0%
52   European Starling 16.6% 6.9% 9.7%
53   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 6.9% 9.7%
54   Black Vulture 16.3% 6.9% 9.4%
55   Swamp Sparrow 15.5% 6.9% 8.7%
56   Winter Wren 11.2% 6.9% 4.3%
57   Cedar Waxwing 7.5% 6.1% 1.4%
58   Purple Finch 3.9% 4.6% 0.7%
59   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.4% 4.6% 2.1%
60   Bufflehead 15.3% 3.8% 11.5%
61   Field Sparrow 13.3% 3.8% 9.5%
62   Gray Catbird 0.8% 3.8% 3.0%
63   Fish Crow 4.3% 3.1% 1.3%
64   Wood Duck 3.1% 3.1% 0.0%
65   Rusty Blackbird 2.9% 3.1% 0.1%
66   House Sparrow 1.6% 3.1% 1.5%
67   Muscovy Duck 0.8% 3.1% 2.3%
68   Ring-necked Duck 9.0% 2.3% 6.7%
69   Rock Pigeon 6.5% 2.3% 4.2%
70   Gadwall 5.5% 2.3% 3.2%
71   Cooper's Hawk 3.9% 2.3% 1.6%
72   Green-winged Teal 3.5% 2.3% 1.2%
73   Great Egret 1.3% 2.3% 1.0%
74   American Coot 2.5% 1.5% 1.0%
75   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.8% 1.5% 0.3%
76   Blue-headed Vireo 0.8% 1.5% 0.7%
77   Common Raven 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
78   Graylag Goose 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
79   Herring Gull 5.6% 0.8% 4.8%
80   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.8% 0.8% 4.0%
81   Lesser Scaup 4.5% 0.8% 3.7%
82   Savannah Sparrow 4.3% 0.8% 3.5%
83   Northern Shoveler 3.7% 0.8% 3.0%
84   Greater Scaup 1.8% 0.8% 1.1%
85   American Black Duck 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
86   Canvasback 1.5% 0.8% 0.7%
87   House Wren 1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
88   American Wigeon 1.2% 0.8% 0.5%
89   Redhead 1.0% 0.8% 0.3%
90   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
91   Mute Swan 1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
92   Northern Pintail 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
93   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.8% 0.4%