Top Birds at Shelley Lake in December
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 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 | Canada Goose | 31.3% | 87.8% | 56.5% | |||
| 2 | Mallard | 29.4% | 87.8% | 58.4% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal | 62.7% | 84.0% | 21.2% | |||
| 4 | Carolina Wren | 68.3% | 80.9% | 12.6% | |||
| 5 | Carolina Chickadee | 64.2% | 80.9% | 16.7% | |||
| 6 | Great Blue Heron | 42.6% | 80.9% | 38.3% | |||
| 7 | Double-crested Cormorant | 29.6% | 80.2% | 50.6% | |||
| 8 | White-throated Sparrow | 61.9% | 79.4% | 17.5% | |||
| 9 | Ring-billed Gull | 28.5% | 79.4% | 50.9% | |||
| 10 | Tufted Titmouse | 58.3% | 75.6% | 17.2% | |||
| 11 | American Crow | 58.5% | 74.0% | 15.5% | |||
| 12 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 57.3% | 71.0% | 13.7% | |||
| 13 | Downy Woodpecker | 49.2% | 71.0% | 21.8% | |||
| 14 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 34.0% | 71.0% | 37.0% | |||
| 15 | Belted Kingfisher | 23.7% | 67.9% | 44.2% | |||
| 16 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 34.5% | 67.2% | 32.7% | |||
| 17 | Killdeer | 17.5% | 67.2% | 49.6% | |||
| 18 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 50.6% | 61.1% | 10.5% | |||
| 19 | American Robin | 37.6% | 58.8% | 21.2% | |||
| 20 | Northern Flicker | 38.8% | 58.0% | 19.2% | |||
| 21 | Song Sparrow | 55.1% | 57.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 22 | Bald Eagle | 16.6% | 55.0% | 38.4% | |||
| 23 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.8% | 51.9% | 2.1% | |||
| 24 | Eastern Towhee | 38.2% | 48.9% | 10.7% | |||
| 25 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 32.9% | 48.9% | 15.9% | |||
| 26 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 28.8% | 45.0% | 16.2% | |||
| 27 | American Goldfinch | 41.7% | 44.3% | 2.6% | |||
| 28 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 38.1% | 44.3% | 6.2% | |||
| 29 | House Finch | 24.2% | 38.2% | 13.9% | |||
| 30 | Dark-eyed Junco | 37.2% | 37.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 31 | Hooded Merganser | 18.6% | 35.1% | 16.5% | |||
| 32 | Eastern Phoebe | 30.5% | 34.4% | 3.9% | |||
| 33 | Pine Warbler | 18.0% | 33.6% | 15.6% | |||
| 34 | Blue Jay | 45.9% | 31.3% | 14.6% | |||
| 35 | Turkey Vulture | 36.1% | 31.3% | 4.8% | |||
| 36 | Hermit Thrush | 24.2% | 29.0% | 4.8% | |||
| 37 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 31.3% | 27.5% | 3.8% | |||
| 38 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.5% | 27.5% | 11.9% | |||
| 39 | Hairy Woodpecker | 12.6% | 27.5% | 14.9% | |||
| 40 | Chipping Sparrow | 21.0% | 25.2% | 4.2% | |||
| 41 | Brown Creeper | 10.5% | 25.2% | 14.7% | |||
| 42 | Red-tailed Hawk | 15.8% | 24.4% | 8.6% | |||
| 43 | Pine Siskin | 8.1% | 24.4% | 16.4% | |||
| 44 | Pied-billed Grebe | 20.4% | 22.9% | 2.5% | |||
| 45 | Mourning Dove | 24.1% | 19.1% | 5.0% | |||
| 46 | Brown Thrasher | 18.8% | 19.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 47 | Fox Sparrow | 7.1% | 18.3% | 11.3% | |||
| 48 | Winter Wren | 15.8% | 17.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 49 | Common Grackle | 5.5% | 17.6% | 12.1% | |||
| 50 | Red-winged Blackbird | 15.4% | 16.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 51 | Cedar Waxwing | 13.5% | 15.3% | 1.8% | |||
| 52 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 3.3% | 12.2% | 8.9% | |||
| 53 | Gray Catbird | 1.7% | 12.2% | 10.6% | |||
| 54 | Northern Mockingbird | 32.4% | 9.2% | 23.3% | |||
| 55 | Swamp Sparrow | 17.9% | 9.2% | 8.8% | |||
| 56 | Field Sparrow | 17.4% | 8.4% | 9.0% | |||
| 57 | Barred Owl | 2.9% | 8.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 58 | European Starling | 15.5% | 6.1% | 9.4% | |||
| 59 | Purple Finch | 4.7% | 6.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 60 | Black Vulture | 17.2% | 5.3% | 11.9% | |||
| 61 | Bufflehead | 14.4% | 3.8% | 10.6% | |||
| 62 | Red Crossbill | 0.7% | 3.8% | 3.1% | |||
| 63 | Wild Turkey | 0.3% | 3.8% | 3.5% | |||
| 64 | Muscovy Duck | 0.8% | 3.1% | 2.3% | |||
| 65 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.0% | 2.3% | 5.7% | |||
| 66 | Cooper's Hawk | 4.6% | 2.3% | 2.4% | |||
| 67 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.4% | 2.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 68 | Black-and-white Warbler | 1.0% | 2.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 69 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.7% | 1.5% | 4.2% | |||
| 70 | Herring Gull | 5.4% | 1.5% | 3.9% | |||
| 71 | Fish Crow | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 72 | Great Egret | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 73 | Bonaparte's Gull | 12.9% | 0.8% | 12.1% | |||
| 74 | Gadwall | 5.1% | 0.8% | 4.3% | |||
| 75 | Rusty Blackbird | 3.3% | 0.8% | 2.5% | |||
| 76 | Palm Warbler | 3.0% | 0.8% | 2.2% | |||
| 77 | American Black Duck | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% | |||
| 78 | Great Horned Owl | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 79 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 80 | American Wigeon | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 81 | Merlin | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 82 | Evening Grosbeak | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 83 | Common Merganser | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 84 | Baltimore Oriole | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 85 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 0% | 0.8% | 0.8% |