Top Birds at Shelley Lake in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 109 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 | Relative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mallard | 29.8% | 87.2% | 57.3% | 2.9x | |||
| 2 | Canada Goose | 31.3% | 85.3% | 54.0% | 2.7x | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal | 62.6% | 83.5% | 20.9% | 1.3x | |||
| 4 | Carolina Chickadee | 64.1% | 79.8% | 15.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 5 | Great Blue Heron | 42.2% | 78.9% | 36.7% | 1.9x | |||
| 6 | Double-crested Cormorant | 28.4% | 78.9% | 50.5% | 2.8x | |||
| 7 | Ring-billed Gull | 28.4% | 78.9% | 50.5% | 2.8x | |||
| 8 | Carolina Wren | 67.8% | 78.0% | 10.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 9 | White-throated Sparrow | 61.3% | 76.1% | 14.9% | 1.2x | |||
| 10 | Tufted Titmouse | 58.2% | 75.2% | 17.1% | 1.3x | |||
| 11 | American Crow | 57.8% | 73.4% | 15.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 12 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 57.8% | 69.7% | 11.9% | 1.2x | |||
| 13 | Downy Woodpecker | 48.6% | 69.7% | 21.2% | 1.4x | |||
| 14 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 34.1% | 68.8% | 34.7% | 2.0x | |||
| 15 | Belted Kingfisher | 23.5% | 68.8% | 45.3% | 2.9x | |||
| 16 | Killdeer | 16.7% | 67.9% | 51.2% | 4.1x | |||
| 17 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 33.8% | 65.1% | 31.3% | 1.9x | |||
| 18 | American Robin | 35.9% | 61.5% | 25.6% | 1.7x | |||
| 19 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 49.5% | 60.6% | 11.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 20 | Northern Flicker | 38.1% | 59.6% | 21.5% | 1.6x | |||
| 21 | Song Sparrow | 53.8% | 56.9% | 3.1% | 1.1x | |||
| 22 | Bald Eagle | 16.0% | 54.1% | 38.1% | 3.4x | |||
| 23 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 32.1% | 50.5% | 18.4% | 1.6x | |||
| 24 | Eastern Towhee | 39.0% | 49.5% | 10.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 25 | Eastern Bluebird | 49.3% | 45.0% | 4.3% | 0.9x | |||
| 26 | American Goldfinch | 40.8% | 44.0% | 3.2% | 1.1x | |||
| 27 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 28.0% | 44.0% | 16.0% | 1.6x | |||
| 28 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 36.3% | 43.1% | 6.8% | 1.2x | |||
| 29 | Dark-eyed Junco | 36.4% | 34.9% | 1.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 30 | House Finch | 23.7% | 34.9% | 11.1% | 1.5x | |||
| 31 | Hooded Merganser | 19.3% | 34.9% | 15.6% | 1.8x | |||
| 32 | Blue Jay | 46.8% | 33.9% | 12.8% | 0.7x | |||
| 33 | Pine Warbler | 18.0% | 33.9% | 15.9% | 1.9x | |||
| 34 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.5% | 31.2% | 15.7% | 2.0x | |||
| 35 | Eastern Phoebe | 28.5% | 30.3% | 1.8% | 1.1x | |||
| 36 | Hermit Thrush | 22.2% | 29.4% | 7.2% | 1.3x | |||
| 37 | Brown Creeper | 10.8% | 29.4% | 18.5% | 2.7x | |||
| 38 | Hairy Woodpecker | 11.9% | 28.4% | 16.6% | 2.4x | |||
| 39 | Turkey Vulture | 36.5% | 27.5% | 9.0% | 0.8x | |||
| 40 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 31.0% | 27.5% | 3.5% | 0.9x | |||
| 41 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.5% | 25.7% | 5.2% | 1.3x | |||
| 42 | Pied-billed Grebe | 20.1% | 24.8% | 4.7% | 1.2x | |||
| 43 | Red-tailed Hawk | 16.5% | 22.9% | 6.4% | 1.4x | |||
| 44 | Pine Siskin | 9.1% | 22.0% | 12.9% | 2.4x | |||
| 45 | Brown Thrasher | 19.4% | 19.3% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 46 | Fox Sparrow | 6.8% | 19.3% | 12.5% | 2.8x | |||
| 47 | Mourning Dove | 24.4% | 18.3% | 6.1% | 0.8x | |||
| 48 | Winter Wren | 15.1% | 18.3% | 3.3% | 1.2x | |||
| 49 | Common Grackle | 5.6% | 18.3% | 12.7% | 3.3x | |||
| 50 | Red-winged Blackbird | 14.6% | 16.5% | 1.9% | 1.1x | |||
| 51 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4.0% | 14.7% | 10.7% | 3.7x | |||
| 52 | Gray Catbird | 1.6% | 14.7% | 13.1% | 9.1x | |||
| 53 | Cedar Waxwing | 11.8% | 12.8% | 1.0% | 1.1x | |||
| 54 | Northern Mockingbird | 32.9% | 10.1% | 22.8% | 0.3x | |||
| 55 | Barred Owl | 2.9% | 10.1% | 7.2% | 3.4x | |||
| 56 | Field Sparrow | 18.0% | 8.3% | 9.8% | 0.5x | |||
| 57 | Swamp Sparrow | 17.1% | 7.3% | 9.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 58 | Purple Finch | 5.4% | 6.4% | 1.0% | 1.2x | |||
| 59 | Black Vulture | 17.8% | 5.5% | 12.3% | 0.3x | |||
| 60 | European Starling | 16.1% | 4.6% | 11.5% | 0.3x | |||
| 61 | Bufflehead | 14.7% | 4.6% | 10.2% | 0.3x | |||
| 62 | Red Crossbill | 0.9% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 5.4x | |||
| 63 | hawk sp. | 0.5% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 10.2x | |||
| 64 | Wild Turkey | 0.3% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 15.2x | |||
| 65 | gull sp. | 1.8% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 2.0x | |||
| 66 | Muscovy Duck | 0.8% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 4.6x | |||
| 67 | Cooper's Hawk | 4.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 0.6x | |||
| 68 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.6% | 2.8% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
| 69 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.4% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 7.4x | |||
| 70 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.9% | 1.8% | 4.0% | 0.3x | |||
| 71 | Great Egret | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 1.5x | |||
| 72 | Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk | 0.2% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 10.6x | |||
| 73 | Bonaparte's Gull | 11.6% | 0.9% | 10.7% | 0.1x | |||
| 74 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.6% | 0.9% | 7.6% | 0.1x | |||
| 75 | Herring Gull | 5.6% | 0.9% | 4.7% | 0.2x | |||
| 76 | Rusty Blackbird | 3.4% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 0.3x | |||
| 77 | Great Horned Owl | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 78 | Fish Crow | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.7x | |||
| 79 | American Wigeon | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.7x | |||
| 80 | duck sp. | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.8x | |||
| 81 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 82 | Black-and-white Warbler | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 83 | Merlin | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.7x | |||
| 84 | Evening Grosbeak | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 2.4x | |||
| 85 | Common Merganser | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 3.4x | |||
| 86 | Buteo sp. | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 3.8x | |||
| 87 | Baltimore Oriole | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 4.2x | |||
| 88 | warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 7.2x | |||
| 89 | woodpecker sp. | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 7.9x | |||
| 90 | Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 8.8x | |||
| 91 | Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 9.9x | |||
| 92 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | ∞ |