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

based on 250 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Schenck Forest 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   Eastern Bluebird 43.8% 68.0% 24.2%
2   Northern Cardinal 58.8% 67.6% 8.8%
3   Carolina Chickadee 58.5% 66.0% 7.5%
4   Carolina Wren 60.4% 65.2% 4.8%
5   White-throated Sparrow 53.3% 62.4% 9.1%
6   Song Sparrow 50.5% 62.0% 11.5%
7   Tufted Titmouse 53.7% 61.2% 7.5%
8   Canada Goose 34.1% 58.4% 24.3%
9   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.5% 57.2% 25.7%
10   Red-bellied Woodpecker 51.3% 56.0% 4.7%
11   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.1% 56.0% 13.9%
12   American Crow 52.8% 54.0% 1.2%
13   Downy Woodpecker 43.1% 53.2% 10.1%
14   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 51.6% 23.2%
15   Blue Jay 38.6% 50.0% 11.4%
16   Mourning Dove 29.6% 50.0% 20.4%
17   Eastern Towhee 32.3% 49.2% 16.9%
18   Golden-crowned Kinglet 26.2% 48.8% 22.6%
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 29.9% 48.4% 18.5%
20   Mallard 32.0% 47.6% 15.6%
21   Dark-eyed Junco 31.7% 44.8% 13.1%
22   Great Blue Heron 39.0% 43.2% 4.2%
23   Turkey Vulture 35.3% 39.2% 3.9%
24   Pine Warbler 21.4% 39.2% 17.8%
25   European Starling 16.2% 38.0% 21.8%
26   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.3% 36.8% 2.5%
27   House Finch 23.4% 36.4% 13.0%
28   Bufflehead 14.9% 35.6% 20.7%
29   Chipping Sparrow 16.2% 35.2% 19.0%
30   Double-crested Cormorant 29.8% 34.8% 5.0%
31   American Robin 34.6% 33.6% 1.0%
32   American Kestrel 4.9% 33.6% 28.7%
33   Killdeer 16.0% 33.2% 17.2%
34   Eastern Phoebe 24.3% 32.4% 8.1%
35   Ruddy Duck 16.3% 32.4% 16.1%
36   American Goldfinch 28.8% 32.0% 3.2%
37   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.2% 32.0% 7.8%
38   Hooded Merganser 20.3% 32.0% 11.7%
39   Northern Flicker 28.1% 31.6% 3.5%
40   Red-tailed Hawk 14.8% 31.6% 16.8%
41   Hermit Thrush 18.1% 28.8% 10.7%
42   Field Sparrow 13.0% 28.8% 15.8%
43   Rock Pigeon 6.1% 28.8% 22.7%
44   Green-winged Teal 3.0% 28.4% 25.4%
45   Gadwall 5.1% 27.2% 22.1%
46   Fox Sparrow 6.4% 26.8% 20.4%
47   Belted Kingfisher 19.4% 24.4% 5.0%
48   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.4% 23.6% 2.8%
49   American Woodcock 1.0% 20.8% 19.8%
50   Great Horned Owl 0.9% 18.8% 17.9%
51   Ring-billed Gull 29.9% 18.4% 11.5%
52   Eastern Meadowlark 4.4% 16.8% 12.4%
53   Pileated Woodpecker 12.6% 16.4% 3.8%
54   Hairy Woodpecker 10.2% 16.4% 6.2%
55   Winter Wren 11.1% 16.0% 4.9%
56   Brown Creeper 8.5% 15.6% 7.1%
57   Brown Thrasher 15.2% 12.0% 3.2%
58   Pine Siskin 4.2% 11.2% 7.0%
59   Swamp Sparrow 15.6% 10.0% 5.6%
60   Red-winged Blackbird 12.0% 10.0% 2.0%
61   Ring-necked Duck 9.0% 8.8% 0.2%
62   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.7% 8.4% 2.3%
63   Bald Eagle 17.1% 8.0% 9.1%
64   Black Vulture 16.3% 8.0% 8.3%
65   Pied-billed Grebe 16.6% 7.2% 9.4%
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.7% 6.4% 1.7%
67   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 6.0% 2.2%
68   Common Grackle 4.7% 5.6% 0.9%
69   Cedar Waxwing 7.5% 5.2% 2.3%
70   Palm Warbler 2.0% 5.2% 3.2%
71   Northern Pintail 0.8% 4.8% 4.0%
72   Loggerhead Shrike 0.4% 4.8% 4.4%
73   Lesser Scaup 4.5% 4.4% 0.1%
74   Savannah Sparrow 4.3% 4.4% 0.1%
75   Barred Owl 2.9% 4.4% 1.5%
76   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.8% 4.4% 2.6%
77   White-crowned Sparrow 1.4% 3.2% 1.8%
78   Common Raven 0.5% 3.2% 2.7%
79   Northern Shoveler 3.8% 2.4% 1.4%
80   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.4% 2.4% 0.0%
81   Blue-headed Vireo 0.8% 2.4% 1.6%
82   Fish Crow 4.4% 2.0% 2.4%
83   American Black Duck 1.7% 2.0% 0.3%
84   Purple Finch 3.7% 1.2% 2.5%
85   Canvasback 1.5% 1.2% 0.3%
86   House Wren 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
87   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
88   Herring Gull 5.6% 0.8% 4.8%
89   House Sparrow 1.6% 0.8% 0.8%
90   American Wigeon 1.2% 0.8% 0.4%
91   Northern Harrier 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
92   Common Yellowthroat 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
93   Bonaparte's Gull 9.6% 0.4% 9.2%
94   Horned Grebe 4.2% 0.4% 3.8%
95   Wood Duck 3.1% 0.4% 2.7%
96   American Pipit 2.4% 0.4% 2.0%
97   Wilson's Snipe 2.1% 0.4% 1.7%
98   Red Crossbill 1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
99   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
100   Merlin 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
101   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
102   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
103   Least Sandpiper 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%