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Top Birds at Sandy Creek Park in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 343 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Creek Park 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 Relative
1   Carolina Chickadee 58.7% 85.1% 26.4% 1.5x
2   White-throated Sparrow 51.9% 81.0% 29.2% 1.6x
3   Carolina Wren 60.2% 80.5% 20.3% 1.3x
4   Northern Cardinal 58.5% 78.4% 20.0% 1.3x
5   Song Sparrow 48.8% 73.5% 24.6% 1.5x
6   Tufted Titmouse 53.6% 72.9% 19.2% 1.4x
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 50.4% 71.7% 21.3% 1.4x
8   Downy Woodpecker 41.3% 68.8% 27.5% 1.7x
9   American Crow 51.9% 65.6% 13.7% 1.3x
10   Canada Goose 34.1% 61.8% 27.7% 1.8x
11   Mallard 32.5% 61.8% 29.3% 1.9x
12   Eastern Bluebird 42.0% 58.9% 16.9% 1.4x
13   Red-shouldered Hawk 23.8% 56.6% 32.7% 2.4x
14   Turkey Vulture 34.7% 50.1% 15.5% 1.4x
15   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40.7% 49.9% 9.2% 1.2x
16   Dark-eyed Junco 29.7% 46.4% 16.6% 1.6x
17   Eastern Towhee 32.3% 44.9% 12.6% 1.4x
18   Great Blue Heron 39.3% 44.3% 5.0% 1.1x
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 29.6% 44.3% 14.7% 1.5x
20   Brown-headed Nuthatch 29.7% 44.0% 14.3% 1.5x
21   Eastern Phoebe 22.0% 44.0% 22.0% 2.0x
22   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.8% 43.4% 11.6% 1.4x
23   American Goldfinch 27.0% 43.1% 16.1% 1.6x
24   Swamp Sparrow 13.9% 36.4% 22.6% 2.6x
25   Northern Flicker 27.7% 35.6% 7.9% 1.3x
26   American Robin 30.5% 34.7% 4.2% 1.1x
27   Blue Jay 38.2% 34.1% 4.1% 0.9x
28   Northern Mockingbird 29.7% 34.1% 4.4% 1.1x
29   Black Vulture 15.4% 32.1% 16.7% 2.1x
30   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.2% 27.4% 3.2% 1.1x
31   Brown Thrasher 15.9% 26.8% 10.9% 1.7x
32   Winter Wren 10.5% 24.8% 14.3% 2.4x
33   Golden-crowned Kinglet 25.9% 24.5% 1.4% 0.9x
34   Hermit Thrush 17.6% 24.5% 6.9% 1.4x
35   Chipping Sparrow 15.9% 24.2% 8.3% 1.5x
36   Mourning Dove 30.5% 22.2% 8.3% 0.7x
37   Field Sparrow 13.5% 19.8% 6.3% 1.5x
38   House Finch 21.2% 18.7% 2.6% 0.9x
39   Pine Warbler 20.7% 18.1% 2.6% 0.9x
40   Hairy Woodpecker 9.9% 17.2% 7.3% 1.7x
41   Belted Kingfisher 20.1% 16.9% 3.2% 0.8x
42   European Starling 16.9% 15.5% 1.4% 0.9x
43   Pileated Woodpecker 12.2% 15.5% 3.3% 1.3x
44   Hooded Merganser 22.2% 14.3% 7.9% 0.6x
45   Brown Creeper 8.9% 12.2% 3.4% 1.4x
46   Pine Siskin 5.8% 12.0% 6.2% 2.1x
47   Red-tailed Hawk 16.1% 11.4% 4.7% 0.7x
48   Cedar Waxwing 7.9% 11.1% 3.2% 1.4x
49   Great Egret 0.8% 10.5% 9.7% 13.1x
50   Red-winged Blackbird 10.8% 8.2% 2.6% 0.8x
51   Pied-billed Grebe 18.1% 7.9% 10.2% 0.4x
52   Wood Duck 3.1% 6.4% 3.3% 2.0x
53   Killdeer 16.7% 6.1% 10.6% 0.4x
54   Purple Finch 2.9% 5.5% 2.7% 1.9x
55   Ring-billed Gull 32.3% 4.1% 28.2% 0.1x
56   Barred Owl 3.2% 4.1% 0.9% 1.3x
57   Common Grackle 4.4% 3.5% 0.9% 0.8x
58   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.1% 2.6% 8.5% 0.2x
59   Green-winged Teal 4.2% 2.6% 1.6% 0.6x
60   Cooper's Hawk 4.0% 2.0% 2.0% 0.5x
61   Common Yellowthroat 0.4% 1.7% 1.3% 3.9x
62   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.4% 1.5% 1.9% 0.4x
63   Bald Eagle 17.3% 1.2% 16.1% 0.1x
64   Rock Pigeon 7.3% 0.9% 6.5% 0.1x
65   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 0.9% 0.2% 0.8x
66   Double-crested Cormorant 28.7% 0.6% 28.1% 0.0x
67   Bufflehead 16.3% 0.6% 15.7% 0.0x
68   Fox Sparrow 6.6% 0.6% 6.0% 0.1x
69   Herring Gull 6.3% 0.6% 5.7% 0.1x
70   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.8% 0.6% 4.3% 0.1x
71   Fish Crow 3.3% 0.6% 2.7% 0.2x
72   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.0% 0.6% 1.5% 0.3x
73   House Wren 1.3% 0.6% 0.7% 0.5x
74   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.2% 0.6% 0.7% 0.5x
75   new world sparrow sp. 1.2% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5x
76   Savannah Sparrow 4.3% 0.3% 4.1% 0.1x
77   Palm Warbler 1.8% 0.3% 1.5% 0.2x
78   American Woodcock 1.3% 0.3% 1.0% 0.2x
79   duck sp. 1.2% 0.3% 0.9% 0.2x
80   Gray Catbird 0.7% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4x
81   Common Raven 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5x
82   hawk sp. 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5x
83   blackbird sp. 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6x
84   crow sp. 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7x
85   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.8x
86   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.9x
87   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 2.5x
88   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 2.5x
89   new world vulture sp. 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 4.5x
90   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 4.5x
91   Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 27.3x
92   Common Redpoll 0% 0.3% 0.3%