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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 448 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
1   Carolina Chickadee 57.8% 84.6% 26.8%
2   White-throated Sparrow 52.5% 83.0% 30.5%
3   Northern Cardinal 58.2% 81.0% 22.8%
4   Carolina Wren 59.9% 78.8% 18.9%
5   Song Sparrow 49.9% 75.2% 25.4%
6   Tufted Titmouse 53.1% 74.3% 21.2%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 50.7% 72.3% 21.6%
8   Downy Woodpecker 42.3% 70.5% 28.2%
9   American Crow 52.3% 66.7% 14.4%
10   Canada Goose 33.5% 64.1% 30.5%
11   Mallard 31.3% 63.4% 32.1%
12   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.3% 58.9% 33.7%
13   Eastern Bluebird 43.8% 57.1% 13.4%
14   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.0% 52.7% 10.7%
15   Great Blue Heron 38.7% 49.6% 10.9%
16   Eastern Phoebe 23.6% 49.3% 25.7%
17   Turkey Vulture 35.0% 48.7% 13.7%
18   Dark-eyed Junco 31.4% 48.4% 17.0%
19   Eastern Towhee 32.1% 47.1% 15.0%
20   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.4% 46.9% 15.4%
21   White-breasted Nuthatch 29.7% 45.3% 15.6%
22   American Goldfinch 28.4% 43.3% 14.9%
23   American Robin 34.3% 42.9% 8.5%
24   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.1% 42.2% 8.1%
25   Swamp Sparrow 14.7% 40.2% 25.5%
26   Northern Flicker 27.8% 37.9% 10.1%
27   Blue Jay 38.9% 35.5% 3.4%
28   Black Vulture 15.6% 33.0% 17.5%
29   Northern Mockingbird 28.7% 32.8% 4.1%
30   Hermit Thrush 17.9% 29.5% 11.6%
31   Brown Thrasher 14.7% 28.8% 14.1%
32   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.3% 28.1% 3.9%
33   Winter Wren 10.7% 25.0% 14.3%
34   Golden-crowned Kinglet 26.7% 24.8% 1.9%
35   European Starling 16.3% 24.1% 7.8%
36   Pine Warbler 21.7% 23.4% 1.8%
37   House Finch 23.6% 22.5% 1.1%
38   Chipping Sparrow 16.3% 22.1% 5.8%
39   Mourning Dove 30.2% 21.7% 8.6%
40   Field Sparrow 13.0% 20.8% 7.8%
41   Belted Kingfisher 19.4% 19.9% 0.4%
42   Pileated Woodpecker 12.4% 19.6% 7.2%
43   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 18.5% 8.5%
44   Hooded Merganser 20.7% 16.3% 4.4%
45   Red-winged Blackbird 12.0% 12.7% 0.8%
46   Brown Creeper 8.6% 11.6% 3.1%
47   Red-tailed Hawk 15.2% 10.5% 4.7%
48   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.7% 10.3% 0.4%
49   Killdeer 16.6% 10.0% 6.5%
50   Cedar Waxwing 7.3% 9.8% 2.5%
51   Pine Siskin 4.2% 9.6% 5.4%
52   Great Egret 1.1% 8.3% 7.1%
53   Pied-billed Grebe 16.8% 6.0% 10.8%
54   Purple Finch 3.6% 5.6% 2.0%
55   Wood Duck 3.0% 5.6% 2.6%
56   Ring-billed Gull 30.5% 5.1% 25.3%
57   Common Grackle 4.8% 4.9% 0.2%
58   Barred Owl 2.9% 3.8% 0.9%
59   Bald Eagle 17.4% 2.9% 14.5%
60   Green-winged Teal 3.5% 2.5% 1.1%
61   Cooper's Hawk 3.9% 2.0% 1.9%
62   Common Yellowthroat 0.4% 1.6% 1.2%
63   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.4% 1.1% 1.3%
64   House Wren 1.3% 1.1% 0.2%
65   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 0.9% 6.0%
66   Rock Pigeon 6.7% 0.7% 6.0%
67   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.9% 0.7% 4.2%
68   Fish Crow 4.4% 0.7% 3.8%
69   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.8% 0.7% 1.2%
70   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
71   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
72   Double-crested Cormorant 30.9% 0.4% 30.4%
73   Bufflehead 15.8% 0.4% 15.3%
74   Herring Gull 5.7% 0.4% 5.3%
75   Merlin 0.4% 0.4% 0.1%
76   Greater Yellowlegs 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
77   Savannah Sparrow 4.4% 0.2% 4.2%
78   Palm Warbler 2.1% 0.2% 1.8%
79   House Sparrow 1.7% 0.2% 1.4%
80   American Woodcock 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
81   Gray Catbird 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
82   Common Raven 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
83   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
84   Common Redpoll 0% 0.2% 0.2%