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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 401 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 59.1% 84.5% 25.5% 1.4x
2   White-throated Sparrow 52.8% 82.0% 29.2% 1.6x
3   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 79.8% 20.8% 1.4x
4   Carolina Wren 60.5% 79.3% 18.8% 1.3x
5   Tufted Titmouse 54.3% 74.1% 19.8% 1.4x
6   Song Sparrow 49.6% 74.1% 24.5% 1.5x
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 52.1% 72.1% 20.0% 1.4x
8   Downy Woodpecker 42.6% 69.8% 27.2% 1.6x
9   American Crow 52.1% 65.8% 13.8% 1.3x
10   Canada Goose 33.7% 63.3% 29.7% 1.9x
11   Mallard 32.2% 62.8% 30.7% 2.0x
12   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.1% 57.9% 32.8% 2.3x
13   Eastern Bluebird 43.0% 57.4% 14.4% 1.3x
14   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.4% 51.9% 9.5% 1.2x
15   Turkey Vulture 34.5% 51.6% 17.1% 1.5x
16   Dark-eyed Junco 31.1% 49.1% 18.0% 1.6x
17   Great Blue Heron 39.5% 47.9% 8.4% 1.2x
18   Eastern Towhee 33.2% 47.1% 13.9% 1.4x
19   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.0% 46.6% 14.7% 1.5x
20   Eastern Phoebe 22.5% 46.4% 23.9% 2.1x
21   White-breasted Nuthatch 30.5% 45.1% 14.6% 1.5x
22   American Goldfinch 28.8% 43.4% 14.6% 1.5x
23   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.7% 42.4% 8.7% 1.3x
24   American Robin 32.8% 39.9% 7.1% 1.2x
25   Swamp Sparrow 14.3% 37.4% 23.1% 2.6x
26   Blue Jay 39.8% 36.2% 3.7% 0.9x
27   Northern Flicker 28.6% 35.9% 7.3% 1.3x
28   Black Vulture 15.5% 35.2% 19.6% 2.3x
29   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 33.4% 5.1% 1.2x
30   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.6% 27.2% 2.6% 1.1x
31   Hermit Thrush 18.1% 27.2% 9.1% 1.5x
32   Brown Thrasher 15.4% 27.2% 11.8% 1.8x
33   Golden-crowned Kinglet 27.7% 25.4% 2.3% 0.9x
34   Winter Wren 10.6% 24.7% 14.1% 2.3x
35   Chipping Sparrow 15.9% 23.4% 7.5% 1.5x
36   Mourning Dove 30.4% 23.2% 7.2% 0.8x
37   House Finch 22.4% 21.9% 0.4% 1.0x
38   Pine Warbler 22.1% 21.9% 0.1% 1.0x
39   Field Sparrow 13.0% 20.7% 7.7% 1.6x
40   European Starling 16.0% 19.5% 3.4% 1.2x
41   Belted Kingfisher 19.8% 18.7% 1.1% 0.9x
42   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 17.5% 7.3% 1.7x
43   Pileated Woodpecker 12.9% 16.7% 3.8% 1.3x
44   Hooded Merganser 21.5% 15.5% 6.0% 0.7x
45   Brown Creeper 9.1% 12.5% 3.3% 1.4x
46   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.4% 11.5% 0.0% 1.0x
47   Red-tailed Hawk 15.8% 11.0% 4.8% 0.7x
48   Red-winged Blackbird 11.7% 10.7% 1.0% 0.9x
49   Pine Siskin 4.9% 10.5% 5.6% 2.2x
50   Cedar Waxwing 6.9% 9.7% 2.8% 1.4x
51   Great Egret 1.1% 9.2% 8.1% 8.3x
52   Pied-billed Grebe 17.1% 6.7% 10.4% 0.4x
53   Killdeer 15.7% 6.5% 9.2% 0.4x
54   Wood Duck 3.1% 6.2% 3.1% 2.0x
55   Purple Finch 4.0% 6.0% 2.0% 1.5x
56   Ring-billed Gull 31.3% 4.7% 26.5% 0.2x
57   Common Grackle 4.8% 4.2% 0.6% 0.9x
58   Barred Owl 3.1% 4.2% 1.1% 1.4x
59   Green-winged Teal 3.8% 2.7% 1.0% 0.7x
60   Cooper's Hawk 4.0% 2.0% 2.0% 0.5x
61   Common Yellowthroat 0.4% 1.7% 1.3% 4.0x
62   Bald Eagle 17.7% 1.5% 16.2% 0.1x
63   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.9% 1.2% 1.7% 0.4x
64   House Wren 1.3% 1.2% 0.1% 1.0x
65   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 1.0% 6.3% 0.1x
66   Rock Pigeon 6.6% 0.7% 5.9% 0.1x
67   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.0% 0.7% 4.2% 0.2x
68   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 0.7% 1.2% 0.4x
69   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.1% 0.7% 0.4% 0.7x
70   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7x
71   new world sparrow sp. 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7x
72   Double-crested Cormorant 30.2% 0.5% 29.7% 0.0x
73   Bufflehead 16.1% 0.5% 15.6% 0.0x
74   Herring Gull 5.7% 0.5% 5.2% 0.1x
75   Fish Crow 3.3% 0.5% 2.8% 0.2x
76   blackbird sp. 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.2x
77   Merlin 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.3x
78   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.4x
79   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.9x
80   new world vulture sp. 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 8.2x
81   Savannah Sparrow 4.2% 0.2% 4.0% 0.1x
82   Palm Warbler 1.8% 0.2% 1.5% 0.1x
83   House Sparrow 1.6% 0.2% 1.4% 0.2x
84   American Woodcock 1.4% 0.2% 1.2% 0.2x
85   duck sp. 1.2% 0.2% 0.9% 0.2x
86   Gray Catbird 0.9% 0.2% 0.6% 0.3x
87   Common Raven 0.6% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4x
88   hawk sp. 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.5x
89   crow sp. 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7x
90   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 1.4x
91   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.2x
92   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.4x
93   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 3.2x
94   Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 28.7x
95   Common Redpoll 0% 0.2% 0.2%