Top Birds at Sandy Creek Park in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 290 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Creek Park 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 | White-throated Sparrow | 60.9% | 79.7% | 18.8% | 1.3x | |||
| 2 | Carolina Wren | 67.5% | 79.3% | 11.8% | 1.2x | |||
| 3 | Carolina Chickadee | 63.8% | 79.0% | 15.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 4 | Northern Cardinal | 62.4% | 76.6% | 14.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 5 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 57.3% | 76.2% | 18.9% | 1.3x | |||
| 6 | Downy Woodpecker | 47.9% | 75.2% | 27.3% | 1.6x | |||
| 7 | Song Sparrow | 53.1% | 74.5% | 21.4% | 1.4x | |||
| 8 | Tufted Titmouse | 57.9% | 73.4% | 15.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 9 | American Crow | 57.8% | 64.8% | 7.0% | 1.1x | |||
| 10 | Eastern Bluebird | 48.8% | 62.1% | 13.3% | 1.3x | |||
| 11 | Eastern Towhee | 38.4% | 59.3% | 20.9% | 1.5x | |||
| 12 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 49.3% | 57.9% | 8.6% | 1.2x | |||
| 13 | American Goldfinch | 40.3% | 57.6% | 17.3% | 1.4x | |||
| 14 | Dark-eyed Junco | 35.7% | 55.2% | 19.5% | 1.5x | |||
| 15 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 35.8% | 53.8% | 18.0% | 1.5x | |||
| 16 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 27.3% | 53.4% | 26.1% | 2.0x | |||
| 17 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 33.6% | 51.4% | 17.8% | 1.5x | |||
| 18 | Canada Goose | 31.3% | 50.3% | 19.0% | 1.6x | |||
| 19 | Turkey Vulture | 36.0% | 47.9% | 12.0% | 1.3x | |||
| 20 | Northern Flicker | 38.1% | 46.6% | 8.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 21 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 34.2% | 43.8% | 9.6% | 1.3x | |||
| 22 | Mallard | 30.1% | 43.8% | 13.7% | 1.5x | |||
| 23 | Eastern Phoebe | 28.0% | 43.8% | 15.8% | 1.6x | |||
| 24 | Great Blue Heron | 42.6% | 42.4% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 25 | Blue Jay | 46.8% | 41.4% | 5.4% | 0.9x | |||
| 26 | American Robin | 36.1% | 39.3% | 3.2% | 1.1x | |||
| 27 | Northern Mockingbird | 32.4% | 37.6% | 5.2% | 1.2x | |||
| 28 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 30.8% | 36.2% | 5.4% | 1.2x | |||
| 29 | Winter Wren | 14.5% | 31.7% | 17.2% | 2.2x | |||
| 30 | Brown Thrasher | 19.0% | 31.0% | 12.0% | 1.6x | |||
| 31 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 32.4% | 30.7% | 1.7% | 0.9x | |||
| 32 | Hermit Thrush | 22.0% | 30.7% | 8.7% | 1.4x | |||
| 33 | Swamp Sparrow | 16.5% | 30.7% | 14.1% | 1.9x | |||
| 34 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.2% | 30.0% | 9.8% | 1.5x | |||
| 35 | Black Vulture | 17.2% | 28.3% | 11.0% | 1.6x | |||
| 36 | Field Sparrow | 17.7% | 24.5% | 6.8% | 1.4x | |||
| 37 | Belted Kingfisher | 24.2% | 21.4% | 2.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 38 | Hairy Woodpecker | 11.8% | 20.3% | 8.5% | 1.7x | |||
| 39 | House Finch | 24.0% | 19.7% | 4.4% | 0.8x | |||
| 40 | European Starling | 15.9% | 16.9% | 1.0% | 1.1x | |||
| 41 | Mourning Dove | 24.7% | 15.9% | 8.8% | 0.6x | |||
| 42 | Pileated Woodpecker | 15.7% | 15.2% | 0.5% | 1.0x | |||
| 43 | Red-tailed Hawk | 16.7% | 14.5% | 2.2% | 0.9x | |||
| 44 | Pine Warbler | 18.3% | 13.8% | 4.6% | 0.8x | |||
| 45 | Pine Siskin | 9.1% | 13.8% | 4.7% | 1.5x | |||
| 46 | Brown Creeper | 11.0% | 13.1% | 2.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 47 | Cedar Waxwing | 11.8% | 12.8% | 0.9% | 1.1x | |||
| 48 | Red-winged Blackbird | 14.8% | 11.0% | 3.7% | 0.7x | |||
| 49 | Great Egret | 1.0% | 9.3% | 8.4% | 9.7x | |||
| 50 | Hooded Merganser | 19.8% | 9.0% | 10.9% | 0.5x | |||
| 51 | Killdeer | 17.6% | 8.3% | 9.3% | 0.5x | |||
| 52 | Purple Finch | 5.3% | 8.3% | 2.9% | 1.6x | |||
| 53 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 12.8% | 7.9% | 4.9% | 0.6x | |||
| 54 | Gray Catbird | 1.7% | 3.8% | 2.1% | 2.2x | |||
| 55 | Pied-billed Grebe | 20.8% | 2.8% | 18.0% | 0.1x | |||
| 56 | Common Grackle | 5.9% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 0.5x | |||
| 57 | Wood Duck | 3.9% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 0.7x | |||
| 58 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 1.0% | 2.4% | 1.4% | 2.5x | |||
| 59 | Fox Sparrow | 7.1% | 2.1% | 5.1% | 0.3x | |||
| 60 | Cooper's Hawk | 4.9% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 0.4x | |||
| 61 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 0.5x | |||
| 62 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.6% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 0.8x | |||
| 63 | Black-and-white Warbler | 1.0% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 2.1x | |||
| 64 | Ring-billed Gull | 30.0% | 1.7% | 28.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 65 | Barred Owl | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.6x | |||
| 66 | new world sparrow sp. | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1.8x | |||
| 67 | Savannah Sparrow | 4.9% | 1.4% | 3.5% | 0.3x | |||
| 68 | Rusty Blackbird | 3.4% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 0.4x | |||
| 69 | Common Yellowthroat | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 2.0x | |||
| 70 | Bald Eagle | 17.0% | 0.7% | 16.3% | 0.0x | |||
| 71 | Rock Pigeon | 6.6% | 0.7% | 5.9% | 0.1x | |||
| 72 | House Wren | 3.0% | 0.7% | 2.3% | 0.2x | |||
| 73 | Blue-headed Vireo | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.6x | |||
| 74 | Common Raven | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 75 | blackbird sp. | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1.2x | |||
| 76 | hawk sp. | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1.4x | |||
| 77 | new world vulture sp. | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 5.3x | |||
| 78 | woodpecker sp. | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 6.5x | |||
| 79 | American Kestrel | 6.5% | 0.3% | 6.1% | 0.1x | |||
| 80 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 6.0% | 0.3% | 5.7% | 0.1x | |||
| 81 | Horned Grebe | 5.7% | 0.3% | 5.3% | 0.1x | |||
| 82 | Gadwall | 5.2% | 0.3% | 4.8% | 0.1x | |||
| 83 | Merlin | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6x | |||
| 84 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
| 85 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
| 86 | Wild Turkey | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 87 | Baltimore Oriole | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.5x | |||
| 88 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.8x |