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

based on 336 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   White-throated Sparrow 61.5% 81.2% 19.8%
2   Carolina Chickadee 63.9% 80.1% 16.2%
3   Carolina Wren 68.1% 79.5% 11.4%
4   Northern Cardinal 62.5% 77.7% 15.2%
5   Downy Woodpecker 48.6% 76.8% 28.2%
6   Red-bellied Woodpecker 56.8% 76.5% 19.7%
7   Song Sparrow 54.5% 74.4% 19.9%
8   Tufted Titmouse 58.1% 73.2% 15.1%
9   American Crow 58.5% 65.8% 7.3%
10   Eastern Bluebird 49.3% 63.7% 14.3%
11   Eastern Towhee 37.5% 60.4% 22.9%
12   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50.4% 58.9% 8.5%
13   American Goldfinch 41.2% 56.8% 15.7%
14   Dark-eyed Junco 36.6% 55.7% 19.1%
15   Yellow-rumped Warbler 37.6% 54.8% 17.1%
16   Canada Goose 31.3% 54.5% 23.2%
17   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.3% 52.1% 17.7%
18   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.3% 52.1% 23.8%
19   Northern Flicker 38.7% 48.8% 10.1%
20   Eastern Phoebe 30.0% 47.3% 17.4%
21   Turkey Vulture 35.7% 44.9% 9.2%
22   American Robin 37.7% 44.0% 6.4%
23   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.1% 44.0% 9.9%
24   Great Blue Heron 43.1% 42.9% 0.2%
25   Mallard 29.7% 42.3% 12.6%
26   Blue Jay 45.9% 41.1% 4.8%
27   Northern Mockingbird 32.0% 35.4% 3.4%
28   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31.1% 34.8% 3.7%
29   Hermit Thrush 23.9% 34.8% 10.9%
30   Swamp Sparrow 17.3% 34.5% 17.3%
31   Winter Wren 15.3% 33.3% 18.1%
32   Brown Thrasher 18.4% 32.1% 13.7%
33   Golden-crowned Kinglet 33.2% 29.8% 3.5%
34   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 28.3% 7.4%
35   Black Vulture 16.8% 25.6% 8.8%
36   Field Sparrow 17.0% 25.0% 8.0%
37   House Finch 24.4% 24.1% 0.3%
38   Belted Kingfisher 24.3% 22.6% 1.7%
39   European Starling 15.1% 22.0% 6.9%
40   Hairy Woodpecker 12.5% 21.4% 8.9%
41   Cedar Waxwing 13.3% 17.6% 4.2%
42   Red-winged Blackbird 15.3% 17.3% 1.9%
43   Mourning Dove 24.3% 16.4% 7.9%
44   Pileated Woodpecker 15.7% 15.8% 0.1%
45   Pine Warbler 18.3% 13.7% 4.6%
46   Red-tailed Hawk 16.0% 13.7% 2.3%
47   Pine Siskin 8.1% 12.8% 4.7%
48   Brown Creeper 10.7% 12.2% 1.5%
49   Killdeer 18.4% 10.7% 7.7%
50   Hooded Merganser 19.2% 8.9% 10.2%
51   Great Egret 1.0% 8.0% 7.0%
52   Purple Finch 4.6% 7.4% 2.8%
53   Red-headed Woodpecker 12.4% 6.8% 5.5%
54   Gray Catbird 1.7% 3.3% 1.5%
55   Common Grackle 5.7% 3.0% 2.8%
56   Wood Duck 3.6% 2.7% 0.9%
57   Pied-billed Grebe 21.0% 2.4% 18.6%
58   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.4% 2.4% 0.1%
59   Ring-billed Gull 30.0% 2.1% 28.0%
60   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 2.1% 1.1%
61   Fox Sparrow 7.4% 1.8% 5.6%
62   Cooper's Hawk 4.7% 1.8% 2.9%
63   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.5% 1.8% 1.7%
64   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 1.8% 0.8%
65   Barred Owl 3.1% 1.5% 1.6%
66   Bald Eagle 17.6% 1.2% 16.4%
67   Savannah Sparrow 5.3% 1.2% 4.2%
68   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 1.2% 2.1%
69   Rock Pigeon 6.2% 0.9% 5.3%
70   House Wren 2.7% 0.9% 1.8%
71   Common Yellowthroat 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
72   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 0.6% 5.2%
73   Blue-headed Vireo 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
74   Common Raven 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
75   American Kestrel 6.3% 0.3% 6.0%
76   Horned Grebe 6.1% 0.3% 5.8%
77   Gadwall 5.2% 0.3% 4.9%
78   Green-winged Teal 3.2% 0.3% 2.9%
79   Palm Warbler 3.0% 0.3% 2.8%
80   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
81   Merlin 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
82   American Bittern 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
83   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
84   Baltimore Oriole 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
85   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%