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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 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.

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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% 11.9% 1.2x
3   Carolina Chickadee 63.9% 79.0% 15.1% 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 57.8% 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 49.4% 57.9% 8.5% 1.2x
13   American Goldfinch 40.2% 57.6% 17.4% 1.4x
14   Dark-eyed Junco 35.7% 55.2% 19.4% 1.5x
15   Yellow-rumped Warbler 35.7% 53.8% 18.1% 1.5x
16   Red-shouldered Hawk 27.4% 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 35.9% 47.9% 12.0% 1.3x
20   Northern Flicker 38.0% 46.6% 8.5% 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 28.1% 43.8% 15.7% 1.6x
24   Great Blue Heron 42.6% 42.4% 0.2% 1.0x
25   Blue Jay 46.8% 41.4% 5.5% 0.9x
26   American Robin 36.0% 39.3% 3.3% 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 14.6% 31.7% 17.1% 2.2x
30   Brown Thrasher 19.0% 31.0% 12.0% 1.6x
31   Golden-crowned Kinglet 32.5% 30.7% 1.8% 0.9x
32   Hermit Thrush 22.0% 30.7% 8.7% 1.4x
33   Swamp Sparrow 16.5% 30.7% 14.2% 1.9x
34   Chipping Sparrow 20.3% 30.0% 9.7% 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% 8.6% 1.7x
39   House Finch 24.1% 19.7% 4.4% 0.8x
40   European Starling 15.9% 16.9% 0.9% 1.1x
41   Mourning Dove 24.6% 15.9% 8.7% 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 18.4% 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% 3.8% 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% 3.0% 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 20.7% 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% 5.0% 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% 28.2% 0.1x
65   Barred Owl 3.1% 1.7% 1.3% 0.6x
66   new world sparrow sp. 1.0% 1.7% 0.7% 1.7x
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 2.9% 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% 0.8x
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