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Top Birds at Lake Wheeler marshes in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 117 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Wheeler marshes 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   Great Blue Heron 39.4% 82.9% 43.5% 2.1x
2   Ring-billed Gull 29.9% 76.1% 46.1% 2.5x
3   Canada Goose 34.3% 73.5% 39.2% 2.1x
4   American Crow 52.4% 71.8% 19.4% 1.4x
5   Mallard 32.8% 70.1% 37.2% 2.1x
6   Double-crested Cormorant 28.9% 59.0% 30.1% 2.0x
7   Carolina Wren 61.2% 53.8% 7.4% 0.9x
8   Bald Eagle 16.8% 51.3% 34.5% 3.0x
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 52.8% 47.9% 4.9% 0.9x
10   Pied-billed Grebe 16.5% 45.3% 28.8% 2.7x
11   Tufted Titmouse 55.0% 42.7% 12.3% 0.8x
12   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.7% 42.7% 0.0% 1.0x
13   Carolina Chickadee 60.1% 41.9% 18.2% 0.7x
14   Gadwall 5.1% 41.9% 36.8% 8.2x
15   Killdeer 15.2% 37.6% 22.4% 2.5x
16   Belted Kingfisher 19.6% 35.9% 16.3% 1.8x
17   Ruddy Duck 16.4% 34.2% 17.8% 2.1x
18   Ring-necked Duck 9.1% 34.2% 25.1% 3.8x
19   Blue Jay 39.8% 33.3% 6.4% 0.8x
20   Northern Cardinal 60.0% 31.6% 28.3% 0.5x
21   Yellow-rumped Warbler 34.0% 31.6% 2.4% 0.9x
22   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.1% 31.6% 5.5% 1.2x
23   Hooded Merganser 21.2% 31.6% 10.4% 1.5x
24   Golden-crowned Kinglet 27.7% 28.2% 0.5% 1.0x
25   American Wigeon 1.0% 26.5% 25.5% 25.6x
26   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.5% 25.6% 6.9% 0.8x
27   Northern Pintail 0.4% 25.6% 25.3% 65.8x
28   Pileated Woodpecker 13.0% 24.8% 11.8% 1.9x
29   Northern Shoveler 3.7% 23.9% 20.2% 6.4x
30   Pine Warbler 22.1% 22.2% 0.2% 1.0x
31   Green-winged Teal 3.6% 20.5% 17.0% 5.8x
32   American Goldfinch 29.4% 18.8% 10.6% 0.6x
33   Wood Duck 3.1% 17.9% 14.9% 5.9x
34   Redhead 0.9% 17.1% 16.2% 18.3x
35   Song Sparrow 50.8% 14.5% 36.2% 0.3x
36   Downy Woodpecker 43.8% 14.5% 29.3% 0.3x
37   White-throated Sparrow 54.2% 13.7% 40.6% 0.3x
38   Eastern Bluebird 43.7% 13.7% 30.1% 0.3x
39   Mourning Dove 30.3% 13.7% 16.7% 0.5x
40   Northern Flicker 29.0% 13.7% 15.3% 0.5x
41   American Robin 33.2% 12.0% 21.3% 0.4x
42   Wilson's Snipe 1.9% 12.0% 10.0% 6.1x
43   Turkey Vulture 35.3% 9.4% 25.9% 0.3x
44   Eastern Phoebe 23.5% 8.5% 14.9% 0.4x
45   Fish Crow 3.2% 8.5% 5.4% 2.7x
46   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.8% 7.7% 17.1% 0.3x
47   Brown Thrasher 15.8% 7.7% 8.1% 0.5x
48   Winter Wren 11.1% 6.8% 4.2% 0.6x
49   Black Vulture 16.3% 6.0% 10.3% 0.4x
50   Bufflehead 15.6% 6.0% 9.6% 0.4x
51   Herring Gull 5.6% 5.1% 0.4% 0.9x
52   Eastern Towhee 34.0% 4.3% 29.7% 0.1x
53   Northern Mockingbird 28.7% 4.3% 24.5% 0.1x
54   Hermit Thrush 18.5% 4.3% 14.2% 0.2x
55   Chipping Sparrow 16.3% 4.3% 12.0% 0.3x
56   Red-winged Blackbird 11.8% 4.3% 7.5% 0.4x
57   Bonaparte's Gull 8.8% 4.3% 4.6% 0.5x
58   American Black Duck 1.8% 4.3% 2.4% 2.3x
59   duck sp. 1.1% 4.3% 3.2% 3.9x
60   Mute Swan 1.0% 4.3% 3.2% 4.1x
61   Dunlin 0% 4.3% 4.3%
62   House Finch 22.5% 3.4% 19.1% 0.2x
63   Red-tailed Hawk 15.8% 3.4% 12.3% 0.2x
64   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.5% 3.4% 8.1% 0.3x
65   White-breasted Nuthatch 31.3% 2.6% 28.8% 0.1x
66   Brown Creeper 9.3% 2.6% 6.7% 0.3x
67   Cooper's Hawk 4.0% 2.6% 1.4% 0.6x
68   Barred Owl 3.2% 2.6% 0.6% 0.8x
69   Cedar Waxwing 7.1% 1.7% 5.4% 0.2x
70   Lesser Scaup 4.2% 1.7% 2.5% 0.4x
71   Great Egret 1.4% 1.7% 0.3% 1.2x
72   Canvasback 1.3% 1.7% 0.4% 1.3x
73   Graylag Goose 0.5% 1.7% 1.2% 3.2x
74   Least Sandpiper 0.1% 1.7% 1.7% 28.8x
75   Blue-winged Teal 0.1% 1.7% 1.7% 28.8x
76   Dark-eyed Junco 32.1% 0.9% 31.2% 0.0x
77   Hairy Woodpecker 10.5% 0.9% 9.6% 0.1x
78   Fox Sparrow 7.1% 0.9% 6.3% 0.1x
79   Common Grackle 4.8% 0.9% 4.0% 0.2x
80   Horned Grebe 4.2% 0.9% 3.3% 0.2x
81   Purple Finch 4.1% 0.9% 3.3% 0.2x
82   American Coot 2.8% 0.9% 2.0% 0.3x
83   gull sp. 1.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.6x
84   Great Horned Owl 1.3% 0.9% 0.5% 0.7x
85   Red-breasted Merganser 1.0% 0.9% 0.2% 0.8x
86   Merlin 0.4% 0.9% 0.5% 2.3x
87   crow sp. 0.3% 0.9% 0.5% 2.5x
88   Great Black-backed Gull 0.3% 0.9% 0.6% 3.4x
89   Baltimore Oriole 0.2% 0.9% 0.6% 3.5x
90   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.1% 0.9% 0.7% 6.7x
91   Buteo sp. 0.1% 0.9% 0.8% 9.2x