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

based on 173 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Johnson 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   Great Blue Heron 41.7% 87.3% 45.5% 2.1x
2   Double-crested Cormorant 28.0% 80.3% 52.3% 2.9x
3   Carolina Wren 67.7% 79.8% 12.1% 1.2x
4   Carolina Chickadee 64.0% 78.0% 14.0% 1.2x
5   Northern Cardinal 62.6% 73.4% 10.8% 1.2x
6   Ring-billed Gull 28.2% 73.4% 45.2% 2.6x
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.7% 70.5% 12.8% 1.2x
8   Tufted Titmouse 58.2% 67.6% 9.4% 1.2x
9   American Crow 57.9% 62.4% 4.5% 1.1x
10   White-throated Sparrow 61.5% 60.1% 1.4% 1.0x
11   Belted Kingfisher 23.3% 60.1% 36.8% 2.6x
12   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.0% 59.5% 25.5% 1.8x
13   Canada Goose 31.5% 55.5% 24.0% 1.8x
14   Golden-crowned Kinglet 31.9% 54.3% 22.5% 1.7x
15   Blue Jay 46.5% 53.2% 6.7% 1.1x
16   Mallard 30.1% 53.2% 23.1% 1.8x
17   Downy Woodpecker 48.8% 52.0% 3.3% 1.1x
18   Killdeer 16.6% 50.9% 34.2% 3.1x
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 49.6% 49.1% 0.5% 1.0x
20   American Robin 35.9% 48.6% 12.6% 1.4x
21   Dark-eyed Junco 36.2% 45.1% 8.9% 1.2x
22   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.0% 45.1% 11.1% 1.3x
23   Yellow-rumped Warbler 36.3% 39.9% 3.6% 1.1x
24   Eastern Towhee 39.1% 38.7% 0.4% 1.0x
25   Eastern Bluebird 49.5% 38.2% 11.3% 0.8x
26   American Goldfinch 41.0% 34.7% 6.3% 0.8x
27   Northern Flicker 38.5% 34.1% 4.4% 0.9x
28   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.1% 34.1% 6.0% 1.2x
29   House Finch 23.7% 32.9% 9.3% 1.4x
30   Ruddy Duck 15.1% 30.1% 14.9% 2.0x
31   Hooded Merganser 19.3% 28.9% 9.6% 1.5x
32   Song Sparrow 54.4% 26.0% 28.3% 0.5x
33   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31.1% 26.0% 5.1% 0.8x
34   Eastern Phoebe 28.6% 25.4% 3.2% 0.9x
35   Pied-billed Grebe 20.1% 24.3% 4.2% 1.2x
36   Pine Warbler 18.1% 23.7% 5.6% 1.3x
37   Bufflehead 14.5% 21.4% 6.9% 1.5x
38   Brown Creeper 10.9% 21.4% 10.5% 2.0x
39   Pileated Woodpecker 15.7% 17.3% 1.7% 1.1x
40   Wilson's Snipe 1.6% 17.3% 15.8% 11.1x
41   Mourning Dove 24.5% 16.2% 8.3% 0.7x
42   Chipping Sparrow 20.7% 15.6% 5.0% 0.8x
43   Bald Eagle 16.5% 14.5% 2.1% 0.9x
44   Hermit Thrush 22.4% 13.9% 8.6% 0.6x
45   Hairy Woodpecker 12.1% 12.7% 0.6% 1.1x
46   Northern Shoveler 4.3% 12.1% 7.8% 2.8x
47   Turkey Vulture 36.9% 11.0% 25.9% 0.3x
48   Northern Mockingbird 33.0% 10.4% 22.6% 0.3x
49   Great Egret 1.1% 7.5% 6.4% 6.8x
50   Brown Thrasher 19.7% 6.4% 13.3% 0.3x
51   Swamp Sparrow 17.2% 6.4% 10.9% 0.4x
52   Red-tailed Hawk 16.8% 5.8% 11.1% 0.3x
53   Winter Wren 15.3% 5.8% 9.5% 0.4x
54   European Starling 16.2% 4.0% 12.2% 0.2x
55   Red-winged Blackbird 14.9% 4.0% 10.8% 0.3x
56   Cedar Waxwing 12.0% 3.5% 8.5% 0.3x
57   Pine Siskin 9.4% 3.5% 5.9% 0.4x
58   Ring-necked Duck 8.6% 3.5% 5.1% 0.4x
59   Gadwall 5.1% 2.3% 2.8% 0.5x
60   Cooper's Hawk 4.8% 2.3% 2.5% 0.5x
61   Common Grackle 5.9% 1.7% 4.1% 0.3x
62   Barred Owl 3.0% 1.7% 1.3% 0.6x
63   Blue-headed Vireo 1.1% 1.7% 0.7% 1.6x
64   Horned Grebe 5.6% 1.2% 4.4% 0.2x
65   Purple Finch 5.5% 1.2% 4.4% 0.2x
66   American Coot 3.2% 1.2% 2.0% 0.4x
67   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.7% 1.2% 1.5% 0.4x
68   Fish Crow 1.3% 1.2% 0.1% 0.9x
69   duck sp. 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 1.0x
70   new world sparrow sp. 1.0% 1.2% 0.2% 1.2x
71   Field Sparrow 18.3% 0.6% 17.7% 0.0x
72   Black Vulture 17.9% 0.6% 17.4% 0.0x
73   Bonaparte's Gull 11.7% 0.6% 11.1% 0.0x
74   Fox Sparrow 7.1% 0.6% 6.5% 0.1x
75   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 0.6% 5.4% 0.1x
76   Herring Gull 5.7% 0.6% 5.1% 0.1x
77   Red-breasted Nuthatch 4.2% 0.6% 3.6% 0.1x
78   Wood Duck 3.9% 0.6% 3.3% 0.1x
79   gull sp. 1.8% 0.6% 1.3% 0.3x
80   Redhead 1.1% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5x
81   Northern Pintail 1.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.6x
82   blackbird sp. 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
83   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 2.0x
84   Virginia Rail 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 2.5x
85   passerine sp. 0.2% 0.6% 0.4% 2.8x
86   Laughing Gull 0.2% 0.6% 0.4% 3.5x
87   woodpecker sp. 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 5.0x
88   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 5.5x