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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 218 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
1   Great Blue Heron 42.1% 88.1% 46.0%
2   Carolina Wren 68.1% 82.1% 14.0%
3   Carolina Chickadee 64.1% 79.8% 15.7%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 29.2% 75.7% 46.5%
5   Northern Cardinal 62.7% 75.2% 12.5%
6   Tufted Titmouse 58.3% 72.5% 14.2%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.2% 68.3% 11.1%
8   American Crow 58.5% 67.0% 8.4%
9   White-throated Sparrow 62.1% 64.7% 2.6%
10   White-breasted Nuthatch 33.8% 62.4% 28.6%
11   Ring-billed Gull 28.4% 61.9% 33.5%
12   Belted Kingfisher 23.5% 61.5% 38.0%
13   Golden-crowned Kinglet 32.5% 60.1% 27.5%
14   Canada Goose 31.5% 57.8% 26.3%
15   Blue Jay 45.5% 57.3% 11.9%
16   Mallard 29.5% 56.4% 26.9%
17   Downy Woodpecker 49.4% 55.0% 5.7%
18   Killdeer 17.4% 52.8% 35.3%
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50.7% 51.8% 1.2%
20   American Robin 37.6% 50.5% 12.8%
21   Dark-eyed Junco 37.0% 48.2% 11.2%
22   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.6% 48.2% 13.5%
23   Yellow-rumped Warbler 38.1% 42.2% 4.1%
24   Eastern Towhee 38.3% 39.4% 1.2%
25   Eastern Bluebird 50.1% 38.1% 12.0%
26   American Goldfinch 41.8% 35.8% 6.0%
27   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.9% 35.3% 6.4%
28   Northern Flicker 39.1% 34.9% 4.2%
29   House Finch 24.2% 34.4% 10.2%
30   Song Sparrow 55.7% 30.3% 25.4%
31   Eastern Phoebe 30.5% 30.3% 0.3%
32   Ruddy Duck 15.1% 30.3% 15.1%
33   Hooded Merganser 18.6% 29.8% 11.2%
34   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31.4% 24.3% 7.1%
35   Bufflehead 14.0% 24.3% 10.3%
36   Pied-billed Grebe 20.3% 23.4% 3.1%
37   Pine Warbler 18.1% 22.5% 4.4%
38   Brown Creeper 10.5% 19.3% 8.7%
39   Pileated Woodpecker 15.6% 18.3% 2.7%
40   Mourning Dove 24.2% 17.9% 6.3%
41   Chipping Sparrow 21.2% 17.4% 3.7%
42   Hermit Thrush 24.4% 17.0% 7.5%
43   Hairy Woodpecker 12.7% 16.1% 3.3%
44   Wilson's Snipe 1.7% 16.1% 14.4%
45   Bald Eagle 17.1% 13.3% 3.8%
46   Turkey Vulture 36.5% 12.4% 24.2%
47   Northern Shoveler 4.2% 12.4% 8.2%
48   Northern Mockingbird 32.6% 11.9% 20.6%
49   Red-tailed Hawk 16.2% 6.0% 10.2%
50   Winter Wren 16.0% 6.0% 10.1%
51   Great Egret 1.1% 6.0% 4.8%
52   Brown Thrasher 19.1% 5.5% 13.6%
53   Swamp Sparrow 18.1% 5.0% 13.0%
54   Cedar Waxwing 13.7% 5.0% 8.6%
55   Red-winged Blackbird 15.6% 3.7% 12.0%
56   Gadwall 5.1% 3.7% 1.4%
57   European Starling 15.6% 3.2% 12.4%
58   Pine Siskin 8.4% 3.2% 5.2%
59   Ring-necked Duck 8.1% 2.8% 5.3%
60   Cooper's Hawk 4.7% 1.8% 2.8%
61   Black Vulture 17.4% 1.4% 16.0%
62   Common Grackle 5.7% 1.4% 4.4%
63   Barred Owl 3.1% 1.4% 1.7%
64   Fish Crow 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
65   Blue-headed Vireo 1.3% 1.4% 0.1%
66   Horned Grebe 6.0% 0.9% 5.1%
67   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 0.9% 4.8%
68   Purple Finch 4.8% 0.9% 3.9%
69   American Coot 3.3% 0.9% 2.4%
70   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.5% 0.9% 1.6%
71   Spotted Sandpiper 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
72   Field Sparrow 17.6% 0.5% 17.2%
73   Bonaparte's Gull 13.0% 0.5% 12.5%
74   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 0.5% 6.9%
75   American Kestrel 6.3% 0.5% 5.8%
76   Herring Gull 5.5% 0.5% 5.0%
77   Wood Duck 3.6% 0.5% 3.1%
78   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.5% 0.5% 3.0%
79   Red-breasted Merganser 1.5% 0.5% 1.1%
80   Northern Pintail 1.0% 0.5% 0.6%
81   Redhead 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
82   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
83   Laughing Gull 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%