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Top Birds at Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 63 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 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 39.2% 87.3% 48.1% 2.2x
2   Double-crested Cormorant 27.3% 85.7% 58.4% 3.1x
3   Bald Eagle 16.3% 79.4% 63.0% 4.9x
4   Ring-billed Gull 31.0% 76.2% 45.2% 2.5x
5   Turkey Vulture 35.0% 73.0% 38.0% 2.1x
6   Black Vulture 15.7% 61.9% 46.2% 3.9x
7   Carolina Chickadee 59.7% 49.2% 10.5% 0.8x
8   American Crow 52.4% 47.6% 4.8% 0.9x
9   Eastern Bluebird 42.6% 41.3% 1.3% 1.0x
10   Bonaparte's Gull 8.6% 39.7% 31.1% 4.6x
11   Northern Cardinal 59.3% 38.1% 21.2% 0.6x
12   Carolina Wren 61.1% 34.9% 26.2% 0.6x
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 51.3% 33.3% 17.9% 0.7x
14   Song Sparrow 49.8% 33.3% 16.5% 0.7x
15   Tufted Titmouse 54.5% 31.7% 22.7% 0.6x
16   White-throated Sparrow 53.0% 28.6% 24.5% 0.5x
17   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 41.1% 28.6% 12.5% 0.7x
18   Blue Jay 38.1% 28.6% 9.6% 0.7x
19   Dark-eyed Junco 30.3% 28.6% 1.8% 0.9x
20   Downy Woodpecker 42.4% 27.0% 15.4% 0.6x
21   Pine Warbler 20.6% 22.2% 1.6% 1.1x
22   American Goldfinch 27.6% 20.6% 7.0% 0.7x
23   Eastern Phoebe 22.8% 20.6% 2.1% 0.9x
24   American Robin 30.7% 19.0% 11.6% 0.6x
25   Golden-crowned Kinglet 25.9% 19.0% 6.8% 0.7x
26   Pileated Woodpecker 12.3% 17.5% 5.2% 1.4x
27   Savannah Sparrow 4.1% 14.3% 10.2% 3.5x
28   Eastern Towhee 32.9% 12.7% 20.2% 0.4x
29   White-breasted Nuthatch 30.3% 12.7% 17.6% 0.4x
30   Northern Mockingbird 30.0% 12.7% 17.3% 0.4x
31   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.4% 12.7% 11.7% 0.5x
32   Hermit Thrush 17.9% 12.7% 5.2% 0.7x
33   Chipping Sparrow 16.2% 12.7% 3.5% 0.8x
34   Brown-headed Nuthatch 30.3% 11.1% 19.2% 0.4x
35   Mourning Dove 30.3% 11.1% 19.2% 0.4x
36   Northern Flicker 28.1% 11.1% 16.9% 0.4x
37   Red-shouldered Hawk 25.1% 11.1% 14.0% 0.4x
38   Belted Kingfisher 20.0% 11.1% 8.9% 0.6x
39   Red-tailed Hawk 15.9% 11.1% 4.8% 0.7x
40   House Finch 21.2% 9.5% 11.7% 0.4x
41   Brown Creeper 9.0% 9.5% 0.6% 1.1x
42   Herring Gull 6.1% 9.5% 3.4% 1.6x
43   Yellow-rumped Warbler 32.4% 7.9% 24.4% 0.2x
44   Pied-billed Grebe 17.8% 7.9% 9.8% 0.4x
45   Field Sparrow 13.8% 7.9% 5.8% 0.6x
46   Winter Wren 11.0% 7.9% 3.1% 0.7x
47   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.8% 7.9% 2.9% 0.7x
48   American Kestrel 5.7% 7.9% 2.2% 1.4x
49   Canada Goose 35.3% 6.3% 28.9% 0.2x
50   Brown Thrasher 16.3% 6.3% 10.0% 0.4x
51   Palm Warbler 1.7% 6.3% 4.7% 3.8x
52   Rock Pigeon 7.1% 4.8% 2.4% 0.7x
53   gull sp. 1.5% 4.8% 3.3% 3.3x
54   Mallard 33.7% 3.2% 30.5% 0.1x
55   Killdeer 16.4% 3.2% 13.3% 0.2x
56   Swamp Sparrow 14.7% 3.2% 11.6% 0.2x
57   Red-winged Blackbird 10.8% 3.2% 7.6% 0.3x
58   Pine Siskin 6.0% 3.2% 2.8% 0.5x
59   Lesser Scaup 4.7% 3.2% 1.5% 0.7x
60   Eastern Meadowlark 4.3% 3.2% 1.1% 0.7x
61   Horned Grebe 3.8% 3.2% 0.6% 0.8x
62   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.3% 3.2% 0.1% 1.0x
63   Fish Crow 3.2% 3.2% 0.0% 1.0x
64   Purple Finch 3.0% 3.2% 0.2% 1.1x
65   House Wren 1.2% 3.2% 1.9% 2.5x
66   Northern Harrier 0.5% 3.2% 2.7% 6.9x
67   Hooded Merganser 22.1% 1.6% 20.5% 0.1x
68   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 1.6% 15.0% 0.1x
69   Hairy Woodpecker 10.2% 1.6% 8.6% 0.2x
70   Cooper's Hawk 4.0% 1.6% 2.4% 0.4x
71   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.0% 1.6% 0.4% 0.8x
72   Wilson's Snipe 2.0% 1.6% 0.4% 0.8x
73   new world sparrow sp. 1.1% 1.6% 0.4% 1.4x
74   Common Merganser 0.9% 1.6% 0.6% 1.7x
75   American Wigeon 0.7% 1.6% 0.9% 2.2x
76   crow sp. 0.4% 1.6% 1.2% 3.8x
77   new world vulture sp. 0.1% 1.6% 1.5% 25.5x