Bird Finder

Top Birds at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 345 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 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   Northern Cardinal 58.0% 91.9% 33.9% 1.6x
2   White-throated Sparrow 51.5% 89.9% 38.3% 1.7x
3   Carolina Chickadee 58.6% 87.8% 29.2% 1.5x
4   Song Sparrow 48.4% 84.9% 36.5% 1.8x
5   Carolina Wren 60.3% 78.0% 17.7% 1.3x
6   House Finch 19.1% 77.1% 58.0% 4.0x
7   Eastern Towhee 31.1% 76.2% 45.1% 2.4x
8   Tufted Titmouse 53.5% 75.9% 22.4% 1.4x
9   Blue Jay 36.7% 75.1% 38.4% 2.0x
10   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 75.1% 46.8% 2.7x
11   Mourning Dove 28.7% 71.3% 42.6% 2.5x
12   Downy Woodpecker 41.4% 65.5% 24.1% 1.6x
13   American Crow 51.9% 64.9% 13.0% 1.3x
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 50.6% 64.6% 14.0% 1.3x
15   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.1% 63.2% 32.1% 2.0x
16   European Starling 15.2% 60.9% 45.6% 4.0x
17   Eastern Bluebird 42.0% 57.1% 15.1% 1.4x
18   Dark-eyed Junco 29.4% 56.2% 26.9% 1.9x
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 29.2% 55.7% 26.4% 1.9x
20   Northern Flicker 27.0% 53.6% 26.6% 2.0x
21   Field Sparrow 12.3% 52.2% 39.9% 4.2x
22   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40.6% 51.6% 11.0% 1.3x
23   American Robin 29.9% 49.9% 19.9% 1.7x
24   Chipping Sparrow 14.9% 49.6% 34.6% 3.3x
25   Brown-headed Nuthatch 29.6% 46.4% 16.8% 1.6x
26   Brown Thrasher 15.3% 43.5% 28.2% 2.8x
27   American Goldfinch 27.1% 42.3% 15.3% 1.6x
28   Pine Warbler 20.0% 35.7% 15.6% 1.8x
29   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.6% 35.1% 31.5% 9.8x
30   Swamp Sparrow 13.9% 33.6% 19.7% 2.4x
31   Red-tailed Hawk 15.3% 32.5% 17.2% 2.1x
32   Red-shouldered Hawk 24.7% 31.9% 7.2% 1.3x
33   Turkey Vulture 35.4% 31.6% 3.8% 0.9x
34   Red-winged Blackbird 9.9% 31.3% 21.4% 3.1x
35   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.1% 29.0% 4.9% 1.2x
36   Canada Goose 35.5% 24.9% 10.5% 0.7x
37   Fox Sparrow 5.7% 24.9% 19.2% 4.4x
38   Cedar Waxwing 7.4% 24.3% 16.9% 3.3x
39   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 22.3% 21.6% 29.8x
40   Eastern Phoebe 22.8% 22.0% 0.8% 1.0x
41   Golden-crowned Kinglet 26.0% 21.2% 4.8% 0.8x
42   Hermit Thrush 17.8% 20.0% 2.2% 1.1x
43   Winter Wren 10.7% 17.7% 6.9% 1.6x
44   Rock Pigeon 6.8% 16.2% 9.5% 2.4x
45   Ring-billed Gull 31.9% 15.7% 16.2% 0.5x
46   Hooded Merganser 22.3% 13.6% 8.6% 0.6x
47   House Wren 0.9% 11.9% 11.0% 13.7x
48   Common Grackle 4.1% 11.6% 7.5% 2.8x
49   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 11.6% 7.9% 3.1x
50   American Bittern 0.0% 10.7% 10.7% 1002.5x
51   Double-crested Cormorant 28.4% 9.3% 19.1% 0.3x
52   Pine Siskin 5.9% 9.0% 3.1% 1.5x
53   Purple Finch 2.8% 9.0% 6.2% 3.3x
54   Mallard 34.5% 6.7% 27.8% 0.2x
55   Brown Creeper 9.1% 6.4% 2.7% 0.7x
56   American Kestrel 5.7% 6.1% 0.4% 1.1x
57   Hairy Woodpecker 10.3% 5.8% 4.5% 0.6x
58   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.1% 5.2% 4.1% 4.9x
59   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 4.9% 3.0% 2.6x
60   Killdeer 16.8% 4.6% 12.1% 0.3x
61   Black Vulture 16.4% 4.1% 12.4% 0.2x
62   Great Blue Heron 40.8% 3.8% 37.1% 0.1x
63   Loggerhead Shrike 0.6% 3.5% 2.9% 5.7x
64   Common Raven 0.5% 3.5% 3.0% 6.9x
65   Bald Eagle 17.3% 2.6% 14.6% 0.2x
66   new world sparrow sp. 1.1% 2.6% 1.5% 2.4x
67   crow sp. 0.3% 2.6% 2.3% 7.6x
68   Eastern Meadowlark 4.3% 2.3% 2.0% 0.5x
69   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.3% 2.0% 1.3% 0.6x
70   Savannah Sparrow 4.3% 1.7% 2.6% 0.4x
71   Barred Owl 3.3% 1.2% 2.2% 0.3x
72   Fish Crow 3.2% 1.2% 2.1% 0.4x
73   American Pipit 2.3% 1.2% 1.1% 0.5x
74   Palm Warbler 1.7% 1.2% 0.6% 0.7x
75   hawk sp. 0.6% 1.2% 0.6% 2.0x
76   Bufflehead 16.3% 0.9% 15.4% 0.1x
77   Ring-necked Duck 9.2% 0.9% 8.4% 0.1x
78   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 0.9% 3.9% 0.2x
79   Northern Harrier 0.5% 0.9% 0.4% 1.9x
80   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 0.9% 0.6% 3.0x
81   Belted Kingfisher 20.7% 0.6% 20.1% 0.0x
82   Gadwall 5.9% 0.6% 5.4% 0.1x
83   House Sparrow 1.7% 0.6% 1.1% 0.3x
84   Wild Turkey 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.5x
85   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 27.1x
86   Wood Duck 3.4% 0.3% 3.1% 0.1x
87   Redhead 1.2% 0.3% 0.9% 0.3x
88   Great Horned Owl 1.1% 0.3% 0.8% 0.3x
89   Gray Catbird 0.7% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4x
90   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.8x
91   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 1.6x
92   House/Purple Finch 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 3.4x