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 413 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 58.5% 92.7% 34.2% 1.6x
2   White-throated Sparrow 52.5% 90.6% 38.0% 1.7x
3   Carolina Chickadee 58.9% 88.9% 30.0% 1.5x
4   Song Sparrow 49.1% 86.4% 37.3% 1.8x
5   Carolina Wren 60.5% 79.4% 18.9% 1.3x
6   House Finch 20.4% 78.2% 57.9% 3.8x
7   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 77.5% 50.7% 2.9x
8   Eastern Towhee 32.1% 77.2% 45.1% 2.4x
9   Blue Jay 38.4% 74.8% 36.4% 1.9x
10   Tufted Titmouse 54.2% 73.8% 19.6% 1.4x
11   Mourning Dove 28.8% 69.7% 41.0% 2.4x
12   Downy Woodpecker 42.7% 68.0% 25.4% 1.6x
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 52.2% 67.1% 14.9% 1.3x
14   Yellow-rumped Warbler 32.8% 65.1% 32.3% 2.0x
15   American Crow 52.2% 62.7% 10.5% 1.2x
16   European Starling 14.5% 61.7% 47.2% 4.3x
17   Eastern Bluebird 42.8% 60.3% 17.5% 1.4x
18   White-breasted Nuthatch 30.1% 56.2% 26.0% 1.9x
19   Northern Flicker 27.9% 55.0% 27.1% 2.0x
20   American Robin 32.3% 54.5% 22.2% 1.7x
21   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 42.3% 54.2% 12.0% 1.3x
22   Chipping Sparrow 14.8% 54.0% 39.2% 3.6x
23   Field Sparrow 11.8% 53.8% 41.9% 4.5x
24   Dark-eyed Junco 31.0% 52.3% 21.3% 1.7x
25   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.0% 46.0% 14.0% 1.4x
26   Brown Thrasher 14.7% 45.0% 30.3% 3.1x
27   American Goldfinch 28.8% 42.4% 13.5% 1.5x
28   Pine Warbler 21.6% 34.1% 12.5% 1.6x
29   Red-tailed Hawk 15.0% 33.9% 18.9% 2.3x
30   Turkey Vulture 35.1% 32.7% 2.4% 0.9x
31   Swamp Sparrow 14.5% 32.7% 18.2% 2.3x
32   Red-winged Blackbird 10.9% 32.7% 21.7% 3.0x
33   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.9% 31.0% 27.1% 7.9x
34   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.0% 30.8% 4.7% 1.2x
35   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.6% 27.4% 2.8% 1.1x
36   Fox Sparrow 6.4% 24.7% 18.3% 3.8x
37   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 24.7% 24.0% 37.9x
38   Eastern Phoebe 23.3% 23.2% 0.1% 1.0x
39   Canada Goose 35.1% 22.3% 12.8% 0.6x
40   Golden-crowned Kinglet 27.9% 21.8% 6.1% 0.8x
41   Hermit Thrush 18.3% 21.1% 2.8% 1.2x
42   Cedar Waxwing 6.5% 21.1% 14.6% 3.2x
43   Winter Wren 10.9% 15.5% 4.6% 1.4x
44   Purple Finch 3.7% 15.3% 11.6% 4.1x
45   Hooded Merganser 21.5% 15.0% 6.5% 0.7x
46   Rock Pigeon 6.2% 13.6% 7.4% 2.2x
47   Ring-billed Gull 31.0% 13.1% 17.9% 0.4x
48   Common Grackle 4.6% 11.6% 7.1% 2.5x
49   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 11.4% 7.7% 3.1x
50   House Wren 1.0% 10.9% 9.9% 11.4x
51   American Bittern 0.0% 9.0% 9.0% 1030.4x
52   Mallard 34.1% 8.2% 25.9% 0.2x
53   Double-crested Cormorant 29.9% 8.2% 21.7% 0.3x
54   Pine Siskin 5.0% 7.5% 2.5% 1.5x
55   Brown Creeper 9.4% 5.8% 3.5% 0.6x
56   Hairy Woodpecker 10.5% 5.6% 5.0% 0.5x
57   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 5.6% 4.6% 5.9x
58   Black Vulture 16.6% 5.3% 11.3% 0.3x
59   Killdeer 15.8% 5.1% 10.7% 0.3x
60   American Kestrel 5.3% 5.1% 0.3% 1.0x
61   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.8% 4.6% 2.8% 2.6x
62   Common Raven 0.5% 3.6% 3.2% 8.0x
63   Great Blue Heron 41.1% 3.1% 38.0% 0.1x
64   Loggerhead Shrike 0.5% 3.1% 2.7% 6.4x
65   Bald Eagle 17.7% 2.4% 15.3% 0.1x
66   Palm Warbler 1.7% 2.4% 0.7% 1.4x
67   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.9% 2.2% 0.7% 0.8x
68   new world sparrow sp. 0.9% 2.2% 1.2% 2.3x
69   crow sp. 0.3% 2.2% 1.9% 7.8x
70   Eastern Meadowlark 4.5% 1.9% 2.5% 0.4x
71   Savannah Sparrow 4.2% 1.5% 2.8% 0.3x
72   Fish Crow 3.3% 1.2% 2.1% 0.4x
73   Barred Owl 3.2% 1.0% 2.3% 0.3x
74   American Pipit 2.3% 1.0% 1.4% 0.4x
75   hawk sp. 0.5% 1.0% 0.4% 1.9x
76   Accipiter sp. 0.2% 1.0% 0.7% 4.0x
77   Bufflehead 16.1% 0.7% 15.3% 0.0x
78   Ring-necked Duck 9.7% 0.7% 8.9% 0.1x
79   Lesser Scaup 4.3% 0.7% 3.6% 0.2x
80   Northern Harrier 0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 1.2x
81   Belted Kingfisher 20.5% 0.5% 20.0% 0.0x
82   Gadwall 5.6% 0.5% 5.2% 0.1x
83   House Sparrow 1.6% 0.5% 1.1% 0.3x
84   American Woodcock 1.4% 0.5% 0.9% 0.3x
85   Gray Catbird 0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6x
86   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.5% 0.1% 1.4x
87   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 4.6x
88   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 18.6x
89   Wood Duck 3.3% 0.2% 3.1% 0.1x
90   Great Horned Owl 1.3% 0.2% 1.1% 0.2x
91   Redhead 1.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.2x
92   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7x
93   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 1.4x
94   House/Purple Finch 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 3.1x
95   American/Fish Crow 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 4.0x