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 462 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
1   Northern Cardinal 57.8% 92.9% 35.0%
2   White-throated Sparrow 52.2% 90.5% 38.2%
3   Carolina Chickadee 57.7% 87.4% 29.8%
4   Song Sparrow 49.5% 86.1% 36.7%
5   Carolina Wren 59.8% 79.7% 19.8%
6   Northern Mockingbird 27.1% 78.1% 51.0%
7   House Finch 21.8% 77.7% 56.0%
8   Eastern Towhee 31.1% 77.1% 46.0%
9   Blue Jay 37.7% 73.2% 35.5%
10   Tufted Titmouse 53.2% 71.9% 18.7%
11   Mourning Dove 28.6% 70.3% 41.8%
12   Downy Woodpecker 42.4% 67.7% 25.3%
13   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.3% 66.2% 32.9%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 50.9% 64.9% 14.0%
15   American Crow 52.5% 59.7% 7.2%
16   European Starling 15.2% 58.4% 43.3%
17   Eastern Bluebird 43.7% 58.2% 14.5%
18   American Robin 33.9% 57.1% 23.3%
19   Northern Flicker 27.2% 55.2% 27.9%
20   Chipping Sparrow 15.2% 54.8% 39.6%
21   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 41.9% 54.5% 12.6%
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 29.4% 54.1% 24.7%
23   Field Sparrow 11.9% 53.2% 41.4%
24   Dark-eyed Junco 31.3% 52.2% 20.9%
25   Brown Thrasher 14.1% 47.0% 32.9%
26   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.5% 44.8% 13.3%
27   American Goldfinch 28.5% 41.3% 12.9%
28   Red-winged Blackbird 11.2% 33.8% 22.5%
29   Pine Warbler 21.4% 32.0% 10.6%
30   Red-tailed Hawk 14.5% 32.0% 17.5%
31   Turkey Vulture 35.5% 31.8% 3.7%
32   Swamp Sparrow 14.9% 31.8% 16.9%
33   Red-shouldered Hawk 26.2% 29.7% 3.4%
34   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 27.9% 24.0%
35   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24.3% 26.0% 1.7%
36   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 25.8% 25.1%
37   Eastern Phoebe 24.4% 24.2% 0.2%
38   Cedar Waxwing 6.9% 22.5% 15.6%
39   Fox Sparrow 6.2% 22.5% 16.3%
40   Hermit Thrush 18.1% 22.3% 4.2%
41   Canada Goose 34.9% 22.1% 12.9%
42   Golden-crowned Kinglet 26.9% 20.3% 6.5%
43   Hooded Merganser 20.7% 14.7% 6.0%
44   Purple Finch 3.3% 14.3% 11.0%
45   Winter Wren 11.1% 13.9% 2.8%
46   Rock Pigeon 6.3% 12.3% 6.1%
47   Common Grackle 4.5% 11.9% 7.4%
48   Ring-billed Gull 30.3% 11.7% 18.6%
49   Cooper's Hawk 3.6% 10.6% 7.0%
50   House Wren 1.0% 10.2% 9.2%
51   American Bittern 0.0% 8.0% 8.0%
52   Mallard 33.2% 7.6% 25.6%
53   Double-crested Cormorant 30.7% 7.4% 23.3%
54   Pine Siskin 4.3% 6.7% 2.4%
55   Black Vulture 16.5% 6.3% 10.2%
56   Killdeer 16.7% 5.8% 10.9%
57   Brown Creeper 8.8% 5.4% 3.3%
58   Hairy Woodpecker 10.5% 5.2% 5.3%
59   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 5.0% 4.1%
60   American Kestrel 5.4% 4.5% 0.9%
61   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.7% 4.5% 2.8%
62   Common Raven 0.5% 3.2% 2.8%
63   Great Blue Heron 40.3% 3.0% 37.2%
64   Loggerhead Shrike 0.4% 2.8% 2.4%
65   Bald Eagle 17.4% 2.2% 15.3%
66   Palm Warbler 2.0% 2.2% 0.2%
67   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.4% 1.9% 0.4%
68   Bufflehead 15.8% 1.7% 14.0%
69   Eastern Meadowlark 4.7% 1.7% 3.0%
70   Savannah Sparrow 4.4% 1.7% 2.6%
71   Fish Crow 4.4% 1.1% 3.4%
72   Barred Owl 2.9% 0.9% 2.1%
73   American Pipit 2.4% 0.9% 1.6%
74   Gray Catbird 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
75   Ring-necked Duck 9.3% 0.6% 8.6%
76   Lesser Scaup 4.6% 0.6% 3.9%
77   Northern Harrier 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
78   Belted Kingfisher 20.1% 0.4% 19.7%
79   Gadwall 5.6% 0.4% 5.2%
80   House Sparrow 1.6% 0.4% 1.2%
81   American Woodcock 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
82   Wild Turkey 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
83   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
84   Pileated Woodpecker 13.1% 0.2% 12.9%
85   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.1% 0.2% 10.8%
86   Bonaparte's Gull 9.8% 0.2% 9.5%
87   Wood Duck 3.2% 0.2% 2.9%
88   Great Horned Owl 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
89   Redhead 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
90   Common Yellowthroat 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%