Bird Finder

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

based on 273 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 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 Relative
1   Northern Cardinal 62.0% 89.7% 27.8% 1.4x
2   White-throated Sparrow 60.7% 87.2% 26.5% 1.4x
3   Carolina Chickadee 63.7% 83.9% 20.2% 1.3x
4   Northern Mockingbird 31.0% 82.8% 51.8% 2.7x
5   Song Sparrow 52.9% 81.3% 28.4% 1.5x
6   Blue Jay 45.6% 81.0% 35.4% 1.8x
7   House Finch 22.1% 81.0% 58.9% 3.7x
8   Carolina Wren 67.6% 76.9% 9.4% 1.1x
9   Eastern Towhee 37.9% 75.8% 37.9% 2.0x
10   Tufted Titmouse 57.9% 73.3% 15.4% 1.3x
11   American Crow 57.6% 71.4% 13.8% 1.2x
12   Downy Woodpecker 48.1% 70.3% 22.2% 1.5x
13   American Robin 35.1% 68.9% 33.8% 2.0x
14   Mourning Dove 22.9% 68.9% 46.0% 3.0x
15   American Goldfinch 39.9% 67.0% 27.1% 1.7x
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler 35.4% 67.0% 31.7% 1.9x
17   Field Sparrow 16.4% 64.5% 48.1% 3.9x
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.7% 63.7% 6.0% 1.1x
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 49.4% 59.7% 10.3% 1.2x
20   Eastern Bluebird 48.9% 59.3% 10.4% 1.2x
21   Northern Flicker 37.7% 59.0% 21.3% 1.6x
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 33.8% 58.2% 24.5% 1.7x
23   European Starling 14.7% 57.1% 42.5% 3.9x
24   Brown Thrasher 18.4% 52.0% 33.7% 2.8x
25   Dark-eyed Junco 35.9% 51.3% 15.4% 1.4x
26   Chipping Sparrow 19.6% 49.5% 29.8% 2.5x
27   Brown-headed Nuthatch 33.8% 44.3% 10.5% 1.3x
28   Red-winged Blackbird 13.7% 44.3% 30.6% 3.2x
29   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.6% 42.5% 37.8% 9.1x
30   Swamp Sparrow 16.2% 40.7% 24.5% 2.5x
31   Cedar Waxwing 10.9% 40.3% 29.4% 3.7x
32   Red-tailed Hawk 15.9% 38.8% 22.9% 2.4x
33   Golden-crowned Kinglet 32.3% 35.2% 2.8% 1.1x
34   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.0% 34.4% 6.4% 1.2x
35   Eastern Phoebe 28.4% 34.1% 5.6% 1.2x
36   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31.0% 31.5% 0.5% 1.0x
37   Turkey Vulture 36.6% 29.3% 7.3% 0.8x
38   Canada Goose 32.1% 27.8% 4.2% 0.9x
39   House Wren 2.1% 27.5% 25.4% 13.2x
40   Hooded Merganser 19.2% 26.4% 7.1% 1.4x
41   Hermit Thrush 22.2% 26.0% 3.8% 1.2x
42   Winter Wren 14.9% 22.3% 7.4% 1.5x
43   Fox Sparrow 6.5% 19.4% 12.9% 3.0x
44   Pine Warbler 18.2% 18.7% 0.5% 1.0x
45   Common Grackle 5.4% 18.3% 12.9% 3.4x
46   Rock Pigeon 6.1% 17.2% 11.1% 2.8x
47   American Bittern 0.0% 16.1% 16.1% 341.5x
48   Ring-billed Gull 29.5% 15.8% 13.7% 0.5x
49   Purple Finch 5.1% 15.8% 10.7% 3.1x
50   Pine Siskin 9.2% 13.6% 4.4% 1.5x
51   Cooper's Hawk 4.5% 13.2% 8.7% 2.9x
52   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 13.2% 12.7% 27.9x
53   Brown Creeper 11.1% 11.0% 0.1% 1.0x
54   American Kestrel 6.2% 7.7% 1.5% 1.2x
55   Double-crested Cormorant 29.7% 7.3% 22.4% 0.2x
56   American Pipit 3.1% 6.6% 3.5% 2.1x
57   Killdeer 17.7% 5.9% 11.8% 0.3x
58   Hairy Woodpecker 12.2% 5.9% 6.4% 0.5x
59   Black Vulture 18.0% 5.5% 12.5% 0.3x
60   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 4.8% 3.9% 5.3x
61   Loggerhead Shrike 0.6% 4.8% 4.1% 7.6x
62   Mallard 31.4% 4.0% 27.4% 0.1x
63   Gadwall 5.1% 4.0% 1.0% 0.8x
64   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.6% 4.0% 1.5% 1.6x
65   crow sp. 0.2% 3.7% 3.4% 15.5x
66   Great Blue Heron 43.9% 3.3% 40.6% 0.1x
67   Red-breasted Nuthatch 4.2% 2.6% 1.6% 0.6x
68   Palm Warbler 2.5% 2.6% 0.0% 1.0x
69   Bald Eagle 16.9% 1.5% 15.5% 0.1x
70   Northern Shoveler 4.6% 1.5% 3.1% 0.3x
71   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 1.5% 1.2% 5.6x
72   Eastern Meadowlark 4.0% 1.1% 2.9% 0.3x
73   Rusty Blackbird 3.4% 1.1% 2.3% 0.3x
74   Redhead 1.1% 1.1% 0.0% 1.0x
75   Merlin 0.5% 1.1% 0.6% 2.1x
76   Wood Duck 3.9% 0.7% 3.2% 0.2x
77   Barred Owl 3.1% 0.7% 2.4% 0.2x
78   gull sp. 1.9% 0.7% 1.1% 0.4x
79   Gray Catbird 1.8% 0.7% 1.1% 0.4x
80   House Sparrow 1.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6x
81   duck sp. 1.2% 0.7% 0.4% 0.6x
82   Blue-headed Vireo 1.1% 0.7% 0.4% 0.7x
83   new world sparrow sp. 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7x
84   Common Raven 0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 1.0x
85   Common Yellowthroat 0.5% 0.7% 0.2% 1.4x
86   Belted Kingfisher 24.8% 0.4% 24.5% 0.0x
87   Savannah Sparrow 4.9% 0.4% 4.6% 0.1x
88   Lesser Scaup 3.8% 0.4% 3.5% 0.1x
89   Common Loon 3.2% 0.4% 2.8% 0.1x
90   Fish Crow 1.3% 0.4% 1.0% 0.3x
91   blackbird sp. 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.6x
92   Buteo sp. 0.2% 0.4% 0.1% 1.5x
93   House/Purple Finch 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 5.2x