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Top Birds at Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 187 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 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   White-throated Sparrow 60.8% 95.2% 34.4% 1.6x
2   Song Sparrow 52.9% 92.5% 39.6% 1.7x
3   Blue Jay 45.7% 92.5% 46.9% 2.0x
4   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.2% 90.4% 33.2% 1.6x
5   Northern Cardinal 62.3% 89.8% 27.6% 1.4x
6   Carolina Wren 67.4% 89.3% 21.9% 1.3x
7   Eastern Phoebe 27.3% 89.3% 62.0% 3.3x
8   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 48.9% 87.2% 38.3% 1.8x
9   Northern Flicker 37.3% 86.1% 48.8% 2.3x
10   Carolina Chickadee 63.9% 85.6% 21.7% 1.3x
11   Eastern Towhee 38.1% 84.0% 45.8% 2.2x
12   Swamp Sparrow 15.5% 82.9% 67.4% 5.3x
13   Downy Woodpecker 48.1% 81.3% 33.2% 1.7x
14   Tufted Titmouse 57.8% 80.7% 22.9% 1.4x
15   Eastern Bluebird 48.6% 77.5% 28.9% 1.6x
16   American Crow 57.7% 77.0% 19.3% 1.3x
17   American Goldfinch 40.0% 77.0% 37.0% 1.9x
18   Turkey Vulture 35.6% 72.2% 36.6% 2.0x
19   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 30.3% 64.2% 33.9% 2.1x
20   Field Sparrow 16.9% 63.1% 46.2% 3.7x
21   Brown Thrasher 18.5% 62.0% 43.6% 3.4x
22   Yellow-rumped Warbler 35.8% 61.0% 25.2% 1.7x
23   Golden-crowned Kinglet 31.8% 59.9% 28.1% 1.9x
24   Dark-eyed Junco 35.9% 57.8% 21.8% 1.6x
25   Red-shouldered Hawk 27.6% 57.8% 30.2% 2.1x
26   Great Blue Heron 42.3% 57.2% 14.9% 1.4x
27   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.7% 56.1% 44.4% 4.8x
28   Black Vulture 16.8% 53.5% 36.7% 3.2x
29   Hermit Thrush 21.6% 52.4% 30.8% 2.4x
30   Red-winged Blackbird 13.9% 50.3% 36.4% 3.6x
31   Winter Wren 14.4% 48.7% 34.2% 3.4x
32   Cedar Waxwing 11.1% 44.4% 33.3% 4.0x
33   Northern Mockingbird 32.4% 43.3% 10.9% 1.3x
34   Pileated Woodpecker 15.1% 41.2% 26.0% 2.7x
35   Brown-headed Nuthatch 34.0% 39.6% 5.5% 1.2x
36   Bald Eagle 16.0% 39.6% 23.6% 2.5x
37   Fox Sparrow 6.2% 39.6% 33.4% 6.4x
38   Wood Duck 3.1% 39.6% 36.5% 12.9x
39   American Robin 36.1% 38.5% 2.4% 1.1x
40   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.5% 36.9% 2.4% 1.1x
41   Belted Kingfisher 23.8% 36.9% 13.1% 1.6x
42   Ring-billed Gull 28.9% 35.8% 6.9% 1.2x
43   Pine Siskin 8.8% 31.0% 22.2% 3.5x
44   Red Crossbill 0.4% 26.2% 25.9% 74.8x
45   Chipping Sparrow 20.5% 25.7% 5.2% 1.3x
46   Hairy Woodpecker 11.8% 24.6% 12.8% 2.1x
47   Common Grackle 5.4% 24.6% 19.2% 4.6x
48   American Kestrel 5.9% 24.1% 18.2% 4.1x
49   Red-tailed Hawk 16.5% 23.5% 7.1% 1.4x
50   Rusty Blackbird 3.0% 18.7% 15.7% 6.2x
51   Mourning Dove 24.5% 17.1% 7.4% 0.7x
52   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 17.1% 2.4% 0.9x
53   Brown Creeper 11.0% 16.6% 5.6% 1.5x
54   Double-crested Cormorant 29.3% 15.5% 13.8% 0.5x
55   Pied-billed Grebe 20.3% 15.0% 5.3% 0.7x
56   Savannah Sparrow 4.6% 13.9% 9.3% 3.0x
57   Barred Owl 2.8% 13.4% 10.6% 4.8x
58   Evening Grosbeak 0.1% 13.4% 13.3% 127.2x
59   Cooper's Hawk 4.6% 12.8% 8.2% 2.8x
60   Purple Finch 5.3% 12.3% 7.0% 2.3x
61   House Finch 24.2% 11.2% 13.0% 0.5x
62   Pine Warbler 18.4% 11.2% 7.1% 0.6x
63   Canada Goose 32.4% 10.7% 21.7% 0.3x
64   House Wren 2.7% 10.7% 8.0% 4.0x
65   Common Yellowthroat 0.3% 10.2% 9.8% 32.2x
66   American Woodcock 0.8% 9.6% 8.8% 11.8x
67   Ring-necked Duck 8.4% 9.1% 0.7% 1.1x
68   Virginia Rail 0.0% 9.1% 9.0% 194.6x
69   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.5% 8.6% 6.1% 3.4x
70   Northern Harrier 0.9% 8.6% 7.7% 9.6x
71   Mallard 31.0% 8.0% 23.0% 0.3x
72   Red-breasted Nuthatch 4.1% 7.0% 2.9% 1.7x
73   Bufflehead 14.8% 6.4% 8.4% 0.4x
74   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 5.9% 0.1% 1.0x
75   European Starling 16.2% 5.3% 10.9% 0.3x
76   gull sp. 1.7% 5.3% 3.6% 3.1x
77   duck sp. 1.1% 5.3% 4.3% 5.0x
78   Herring Gull 5.6% 4.8% 0.8% 0.9x
79   Great Horned Owl 1.3% 4.8% 3.6% 3.8x
80   new world sparrow sp. 0.9% 4.8% 3.9% 5.2x
81   Common Raven 0.7% 4.3% 3.6% 6.2x
82   blackbird sp. 0.5% 4.3% 3.8% 8.9x
83   White-crowned Sparrow 0.8% 3.7% 2.9% 4.6x
84   Killdeer 17.6% 3.2% 14.4% 0.2x
85   Rock Pigeon 6.5% 3.2% 3.3% 0.5x
86   Bonaparte's Gull 11.6% 2.7% 8.9% 0.2x
87   Black-and-white Warbler 1.0% 2.7% 1.7% 2.8x
88   Gray Catbird 1.8% 2.1% 0.4% 1.2x
89   Buteo sp. 0.2% 2.1% 1.9% 10.2x
90   American Coot 3.2% 1.6% 1.6% 0.5x
91   Wilson's Snipe 1.9% 1.6% 0.3% 0.9x
92   Blue-headed Vireo 1.1% 1.6% 0.5% 1.5x
93   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.6% 0.6% 1.6x
94   Palm Warbler 2.6% 1.1% 1.5% 0.4x
95   Merlin 0.5% 1.1% 0.5% 2.0x
96   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.3% 1.1% 0.8% 3.7x
97   Accipiter sp. 0.3% 1.1% 0.8% 3.8x
98   Osprey 0.2% 1.1% 0.9% 7.0x
99   Marsh Wren 0% 1.1% 1.1%
100   Horned Grebe 5.6% 0.5% 5.1% 0.1x
101   Eastern Meadowlark 4.0% 0.5% 3.5% 0.1x
102   Lesser Scaup 3.8% 0.5% 3.2% 0.1x
103   American Black Duck 1.9% 0.5% 1.4% 0.3x
104   Fish Crow 1.3% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4x
105   Peregrine Falcon 0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6x
106   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.3x
107   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.4% 0.5% 0.2% 1.5x
108   Common Merganser 0.3% 0.5% 0.3% 2.0x
109   passerine sp. 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.5x
110   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.2% 0.5% 0.4% 3.1x
111   Blue-winged Teal 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 5.7x
112   White-eyed Vireo 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 22.9x
113   Sandhill Crane 0% 0.5% 0.5%