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Top Birds at Yates Mill County Park in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 347 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Yates Mill County Park 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
1   Ruddy Duck 12.8% 93.7% 80.9%
2   White-throated Sparrow 61.5% 81.6% 20.1%
3   Northern Cardinal 62.4% 79.5% 17.1%
4   Song Sparrow 54.5% 75.8% 21.3%
5   Carolina Wren 68.2% 73.8% 5.5%
6   Mallard 28.6% 73.2% 44.6%
7   Carolina Chickadee 64.5% 63.1% 1.4%
8   Tufted Titmouse 58.5% 61.7% 3.2%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 57.4% 60.2% 2.9%
10   American Crow 58.8% 57.3% 1.4%
11   Great Blue Heron 42.7% 52.2% 9.4%
12   Turkey Vulture 35.5% 50.7% 15.2%
13   Eastern Bluebird 49.8% 49.0% 0.8%
14   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 47.8% 16.2%
15   Blue Jay 45.7% 47.3% 1.6%
16   American Goldfinch 41.5% 47.3% 5.8%
17   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50.9% 46.4% 4.5%
18   Yellow-rumped Warbler 37.9% 45.5% 7.6%
19   Downy Woodpecker 49.7% 45.2% 4.4%
20   Canada Goose 31.6% 45.0% 13.4%
21   Eastern Phoebe 30.0% 45.0% 14.9%
22   Ring-necked Duck 6.8% 40.9% 34.1%
23   Red-shouldered Hawk 28.7% 39.5% 10.8%
24   Eastern Towhee 38.3% 38.6% 0.3%
25   Northern Flicker 39.1% 37.8% 1.3%
26   Bufflehead 13.5% 37.2% 23.7%
27   Belted Kingfisher 23.8% 36.9% 13.1%
28   Swamp Sparrow 17.3% 34.0% 16.8%
29   Brown-headed Nuthatch 35.1% 29.1% 6.0%
30   Double-crested Cormorant 30.3% 28.8% 1.4%
31   Golden-crowned Kinglet 33.3% 27.1% 6.2%
32   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31.4% 26.5% 4.9%
33   Pied-billed Grebe 20.2% 25.1% 4.8%
34   American Robin 38.3% 24.5% 13.9%
35   Brown Thrasher 18.6% 24.5% 5.8%
36   Chipping Sparrow 21.0% 23.9% 2.9%
37   Black Vulture 16.8% 23.6% 6.8%
38   Dark-eyed Junco 37.7% 22.5% 15.2%
39   White-breasted Nuthatch 34.9% 21.9% 13.0%
40   Mourning Dove 24.1% 21.3% 2.8%
41   House Finch 24.7% 17.6% 7.1%
42   Field Sparrow 17.3% 16.7% 0.6%
43   Red-tailed Hawk 15.9% 16.1% 0.2%
44   Rock Pigeon 5.8% 14.4% 8.7%
45   Pileated Woodpecker 15.7% 14.1% 1.6%
46   Pine Warbler 18.3% 13.5% 4.8%
47   Hooded Merganser 19.1% 12.1% 7.0%
48   Hermit Thrush 24.7% 11.8% 12.9%
49   Fox Sparrow 7.1% 11.2% 4.2%
50   European Starling 15.5% 11.0% 4.6%
51   Winter Wren 16.0% 10.4% 5.7%
52   Red-winged Blackbird 15.6% 10.1% 5.5%
53   Hairy Woodpecker 12.9% 9.2% 3.7%
54   Cedar Waxwing 13.7% 6.9% 6.8%
55   American Kestrel 6.1% 6.9% 0.8%
56   Bald Eagle 17.5% 5.2% 12.3%
57   Savannah Sparrow 5.2% 4.6% 0.6%
58   Brown Creeper 10.9% 4.3% 6.6%
59   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.7% 4.3% 1.4%
60   Red-headed Woodpecker 12.5% 4.0% 8.4%
61   Pine Siskin 8.4% 4.0% 4.4%
62   Killdeer 18.7% 3.7% 14.9%
63   Northern Shoveler 4.4% 3.7% 0.6%
64   Eastern Meadowlark 4.0% 3.7% 0.3%
65   Fish Crow 1.8% 3.5% 1.7%
66   Ring-billed Gull 30.0% 3.2% 26.9%
67   Cooper's Hawk 4.7% 3.2% 1.5%
68   American Pipit 3.7% 2.9% 0.8%
69   Purple Finch 4.8% 2.0% 2.8%
70   Wood Duck 3.6% 2.0% 1.6%
71   Common Raven 0.8% 2.0% 1.2%
72   Lesser Scaup 3.7% 1.7% 2.0%
73   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.5% 1.4% 1.0%
74   Peregrine Falcon 0.9% 1.4% 0.6%
75   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
76   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 1.2% 2.1%
77   Barred Owl 3.1% 1.2% 1.9%
78   Palm Warbler 3.0% 1.2% 1.9%
79   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.5% 0.9% 2.7%
80   House Sparrow 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
81   Blue-headed Vireo 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
82   Loggerhead Shrike 0.7% 0.9% 0.1%
83   American Coot 3.3% 0.6% 2.7%
84   Green-winged Teal 3.2% 0.6% 2.6%
85   Gray Catbird 1.8% 0.6% 1.3%
86   Horned Grebe 6.1% 0.3% 5.8%
87   Common Grackle 5.8% 0.3% 5.5%
88   Common Loon 3.8% 0.3% 3.5%
89   Great Horned Owl 1.4% 0.3% 1.1%
90   American Wigeon 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
91   Northern Pintail 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
92   Northern Harrier 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
93   Greater Scaup 0.9% 0.3% 0.7%
94   Muscovy Duck 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
95   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
96   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
97   Merlin 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
98   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%