Top Birds in February
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 10477 checklists in 395 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of February. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in February are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.
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Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | January | February | Change | |
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1 | Northern Cardinal |
|
59.0% | 65.0% | 6.0% | |||
2 | Carolina Wren |
|
60.5% | 60.4% | 0.1% | |||
3 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
58.7% | 60.1% | 1.4% | |||
4 | American Crow |
|
52.8% | 57.0% | 4.2% | |||
5 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
53.8% | 57.0% | 3.1% | |||
6 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
53.5% | 51.0% | 2.5% | |||
7 | Song Sparrow |
|
50.7% | 50.3% | 0.4% | |||
8 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
51.4% | 50.2% | 1.2% | |||
9 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
44.2% | 47.7% | 3.5% | |||
10 | Canada Goose |
|
34.5% | 45.8% | 11.3% | |||
11 | American Robin |
|
34.6% | 44.1% | 9.5% | |||
12 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
43.2% | 41.9% | 1.3% | |||
13 | Turkey Vulture |
|
35.4% | 39.3% | 3.9% | |||
14 | Blue Jay |
|
38.8% | 39.2% | 0.3% | |||
15 | Pine Warbler |
|
21.7% | 38.5% | 16.8% | |||
16 | Great Blue Heron |
|
39.0% | 38.4% | 0.6% | |||
17 | Mourning Dove |
|
30.0% | 37.6% | 7.6% | |||
18 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
34.4% | 37.3% | 2.9% | |||
19 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
42.3% | 37.1% | 5.2% | |||
20 | Eastern Towhee |
|
32.6% | 36.6% | 4.1% | |||
21 | Mallard |
|
32.3% | 35.9% | 3.6% | |||
22 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
31.9% | 32.3% | 0.4% | |||
23 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
26.3% | 31.2% | 4.8% | |||
24 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
29.9% | 30.9% | 1.0% | |||
25 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
32.0% | 28.5% | 3.4% | |||
26 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
30.2% | 28.3% | 1.9% | |||
27 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
28.8% | 27.6% | 1.2% | |||
28 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
29.7% | 26.5% | 3.2% | |||
29 | Northern Flicker |
|
28.2% | 25.6% | 2.6% | |||
30 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
24.4% | 25.0% | 0.6% | |||
31 | House Finch |
|
23.6% | 24.2% | 0.6% | |||
32 | American Goldfinch |
|
28.9% | 22.3% | 6.6% | |||
33 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
26.6% | 22.0% | 4.6% | |||
34 | Killdeer |
|
16.3% | 19.2% | 2.9% | |||
35 | European Starling |
|
16.6% | 18.8% | 2.2% | |||
36 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
19.5% | 18.3% | 1.2% | |||
37 | Hooded Merganser |
|
20.5% | 18.2% | 2.3% | |||
38 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
24.4% | 17.5% | 6.8% | |||
39 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
16.5% | 17.2% | 0.7% | |||
40 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
15.1% | 17.0% | 1.9% | |||
41 | Black Vulture |
|
16.1% | 16.1% | 0.0% | |||
42 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
12.0% | 16.0% | 4.1% | |||
43 | Ruddy Duck |
|
16.6% | 15.6% | 0.9% | |||
44 | Brown Thrasher |
|
15.2% | 15.3% | 0.1% | |||
45 | Bald Eagle |
|
16.9% | 15.3% | 1.7% | |||
46 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
16.4% | 15.1% | 1.4% | |||
47 | Bufflehead |
|
15.3% | 14.6% | 0.7% | |||
48 | Fish Crow |
|
4.3% | 14.4% | 10.1% | |||
49 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
15.5% | 14.1% | 1.4% | |||
50 | Hermit Thrush |
|
18.3% | 13.8% | 4.5% | |||
51 | Field Sparrow |
|
13.2% | 12.6% | 0.7% | |||
52 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
12.7% | 12.0% | 0.7% | |||
53 | Common Grackle |
|
4.8% | 11.4% | 6.6% | |||
54 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
10.7% | 10.9% | 0.2% | |||
55 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
10.3% | 9.3% | 1.0% | |||
56 | Winter Wren |
|
11.2% | 8.6% | 2.5% | |||
57 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
9.0% | 8.3% | 0.7% | |||
58 | Wood Duck |
|
3.1% | 7.8% | 4.8% | |||
59 | Brown Creeper |
|
8.7% | 7.5% | 1.2% | |||
60 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
4.7% | 6.4% | 1.7% | |||
61 | Rock Pigeon |
|
6.5% | 6.0% | 0.5% | |||
62 | Barred Owl |
|
2.9% | 5.5% | 2.6% | |||
63 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
9.4% | 5.4% | 4.0% | |||
64 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
4.6% | 5.3% | 0.7% | |||
65 | Lesser Scaup |
|
4.5% | 5.2% | 0.8% | |||
66 | Fox Sparrow |
|
6.7% | 4.9% | 1.8% | |||
67 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
7.4% | 4.9% | 2.5% | |||
68 | American Kestrel |
|
5.4% | 4.4% | 1.0% | |||
69 | Gadwall |
|
5.5% | 4.3% | 1.2% | |||
70 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
3.8% | 4.2% | 0.4% | |||
71 | Pine Siskin |
|
4.4% | 3.8% | 0.6% | |||
72 | Herring Gull |
|
5.5% | 3.6% | 1.9% | |||
73 | American Coot |
|
2.5% | 3.6% | 1.1% | |||
74 | Northern Shoveler |
|
3.7% | 3.4% | 0.4% | |||
75 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
4.3% | 3.3% | 1.0% | |||
76 | Purple Finch |
|
3.7% | 3.1% | 0.6% | |||
77 | American Woodcock |
|
1.4% | 2.9% | 1.5% | |||
78 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
2.9% | 2.9% | 0.1% | |||
79 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
2.1% | 2.8% | 0.7% | |||
80 | Green-winged Teal |
|
3.5% | 2.7% | 0.8% | |||
81 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
2.4% | 2.3% | 0.1% | |||
82 | Horned Grebe |
|
4.1% | 2.1% | 2.0% | |||
83 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.8% | 1.9% | 0.0% | |||
84 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
1.8% | 1.9% | 0.0% | |||
85 | American Pipit |
|
2.4% | 1.7% | 0.7% | |||
86 | House Sparrow |
|
1.6% | 1.6% | 0.0% | |||
87 | Horned Lark |
|
1.8% | 1.6% | 0.2% | |||
88 | Palm Warbler |
|
2.0% | 1.6% | 0.4% | |||
89 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
0.9% | 1.6% | 0.6% | |||
90 | Canvasback |
|
1.5% | 1.5% | 0.1% | |||
91 | Tree Swallow |
|
0.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | |||
92 | Great Egret |
|
1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | |||
93 | Common Loon |
|
1.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | |||
94 | Mute Swan |
|
1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |||
95 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
1.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
96 | House Wren |
|
1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
97 | Great Horned Owl |
|
1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |||
98 | Common Goldeneye |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | |||
99 | Redhead |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
100 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
1.1% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
101 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
102 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
103 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
104 | American Black Duck |
|
1.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | |||
105 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
1.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
106 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
107 | American Wigeon |
|
1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
108 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
109 | Osprey |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
110 | Merlin |
|
0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
111 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
112 | Gray Catbird |
|
0.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
113 | Northern Harrier |
|
0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |||
114 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
1.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
115 | Snow Goose |
|
0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
116 | Common Raven |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
117 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
118 | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
119 | Northern Pintail |
|
0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | |||
120 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
121 | Common Merganser |
|
0.7% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
122 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
123 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
124 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
125 | Red Crossbill |
|
1.1% | 0.3% | 0.7% | |||
126 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
127 | American Bittern |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
128 | Varied Thrush |
|
0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
129 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
130 | Nashville Warbler |
|
1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | |||
131 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
132 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
133 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
134 | Rufous Hummingbird |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
135 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
136 | Eared Grebe |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
137 | American White Pelican |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
138 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | |||
139 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
140 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
141 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
142 | Purple Martin |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
143 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
144 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
145 | King Rail |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
146 | Dickcissel |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
147 | Black-chinned Hummingbird |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
148 | Northern Parula |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
149 | Red-throated Loon |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
150 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
151 | Green Heron |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
152 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
153 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
154 | Glaucous Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
155 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
156 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
157 | Iceland Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
158 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
159 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
160 | Little Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
161 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
162 | Laughing Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
163 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
164 | Surf Scoter |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
165 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
166 | Barn Swallow |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
167 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
168 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
169 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
170 | Dunlin |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
171 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
172 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
173 | Sanderling |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
174 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |