Top Birds in February
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 8714 checklists in 385 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 the current month.
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Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | January | February | Change | Relative | |
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1 | Northern Cardinal |
|
59.2% | 64.0% | 4.8% | 1.1x | |||
2 | Carolina Wren |
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60.9% | 59.8% | 1.2% | 1.0x | |||
3 | Carolina Chickadee |
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59.6% | 59.7% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
4 | American Crow |
|
52.4% | 57.6% | 5.2% | 1.1x | |||
5 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
54.3% | 56.3% | 2.0% | 1.0x | |||
6 | Song Sparrow |
|
49.7% | 50.0% | 0.3% | 1.0x | |||
7 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
51.1% | 50.0% | 1.1% | 1.0x | |||
8 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
52.9% | 49.9% | 3.0% | 0.9x | |||
9 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
42.6% | 47.0% | 4.4% | 1.1x | |||
10 | Canada Goose |
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35.1% | 46.0% | 10.9% | 1.3x | |||
11 | American Robin |
|
30.6% | 42.2% | 11.6% | 1.4x | |||
12 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
42.3% | 40.6% | 1.7% | 1.0x | |||
13 | Turkey Vulture |
|
35.2% | 39.5% | 4.3% | 1.1x | |||
14 | Blue Jay |
|
38.1% | 38.5% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
15 | Great Blue Heron |
|
39.5% | 38.0% | 1.5% | 1.0x | |||
16 | Mourning Dove |
|
30.2% | 37.3% | 7.1% | 1.2x | |||
17 | Pine Warbler |
|
20.6% | 37.0% | 16.4% | 1.8x | |||
18 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
41.0% | 36.5% | 4.5% | 0.9x | |||
19 | Mallard |
|
33.5% | 36.4% | 2.9% | 1.1x | |||
20 | Eastern Towhee |
|
32.7% | 35.4% | 2.6% | 1.1x | |||
21 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
32.2% | 34.8% | 2.5% | 1.1x | |||
22 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
30.2% | 31.1% | 0.9% | 1.0x | |||
23 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
27.7% | 30.2% | 2.5% | 1.1x | |||
24 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
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25.0% | 30.0% | 5.0% | 1.2x | |||
25 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
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30.2% | 28.2% | 2.0% | 0.9x | |||
26 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
29.9% | 28.1% | 1.8% | 0.9x | |||
27 | Ring-billed Gull |
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31.3% | 28.1% | 3.3% | 0.9x | |||
28 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
30.3% | 26.7% | 3.7% | 0.9x | |||
29 | Northern Flicker |
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27.9% | 25.0% | 3.0% | 0.9x | |||
30 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
22.8% | 24.4% | 1.6% | 1.1x | |||
31 | House Finch |
|
21.1% | 22.8% | 1.7% | 1.1x | |||
32 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
25.8% | 21.7% | 4.1% | 0.8x | |||
33 | American Goldfinch |
|
27.6% | 21.1% | 6.4% | 0.8x | |||
34 | Killdeer |
|
16.4% | 19.5% | 3.2% | 1.2x | |||
35 | European Starling |
|
16.8% | 19.5% | 2.6% | 1.2x | |||
36 | Hooded Merganser |
|
21.9% | 18.9% | 3.1% | 0.9x | |||
37 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
20.0% | 18.5% | 1.5% | 0.9x | |||
38 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
24.3% | 17.8% | 6.5% | 0.7x | |||
39 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
15.9% | 17.5% | 1.6% | 1.1x | |||
40 | Chipping Sparrow |
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16.2% | 16.5% | 0.3% | 1.0x | |||
41 | Ruddy Duck |
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16.5% | 16.1% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
42 | Black Vulture |
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16.0% | 16.0% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
43 | Brown Thrasher |
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16.3% | 15.5% | 0.8% | 1.0x | |||
44 | Pied-billed Grebe |
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17.7% | 15.1% | 2.6% | 0.9x | |||
45 | Red-winged Blackbird |
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10.7% | 14.9% | 4.2% | 1.4x | |||
46 | Bald Eagle |
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16.7% | 14.9% | 1.8% | 0.9x | |||
47 | Bufflehead |
|
15.7% | 14.8% | 1.0% | 0.9x | |||
48 | Swamp Sparrow |
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14.6% | 14.1% | 0.6% | 1.0x | |||
49 | Hermit Thrush |
|
17.9% | 14.0% | 3.9% | 0.8x | |||
50 | Fish Crow |
|
3.2% | 13.9% | 10.7% | 4.4x | |||
51 | Field Sparrow |
|
13.7% | 13.1% | 0.7% | 1.0x | |||
52 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
12.3% | 12.0% | 0.3% | 1.0x | |||
53 | Common Grackle |
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4.4% | 11.3% | 7.0% | 2.6x | |||
54 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
10.8% | 10.9% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
55 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
10.1% | 9.4% | 0.8% | 0.9x | |||
56 | Winter Wren |
|
11.0% | 8.8% | 2.2% | 0.8x | |||
57 | Ring-necked Duck |
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8.9% | 8.5% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
58 | Brown Creeper |
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9.0% | 8.0% | 1.0% | 0.9x | |||
59 | Wood Duck |
|
3.2% | 7.8% | 4.6% | 2.4x | |||
60 | Rock Pigeon |
|
7.1% | 6.6% | 0.5% | 0.9x | |||
61 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
4.7% | 5.9% | 1.2% | 1.3x | |||
62 | Lesser Scaup |
|
4.6% | 5.7% | 1.0% | 1.2x | |||
63 | Barred Owl |
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3.2% | 5.6% | 2.4% | 1.7x | |||
64 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
4.3% | 5.5% | 1.2% | 1.3x | |||
65 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
8.0% | 5.1% | 2.9% | 0.6x | |||
66 | American Kestrel |
|
5.7% | 4.8% | 1.0% | 0.8x | |||
67 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
8.8% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 0.5x | |||
68 | Fox Sparrow |
|
6.4% | 4.6% | 1.8% | 0.7x | |||
69 | Gadwall |
|
5.8% | 4.5% | 1.2% | 0.8x | |||
70 | Pine Siskin |
|
6.0% | 4.5% | 1.5% | 0.8x | |||
71 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
4.0% | 4.4% | 0.4% | 1.1x | |||
72 | American Coot |
|
3.2% | 4.1% | 0.9% | 1.3x | |||
73 | Herring Gull |
|
6.1% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 0.7x | |||
74 | Northern Shoveler |
|
4.0% | 3.8% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
75 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
4.2% | 3.4% | 0.8% | 0.8x | |||
76 | American Woodcock |
|
1.2% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2.4x | |||
77 | Wilson's Snipe |
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1.9% | 2.9% | 0.9% | 1.5x | |||
78 | Green-winged Teal |
|
4.1% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 0.7x | |||
79 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
3.0% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 0.9x | |||
80 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
3.3% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.8x | |||
81 | Purple Finch |
|
3.0% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 0.8x | |||
82 | Greater Scaup |
|
2.2% | 2.0% | 0.2% | 0.9x | |||
83 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
2.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
84 | Horned Grebe |
|
3.8% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.5x | |||
85 | Canvasback |
|
1.6% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.2x | |||
86 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
1.3% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.4x | |||
87 | Horned Lark |
|
1.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
88 | House Sparrow |
|
1.7% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
89 | American Pipit |
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2.3% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.7x | |||
90 | Palm Warbler |
|
1.7% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 0.9x | |||
91 | gull sp. |
|
1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
92 | Mute Swan |
|
1.2% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
93 | new world sparrow sp. |
|
1.1% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
94 | Tree Swallow |
|
0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 38.9x | |||
95 | Common Loon |
|
1.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.7x | |||
96 | Common Goldeneye |
|
1.4% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.8x | |||
97 | Redhead |
|
1.1% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
98 | Greater/Lesser Scaup |
|
1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8x | |||
99 | Great Egret |
|
1.1% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
100 | House Wren |
|
1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.8x | |||
101 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
102 | duck sp. |
|
1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8x | |||
103 | Great Horned Owl |
|
1.1% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.9x | |||
104 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
105 | American Black Duck |
|
2.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.4x | |||
106 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
107 | crow sp. |
|
0.4% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 2.0x | |||
108 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
1.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.7x | |||
109 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
1.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.5x | |||
110 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 1.3x | |||
111 | Merlin |
|
0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.8x | |||
112 | American Wigeon |
|
0.7% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
113 | Snow Goose |
|
0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 3.2x | |||
114 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.8x | |||
115 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.7x | |||
116 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
117 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.7x | |||
118 | blackbird sp. |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 1.2x | |||
119 | hawk sp. |
|
0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.8x | |||
120 | Common Raven |
|
0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.8x | |||
121 | Osprey |
|
0.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 22.2x | |||
122 | Gray Catbird |
|
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7x | |||
123 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker |
|
0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 1.2x | |||
124 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.8x | |||
125 | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | ∞ | |||
126 | Northern Harrier |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
127 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 5.9x | |||
128 | Northern Pintail |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.7x | |||
129 | Common Merganser |
|
0.9% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.4x | |||
130 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 1.3x | |||
131 | American Bittern |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.8x | |||
132 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6x | |||
133 | Long-tailed Duck |
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0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
134 | Varied Thrush |
|
0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4x | |||
135 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
136 | Accipiter sp. |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
137 | Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.4x | |||
138 | House/Purple Finch |
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0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.3x | |||
139 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
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0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.8x | |||
140 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4x | |||
141 | Rufous Hummingbird |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10.0x | |||
142 | Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.9x | |||
143 | American White Pelican |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.3x | |||
144 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4x | |||
145 | Buteo sp. |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.8x | |||
146 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.6x | |||
147 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5x | |||
148 | new world vulture sp. |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.4x | |||
149 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.3x | |||
150 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.1x | |||
151 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4x | |||
152 | woodpecker sp. |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.2x | |||
153 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | ∞ | |||
154 | King Rail |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.5x | |||
155 | Dickcissel |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 11.1x | |||
156 | Black-chinned Hummingbird |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | ∞ | |||
157 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.7x | |||
158 | Northern Parula |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 11.1x | |||
159 | Red Crossbill |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4x | |||
160 | Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
161 | Red-throated Loon |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.7x | |||
162 | warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.5x | |||
163 | Purple Martin |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | ∞ | |||
164 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4x | |||
165 | Green Heron |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4x | |||
166 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | ∞ | |||
167 | passerine sp. |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.9x | |||
168 | Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
169 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.6x | |||
170 | Glaucous Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 3.3x | |||
171 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.6x | |||
172 | Eared Grebe |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4x | |||
173 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.2x | |||
174 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.2x | |||
175 | Iceland Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4x | |||
176 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1x | |||
177 | Little Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
178 | Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
179 | Laughing Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.2x | |||
180 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6x | |||
181 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
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0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.2x | |||
182 | Surf Scoter |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1x | |||
183 | Black-necked Swan |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7x | |||
184 | Selasphorus sp. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
185 | Mallard/American Black Duck |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
186 | American/Fish Crow |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.2x | |||
187 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4x | |||
188 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
189 | Barn Swallow |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
190 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
191 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2x | |||
192 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3x | |||
193 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
194 | Dunlin |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2x | |||
195 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
196 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1x | |||
197 | Sanderling |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
198 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
199 | Barnacle Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3x | |||
200 | Larus sp. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
201 | shorebird sp. |
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0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1x | |||
202 | swallow sp. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
203 | Sterna sp. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
204 | wren sp. |
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0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
205 | finch sp. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
206 | Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) x Canada Goose (hybrid) |
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0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
207 | Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6x | |||
208 | merganser sp. |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6x |