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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Cardinal |
|
59.2% | 64.0% | 4.8% | 1.1x | |||
| 2 | Carolina Wren |
|
60.9% | 59.8% | 1.2% | 1.0x | |||
| 3 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
25.0% | 30.0% | 5.0% | 1.2x | |||
| 25 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
30.2% | 28.2% | 2.0% | 0.9x | |||
| 26 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
29.9% | 28.1% | 1.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 27 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
31.3% | 28.1% | 3.3% | 0.9x | |||
| 28 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
30.3% | 26.7% | 3.7% | 0.9x | |||
| 29 | Northern Flicker |
|
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 |
|
16.2% | 16.5% | 0.3% | 1.0x | |||
| 41 | Ruddy Duck |
|
16.5% | 16.1% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
| 42 | Black Vulture |
|
16.0% | 16.0% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
| 43 | Brown Thrasher |
|
16.3% | 15.5% | 0.8% | 1.0x | |||
| 44 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
17.7% | 15.1% | 2.6% | 0.9x | |||
| 45 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
10.7% | 14.9% | 4.2% | 1.4x | |||
| 46 | Bald Eagle |
|
16.7% | 14.9% | 1.8% | 0.9x | |||
| 47 | Bufflehead |
|
15.7% | 14.8% | 1.0% | 0.9x | |||
| 48 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
8.9% | 8.5% | 0.4% | 1.0x | |||
| 58 | Brown Creeper |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.4x | |||
| 138 | House/Purple Finch |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2.3x | |||
| 139 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
| 205 | finch sp. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
| 206 | Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) x Canada Goose (hybrid) |
|
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 |